"This provision gives residents of a school district the chance to vent their spleens about exorbitant taxes or demand subjects be taught properly the way they were during the most frigid period of the Cold War. In the past, more often than not, nobody showed up," Robinson said. "Not these days. As social media outlets, national news broadcasts and our local newspapers tell us, school boards are now the new battleground in the fight for America’s future."
Robinson wrote that some members of the community interpret the public comment portion of school board meetings to show "why they have the collective intelligence of a village idiot."
"Some members of my community appear to interpret this part of board meetings as the occasion to tell board members why they have the collective intelligence of a village idiot and how the school district ought to be addressing real problems," the school board member wrote.
That remark isn’t going to go over well, here in York.
He needs to be thrown out immediately.
What a dopey thing to write.
With all due respect ... no, I don’t work for you
I think the majority of board members should either have a child or grandchild who attends the school.
What a Richard.
He claims he was “elected by people who want him to REPRESENT them.”
Like when you want a lawyer to represent you and I believe that lawyer WORKS for you AND IS PAID BY YOU.
Talk about twisted thinking.
The school board problem can be easily fixed if most of the complainers would get off their butts and vote in the school board elections. They are all local and mostly ignored.
Time to tell this village idiot that we will replace him with someone who works for us!!
I read this op-ed. it’s and interesting mix of on the one hand technically accurate comments and dripping condescension towards people who disagree with him.
School boards may have to make unpopular choices due to fiscal and operational realities. That is not the case here. Alternative policies exist and and they have been implemented elsewhere and not increased risk to children and staff. This individual is dismissing proposals and tuning out alternatives due to a contempt for his opponent and a arrogant belief they can’t be wrong..
Public schools are plain evil. It is child abuse to send your kid there. Better to just keep them home and figure something out rather then send them into Satan’s playground.
Richard, aka Dick is another voice for school choice.
Robinson wrote that some members of the community interpret the public comment portion of school board meetings to show “why they have the collective intelligence of a village idiot.”>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Yes, but an idiot like you does not realize THEY have the vote!
Buahahahahahahaha!
This type of attitude isn’t just from some school board member in Pa.
Similar attitudes are held by almost every member of Congress. Some even challenge that the taxpayer doesn’t pay their salaries. Maybe China does. I don’t know.
Oklahoma congressman: It’s ‘bull crap’ that constituents pay my salary
And he was re-elected.
The arrogance of these people.
‘I don’t work for you’....
Make it so then and vote the scum out.
Only a commie would say something like that. Fire that dope immediately!!!
So who exactly DOES HE WORK FOR?
From personal experience, there is one word that local politicans fear...
Recall
Go to your local county office, and ask how many signatures it takes to recall a school board member.
Armed with this information, go to your local meeting, and get on the agenda to speak.
When your turn pops up, say “ XXXX, I want you to remember this number. This is the number of signatures it will take to fire your a$$”.
Believe you me, they will listen to you after that!
"Some members of my community appear to interpret this part of board meetings as the occasion to tell board members why they have the collective intelligence of a village idiot and how the school district ought to be addressing real problems," the school board member wrote.
Those are two opposite quotes. One is that the speaker is showing he is the village idiot while the second is the speaker accusing the school board of being the idiots. I agree with the second. So, which is it?
“In the first place God made idiots. This was for practice. Then He made School Boards.” - Mark Twain
This sort of enlightened attitude by school board members is nothing new. I find it perplexing that it has taken parents this long to realize it.
When I talked about school issues, particularly about the attitude and competence of teachers and administrators, to other parents back in the late 80s, for the most part I just got shrugs in response.