STANKOSKI AND KIGREA AGREE TO SERVE
Mayor Kant and the City Council are asking interested members of the community to apply to serve on the new Education Advisory Committee, proposed to study ways the city could help local cash-strapped Baldwin County schools: some relevant education-related experience preferred. It was previously announced non-residents living outside the city limits in the feeder pattern should be considered as well.
Councilmembers Stankoski and Kingrea agreed to be the council's representatives on the committee and it was decided a member of the city's Financial Advisory Committee should be included as well.
Committee applications are available via the city's website or city clerk's office.
MAYOR NOMINATES McBREARTY CHAIRMAN
Mayor Kant called the Committee a "good idea" and nominated Cynthia McBrearty as its Chairman; but she declined.
Kant: " ... since 1983 ... we've had 2 (such) committees ... to bring a list of items and concerns to the council ... from teachers and students ... that need to be addressed ... ."
CITIZEN OPPOSES FORMING COMMITTEE
Emily Bell said she and her organization opposed creating the committee but, if it were to be formed, sought representation on it.
SUPPORTERS URGE HASTE
FEAR POLITICAL GRIDLOCK
McBrearty and another proponent urged the city "show leadership" and move forward to appoint committee members, preferably from a previously submitted list of 12 names of prominent citizens.
McBreaty: "We ask this not become a political committee ... and all they do is in-fight ... we need professionals with an education background (as members) ... ." She added no active members of organizations such as FEEF, Good 2 Great, Baldwin County Schools, etc., should be included on the committee.
An unidentified proponent said educators at the school were "begging for an ear" and "we need to get going on this as quickly as we can."
Citizen: "We can't do this with political gamesmanship."
Mayor Kant and the City Council are asking interested members of the community to apply to serve on the new Education Advisory Committee, proposed to study ways the city could help local cash-strapped Baldwin County schools: some relevant education-related experience preferred. It was previously announced non-residents living outside the city limits in the feeder pattern should be considered as well.
Councilmembers Stankoski and Kingrea agreed to be the council's representatives on the committee and it was decided a member of the city's Financial Advisory Committee should be included as well.
Committee applications are available via the city's website or city clerk's office.
MAYOR NOMINATES McBREARTY CHAIRMAN
Mayor Kant called the Committee a "good idea" and nominated Cynthia McBrearty as its Chairman; but she declined.
Kant: " ... since 1983 ... we've had 2 (such) committees ... to bring a list of items and concerns to the council ... from teachers and students ... that need to be addressed ... ."
CITIZEN OPPOSES FORMING COMMITTEE
Emily Bell said she and her organization opposed creating the committee but, if it were to be formed, sought representation on it.
SUPPORTERS URGE HASTE
FEAR POLITICAL GRIDLOCK
McBrearty and another proponent urged the city "show leadership" and move forward to appoint committee members, preferably from a previously submitted list of 12 names of prominent citizens.
McBreaty: "We ask this not become a political committee ... and all they do is in-fight ... we need professionals with an education background (as members) ... ." She added no active members of organizations such as FEEF, Good 2 Great, Baldwin County Schools, etc., should be included on the committee.
An unidentified proponent said educators at the school were "begging for an ear" and "we need to get going on this as quickly as we can."
Citizen: "We can't do this with political gamesmanship."
Comments
Mixon says he wants to keep the politics out of this discussion and that it is just a "coincidence" that the council adopted the G2G EAC idea.
Not political? Yet he takes the idea of a group who has a political agenda (forming a city school system).
Kingrea and Stankowski are appointed as the council reps for this committee. Both support the G2G proposal.
And now, the mayor has appointed Cindy McB. - a member of the G2G group as the chairperson without even looking at the applications of others who may be interested and qualified.
Coincidence? I think not.
Fairhope citizens had better wake up and pay attention to what is going on down at city hall.
If there is a pot of extra money - tell the principals from each of the schools to submit their requests. It's city money so the council should be responsible for how it is spent - not delegate their responsibility to a committee.
This is nothing more than a smoke screen for giving Good2Great what they want.