Holmes - why no mask???

At the March 9, 2021 school board meeting which board members wore masks? Agostini, McFadden, McKie, Manning, Caution-Parker and Supt. Davis.

Trustee Scott (f/k/a Elkins) attended remotely because Holmes does not wear a mask.

Who did not wear her mask? Trustee-elect Holmes!

Holmes spoke without her mask. If anyone's voice will carry through a mask, hers will.

Holmes removed her face shield once again during the Board and Superintendent Comments. 

Doesn't she realize that when she speaks and breathes, her breath is projected out into the room. That's the reason that Trustee Scott (f/k/a Elkins) is not attending board meetings. If Holmes wore a mask, Scott would be present.

It's a selfish decision that Holmes is making, and Board Chair Manning should TELL Holmes to wear a mask!

Wakanda Salute - it's not here, is it?

Read this article about two 30-year teachers who were fired because they refused to follow other sheep off the cliff by giving the Wakanda Salute.

Click here to read this article.

Is that or similar nonsense occurring anywhere in Richland 2? 

See the discussion in the article about the difference between equality and equity. 

Is Richland 2 conducting "implicit-bias" workshops? What happens to teachers or staff who refuse to participate in "re-education" programs? Are you ostracized? Do you get lunch duty for 60 days? Or worse?

If you know about any of this, but are unwilling to speak out for risk of retaliation, contact me by phone or email. Confidentiality is assured. Nothing you tell me will ever get traced back to you.

When I lived in Illinois, I wrote a blog and numerous law enforcement officers were confidential sources of information. The county sheriff and a few police chiefs were going nuts trying to uncover the leaks, but they never did. Who was my hero? Judith Miller, that NYT reporter who sat in jail for refusing to reveal her sources!

President being kept out of view?

Has there ever been a time in U.S. history when a new President of the United States has been kept out of view?

Even a meeting with the his own party, the Democrats of the U.S. House Democratic Caucus, was cut short yesterday, before lawmakers (I used that term loosely) could ask Pres. Biden any questions. FoxNews covered it. I can't find any mention on CNN of it. 

Who are Biden's handlers that cut short the virtual meeting before questions could be asked? Was VP Harris behind that? Were members of Biden's cabinet behind that? 

Did he really say, "I'd be happy to take questions if that's what I'm supposed to do, Nance. Whatever you want me to do."

Does that sound like the words of an aware, conscious, cognizant, in-control POTUS?

"Whatever you want me to do." 

Seriously?

Every parent, adult, teacher, staffer, student, community member of Richland 2 should be demanding that the President of the USA be out front. In control. Operating as the leader of the free world.

Is Joe Biden capable of that? Many think not.

How Long is a "Moment"?

At every Richland 2 school board meeting there is an "Inspirational Moment", followed by the Pledge of Allegiance.

At the February 23, 2021 board meeting I thought the introduction for the inspirational moment was going to longer than the moment itself.

Trustee-elect McKie blew the invitation to the speaker of the moment by failing to inform him of the correct time of the moment, which quickly follows the beginning of the meeting. The speaker didn't arrive on time, and McKie 'fessed up, in not so few words.

After he did arrive, she launched into a long-winded introduction, half of which was her repeated mea culpa and lecturing of the public on how they need to know who the speaker is. Finally, she told the world who the speaker was.

The Board Chair should regain control of board meetings and remove McKie (actually, she is not even a legitimate member of the Board) as the person who introduces the speaker. You'd think she was in the running for the Toastmaster's Award for public speaking! 

All she really needed to say was, "Tonight's inspirational moment will be given by Robert Jackson, Principal of Westwood High School"

If you think any introduction of a speaker and even his own comments should be shorter at every meeting, email the Board Chair and all the members of the board. You'll find their email addresses at https://www.richland2.org/School-Board/Members

Or, for your convenience, just copy-and-paste these into your email form: jamesmanning@richland2.org, ameliamckie@richland2.org, cherylcautionparker@richland2.org, docholmesschoolboard2@gmail.com, lashondamcfadden@richland2.org, lindsayagostini@richland2.org, puttingstudentsfirst2012@gmail.com, 

Yes, those two gmail addresses are correct. The District improperly allows two people (Elkins (now Scott) and Holmes) to use non-District email addresses, which is likely to create huge problems in the future with fulfilling FOIA requests.

About the 1/13/2021 Board Meeting

Did you watch the January 13, 2021 board meeting? The agenda did not allow public comments.

Why was that an "emergency" meeting? Do you know the definition of "emergency"? Yes, the topic was important; it was not an "emergency".

Are board members, parents, faculty and staff as worried about the flu or drunk-driving accidents or illegal drug use or gangs in schools or anything else? Do they realize that the COVID-19 death rate in the total South Carolina population on January 13th was 0.0011 (5911/5148714)? That's just over 1/10 of 1%. How many who are diagnosed with COVID-19 are seriously ill? How many have the sniffles or a cough or a headache and feel fine three days later? Yes, some people have died. Some people die every day.

Do you know who said, "We have nothing to fear but fear itself?"

Richland 2 has continued to pay staff, so the staff has not suffered the financial hardships that are faced by the rest of the community. Right? What if the Trustees' pay had stopped? What if the superintendent had to take a 40% pay cut? Now I wonder, why didn't they vote to stop their own pay? Or did they think, "What? Me? Give up my pay?"

Who believes the line "if we save just one child"? Why is so much faith put in an unknown vaccine that was rushed to market? Wasn't immunity granted to manufacturers? Doesn't that tell you something? Not one life will miraculously change the day after he (or she) is vaccinated. Read the fact sheet given out with the vaccine. If you read it before you got the shot, you probably would have said, "No, thanks."

Are death reports attributed to COVID-19 exaggerated?

https://www.jhunewsletter.com/article/2020/11/a-closer-look-at-u-s-deaths-due-to-covid-19

What Are Your Kids Learning in School?

Watch this new 5-minute video from PragerU.com, featuring Jill Simonion.

She'll tell you what to to look for. Check with your children. Are they coming home with strange, new ideas? Things you haven't heard them discuss or say before?

Are you looking over their shoulders, while they attend virtual classes? Just be sure to stay out of the camera's view, so the Teacher's Police don't report you.

A Man Is a Man. Right?

I stand with SUNY Geneseo student Owen Stevens, who posted on social media that "A man is a man. A woman is a woman."

The Dean of the School of Education threw him out until he completes a remediation program. 

Where is he? Gulag 17?

This is what is sweeping our country, folks. To what extent is it happening right here in Richland 2 School District?

Parents, find out how (or whether) your kids are being indoctrinated!

Source: https://www.dailywire.com/news/student-suspended-from-education-program-for-saying-a-man-is-a-man?itm_source=parsely-api%3Futm_content%3Dnews&utm_campaign=daily_shapiro&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=113180060&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8BVYhBH_OWzVvAha0ozFaDHZR33cF0_9Jy_3dl-IE7N0TTCCY0LW7Wel8VLaR-TQQTaWw7xPneRr0m9f8mDiS34nh-hA&utm_source=housefile