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Post by bat21 on Aug 16, 2017 7:37:27 GMT -5
There are board members taking the insurance. The cost of their insurance is cheaper than private insurance. Heather Slone just joined the party and it looks like there are now 9 people running for 3 seats. This is going to be one interesting race. Curious why so many people are running this year when in past years they went unopposed? No ... there isn't. Only one BOE member has taken advantage of the coverage. She has since dropped the coverage seeing how she is now covered by her husbands place of employment.
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Post by bat21 on Aug 16, 2017 7:53:13 GMT -5
From Scott T Board of Education members aren't there to run day-to-day operations of the district, nor should they try. The three main duties are to hire and fire the superintendent and treasurer, set policy and approve expenditures. Sadly, a lot of people don't realize that, including some people who run for a Board of Education seat.
Scott ... surely you are mistaken. Everyone knows the main job of the BOE is to hire and fire coaches!! And if the BOE doesn't get that job done right (in their opinion) they decide to run for a position on the BOE. Even though they have no idea what the job actually entails.
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Post by moneyball on Aug 16, 2017 13:52:09 GMT -5
There are board members taking the insurance. The cost of their insurance is cheaper than private insurance. Heather Slone just joined the party and it looks like there are now 9 people running for 3 seats. This is going to be one interesting race. Curious why so many people are running this year when in past years they went unopposed? No ... there isn't. Only one BOE member has taken advantage of the coverage. She has since dropped the coverage seeing how she is now covered by her husbands place of employment. bat21, sounds like you are a board member or a part of the staff since you know these details. So, who is "she" that you refer to? You think that members should stay on the board for 30 years, sounds like it.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2017 7:44:50 GMT -5
Because someone knows about a board or board members does not mean they are one. Many know these members and could ask a simple question to gain info on them. If I were one and the insurance was offered to me I would accept it. Nothing wrong with accepting a benefit from a position you hold.
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Post by clb6110 on Aug 17, 2017 7:47:54 GMT -5
What makes you think bat21 is a board member? Because he knows info about board members. I'm not a board member either but I see and talk to members all the time. I see members in church,Drug Mart,Varsity Club Etc.I've even vacationed in Cancun with a Willard BOE member. So my point is you don't have to be a board member or part of the staff to know what's going on. You can ask them. As far as who the "she" is I'd guess Lisa or Marsha.
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Post by clb6110 on Aug 17, 2017 7:51:34 GMT -5
Dude made my point while I was typing.
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Post by bat21 on Aug 21, 2017 14:35:58 GMT -5
No ... there isn't. Only one BOE member has taken advantage of the coverage. She has since dropped the coverage seeing how she is now covered by her husbands place of employment. bat21, sounds like you are a board member or a part of the staff since you know these details. So, who is "she" that you refer to? You think that members should stay on the board for 30 years, sounds like it.Do you realize that this is a position that is voted on by the public? This is not an appointment ... if they are on the BOE for 30 years ... it's because they were VOTED in 30 straight times. I am sure that if you wanted to take a spot on this Board ... you would be allowed to put your name on the ballot (provided you are qualified to fill out the paperwork to have your name on a ballot). If you don't like the BOE ... RUN! Stand for something! Get out from behind your computer screen and put a little effort into getting your name on the ballot. Lets see how many people think your special enough to get elected.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2017 9:38:44 GMT -5
bat21, sounds like you are a board member or a part of the staff since you know these details. So, who is "she" that you refer to? You think that members should stay on the board for 30 years, sounds like it.Do you realize that this is a position that is voted on by the public? This is not an appointment ... if they are on the BOE for 30 years ... it's because they were VOTED in 30 straight times. I am sure that if you wanted to take a spot on this Board ... you would be allowed to put your name on the ballot (provided you are qualified to fill out the paperwork to have your name on a ballot). If you don't like the BOE ... RUN! Stand for something! Get out from behind your computer screen and put a little effort into getting your name on the ballot. Lets see how many people think your special enough to get elected. Willards's BOE members are voted on every year?
