The last time I wrote to the MDJ was about how I felt Marietta Square needed a good scrubbing. I am glad to tell you that my opinion has changed and the Square looks great these days. I am excited about spending time there over the holidays.
I am writing again to state that now the Cobb school board needs a good scrubbing. I saw the four school calendar options and did not like any of them. What are these people thinking? Board chairman Dr. John Abraham appears to not be a man of his word. What kind of doctor is he? I suspect he is a spin doctor or a flip-flop doctor. I was saddened to see the photos of a lady at the podium being approached by a Cobb police officer. I understand there needs to be time constraints on speakers, but please! It appears the woman in question has more support than this board.
Who from this board is going to care for my child while his mother and I are at work on all of these breaks? Dr. Abraham, what does it tell you if you have to call for security when a lady starts to speak? Time for you to move on.
Brett French
Marietta
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Silver lining will be more people involved and we will only have to deal with this new calendar for a year.
1) An act of malfeasance or misconduct while in office,
2) violation of the oath of office,
3) failure to perform duties prescribed by law, or willfully misusing, converting, or misappropriating, without authority, public property or public funds entrusted to or associated with the elective office to which the official has been elected or appointed.
I say get rid of board members on post 1, 2, 3, 4
and 5.
It is called entrepreneurship - camps and daycare will pop-up to help parents - the community will adjust.
the sun will come up tomorrow!
some just hate change - no matter what kind it is!
Not buying the day care issue, nor the cost issue - try another one.
You had your child now you are responsible for taking care of that child. School is not a babysitter. The school system did not remove the number of days from the calendar like Fulton, you don't have to get someone to watch your child any more days - frankly they are spread out more so that you can budget for the weeks instead of being hit with all the costs at once.
As a dual working family, we are very happy with the calendar. But then we budget are fiscal responsible and want our kids to be with us as much as possible - you see we feel completely responsible for our children
It used to be a plus for teachers to have summers free to go back to school themselves to get more advanced degrees. They didn't, and still don't, get paid enough to make it possible. They did it because they love teaching. Now our illustrious School Board members punish good teachers by eliminating one of the benefits of their profession. (No time for further schooling, nor decent salaries.) Instead, they get paid less AND have days cut. It's no wonder good teachers are leaving the profession. No one has their backs these days.