"he Wake County Board of Education voted to Tuesday night to immediately halt the progress toward student assignment based on zones.
Vice Chair Debra Goldman had been outspoken about her opposition to the use of zones as a basis for the school system's transition from a system that assigns students to balance a school's socio-economic makeup – a policy opponents said resulted in long bus rides – to one that focuses on keeping students closer to home in geographic zones.
Goldman claims the Student Assignment Committee, headed up by board member John Tedesco, has been unwilling to listen to input from her and others as they hash out a way to convert the county-wide school district.
When Tedesco tried to brief the board on his progress Tuesday, Goldman repeatedly challenged him, saying, "The only votes considered are the three of you. These decisions should be brought to the entire board."
You remember my entry, about poor little Debra Goldman whining? Well, she has now gone and thrown a monkey wrench into the progress made by voting against the direction the board was taking:
"At last week's meeting, committee members Tedesco and Chris Malone voted on some tweaks to the proposed assignment maps.
Carolyn Morrison, the other Board of Education member and third voting member on the committee voted against the change, saying she thought the committee was moving too fast.
"Each time you have a meeting, the temper in this county rises," Goldman said.
"You are building and building and building something on a foundation that has not been approved by the board, and that is what I have a problem with."
So, the will of the people is being denied once again by liberal bureaucrats who aren't even members of the committee doing the hard work to undo the damage that the diversity hags want to keep in place! And to make matters worse, the turncoat is a Republican!
Via WTVD:
"RALEIGH (WTVD) -- Board member Deborah Goldman announced Tuesday night she wants to get rid of the establishment of community schools based zones.
Goldman said she wants to keep the nodes or zones of school assignments the same, instead of adjusting them for the new community schools based plan.
She is now supporting the once-minority view on the subject.
Goldman said Monday she can't continue to support the neighborhood schools plan, because she feels like she's not getting a chance to shape it.
School Board Member John Tedesco has been pushing his vision for community based schools -- that everyone should have a base neighborhood assignment in their general zone.
Tedesco has said he wants parents to have a calendar choice for elementary schools within their zones and middle schools within their regions.
Goldman says her preference for "base schools" in the school assignment formula is not included in the board majority's plan. Prior to Goldman's decision, the plan for neighborhood schools had a majority of support, which included five Republicans.
The neighborhood school model allows students to go to schools that are closest to where they live instead of being bused to schools further away."
As stated in my entry yesterday, Goldman is opposing the plan because she is miffed that she is not part of the committee that is doing the work. To put it simpler, because I am not part of the committee then I am going to oppose the work, like a petulant little girl who is not having her way, much like a liberal.
And what is her reasoning aside being a whiner?
Again, from WRAL:
"Goldman got her say in a big way Tuesday when she proposed a resolution to immediately abandon the effort to establish zones, the favored method of Tedesco's committee.
She reiterated her commitment to community-based schools saying, "I am doing what's in my heart and in my conscience."
"This process is not working. The zone model is not working."
Goldman proposed that "any efforts to create a zone model will cease" and that schools stay with the current, board-approved, three-year student assignment plan in the interim.
Four other board members – Kevin Hill, Anne McLaurin, Carolyn Morrison and Keith Sutton – sided with Goldman.
Chairman Margiotta, Malone, Tedesco and Deborah Prickett voted against the motion."
Get that? No real logic here, just the repetition from someone not even part of the process! Once again, a RINO stops progress and shows it's true colors. Hopefully, this brief halt is nothing more than Goldman being a spoiled brat.
Update:
Want even more of Goldman's reasons? More than the crap above? and want to hear a closet leftist talk about moral values and funny how they trot their "values" out when they are screwing us over?
Via WTVD:
"Goldman says she wants to keep the nodes or zones of school assignments the same. She says her preference for "base schools" in the school assignment formula is not included in the board majority's plan. Prior to her decision, the plan for neighborhood schools had a majority of support, which included five Republicans.
Goldman is now on the side of the minority of the board. She introduced a new board directive, which passed 5 to 4, that puts the brakes on the move toward establishing a zone-based assignment model.
"I am doing what's in my heart and in my conscious," Goldman said. "We're still moving forward with a different approach."
Update:
Want even more of Goldman's reasons? More than the crap above? and want to hear a closet leftist talk about moral values and funny how they trot their "values" out when they are screwing us over?
Via WTVD:
"Goldman says she wants to keep the nodes or zones of school assignments the same. She says her preference for "base schools" in the school assignment formula is not included in the board majority's plan. Prior to her decision, the plan for neighborhood schools had a majority of support, which included five Republicans.
Goldman is now on the side of the minority of the board. She introduced a new board directive, which passed 5 to 4, that puts the brakes on the move toward establishing a zone-based assignment model.
"I am doing what's in my heart and in my conscious," Goldman said. "We're still moving forward with a different approach."
http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=7707864&rss=rss-wtvd-article-7707864
across town? Oh right, we don't care about details when our liberal beliefs are what's important.
The election cannot come soon enough.
across town? Oh right, we don't care about details when our liberal beliefs are what's important.
The election cannot come soon enough.
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