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Post by moneyball on Aug 22, 2017 14:09:48 GMT -5
Do you realize that this is a position that is voted on by the public? This is not an appointment ... if they are on the BOE for 30 years ... it's because they were VOTED in 30 straight times. I am sure that if you wanted to take a spot on this Board ... you would be allowed to put your name on the ballot (provided you are qualified to fill out the paperwork to have your name on a ballot). If you don't like the BOE ... RUN! Stand for something! Get out from behind your computer screen and put a little effort into getting your name on the ballot. Lets see how many people think your special enough to get elected. Willards's BOE members are voted on every year? No, every four years. I realize it a position that the public votes on, thanks for the education. The issue is, we have 5 additional people that want a shot at being on school board and most of the people running seem like good people. The incumbents have been on there for eternity and don't want to step aside and give someone else an opportunity. To me this is just selfish and self serving. I know I'll be voting for change because there are people running that will not be in the admin's back pocket, like we have now.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2017 14:35:23 GMT -5
Willards's BOE members are voted on every year? No, every four years. I realize it a position that the public votes on, thanks for the education. The issue is, we have 5 additional people that want a shot at being on school board and most of the people running seem like good people. The incumbents have been on there for eternity and don't want to step aside and give someone else an opportunity. To me this is just selfish and self serving. I know I'll be voting for change because there are people running that will not be in the admin's back pocket, like we have now. Hope that bat21 is not one of them since she thinks 30 years on the BOE means you were voted in 30 times.
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Post by bat21 on Aug 23, 2017 8:22:53 GMT -5
Don't worry ... I'm not. I made a mistake ... (I do from time to time) my point is still valid tho. These are positions that are voted on ... not appointed. If the BOE hasn't changed in 30 years (which is your mistake) because it clearly has ... it is the vote of the people that have kept them in place. The process of getting on the ballot takes time and effort ... something that most people don't want to do. That point is proven by the number of times that the current BOE has run unopposed.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2017 8:35:39 GMT -5
I never made a claim the BOE hasn't changed in 30 years. No mistake made by me(this time). The point should be not so much the running for the spot but getting out and voting. If you have less than 20% voter turnout as was posted earlier on this topic someone can continue to hold an elected position by just having some friends in the polling area. The effort need to be put into voting. IMO
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Post by bat21 on Aug 23, 2017 12:10:34 GMT -5
Your right ... it was another idiot that throws s**t against the wall to see what might stick.
If the BOE is running unopposed ... the results are the same if there is 20% or 100% voter turn out. This is the first time in a long time that there has been this many interested in running. I am looking forward to see what changes ... if any ... will be made by the new ax grinders that are running.
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Post by Willard Fillmore on Aug 23, 2017 13:54:21 GMT -5
Having so many new candidates running will make it more difficult to unseat a current BOE member. The disenchanted voters will spread their votes out over all of the new people running. IF organized, only one or two new candidates should have run, that way one old member would have had a much better chance to be picked off. Then go through the same process in the next elections until they're all gone.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2017 14:07:53 GMT -5
Your right ... it was another idiot that throws s**t against the wall to see what might stick. If the BOE is running unopposed ... the results are the same if there is 20% or 100% voter turn out. This is the first time in a long time that there has been this many interested in running. I am looking forward to see what changes ... if any ... will be made by the new ax grinders that are running. Running unopposed is irrelevant to the topic since you are talking about people running and challenging current members. It may not be common for Willard to have 9 running for 3 spots but over the last 30 years there has been more than 5 people run for the open seats and getting re-elected can be easy in a small race when voter turnout is low.
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Post by tommygunn on Aug 23, 2017 14:35:19 GMT -5
I find it a total conflict of interest that 2 candidates running for the BOE are dating each other.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2017 22:34:54 GMT -5
I find it a total conflict of interest that 2 candidates running for the BOE are dating each other. IS either of them and incumbent? If so that could be a big problem.
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Post by moneyball on Aug 24, 2017 5:51:02 GMT -5
I find it a total conflict of interest that 2 candidates running for the BOE are dating each other. IS either of them and incumbent? If so that could be a big problem. Not sure about the dating issue but the incumbents are not anyone that is dating, that I'm a ware of. Noticed the school has thrown up an Anti-Bullying tag on their home page, interesting.
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Post by tommygunn on Aug 24, 2017 7:06:23 GMT -5
Lawerence and D. Cok are not dating? Ive been told otherwise by 2 people. BOE now has the potential to have 2 Cok's on the BOE and a guy dating one of them.
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Post by DrugMart on Aug 24, 2017 7:22:53 GMT -5
The grand conspiracy is almost complete. Soccer program initiated - completed 3 years ago NOL dissolved - completed 1 year ago Football program put on life support - completed a decade ago Gain enough support to pull plug on Football program - Nearing completion Get all Football Athletes on the Soccer team to make a State Power Soccer program - Final Phase
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Post by DrugMart on Aug 24, 2017 10:17:10 GMT -5
www.ossca.org/schedules.aspThe Soccer Program would like the 5 best athletes on the football team to come join them. Imagine the best athletes at Willard High joining forces to make the Soccer Program a special state power. It's August 24th and the Soccer program already has more wins than the Football team will have all year. 2-0 with wins over Oberlin and Keystone. Jimmy Rodriguez 6 pts Ruben Vega 4 pts Joni Morales 2 pts Maikel Perez 2 pts Manuel Diaz 2 pts William Schwan 1 pt Sebastian Sivongsak 1 pt Emmanuel Esparza 16 saves Imagine the addition of the 5 best athletes from the football team. Imagine Willard ending football and the town pouring all resources towards Soccer. No more Thunderbolts and much more ThunderKICKS. Pour the resources into Soccer and this Soccer program will be a State Power.
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Post by moneyball on Aug 24, 2017 13:52:42 GMT -5
www.ossca.org/schedules.aspThe Soccer Program would like the 5 best athletes on the football team to come join them. Imagine the best athletes at Willard High joining forces to make the Soccer Program a special state power. It's August 24th and the Soccer program already has more wins than the Football team will have all year. 2-0 with wins over Oberlin and Keystone. Jimmy Rodriguez 6 pts Ruben Vega 4 pts Joni Morales 2 pts Maikel Perez 2 pts Manuel Diaz 2 pts William Schwan 1 pt Sebastian Sivongsak 1 pt Emmanuel Esparza 16 saves Imagine the addition of the 5 best athletes from the football team. Imagine Willard ending football and the town pouring all resources towards Soccer. No more Thunderbolts and much more ThunderKICKS. Pour the resources into Soccer and this Soccer program will be a State Power. Problem with that thinking, most of these really good athletes love football and if you shut down the football program they will likely leave for another town that has football. I do not like Thunderbolts, it has kids hitting too early and by the time they reach 7-8 grade you can't hardly get 10 kids to go out. That 8th grade team is loaded with athletes, yet hardly any of them play football. I hear it isn't because of thunderbolts, because of the coach. Whatever it is the head coach should figure it out and make the necessary changes because at this pace, there won't be enough kids to play in another 3-4 years.
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Post by bigox on Nov 8, 2017 6:56:51 GMT -5
So who's in??๐๐
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Post by concernedcitizen on Nov 8, 2017 7:07:46 GMT -5
Sounds like Rod Cok, Rick Willoughby, Marsha Danhoff got the required votes.
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Post by ScarletFever on Nov 8, 2017 9:05:07 GMT -5
Having so many new candidates running will make it more difficult to unseat a current BOE member. The disenchanted voters will spread their votes out over all of the new people running. IF organized, only one or two new candidates should have run, that way one old member would have had a much better chance to be picked off. Then go through the same process in the next elections until they're all gone. Giving credit where credit is due, Fillmore nailed it here. Heather Slone seemed like a good candidate but there were too many not a prayer candidates running for Willard BOE that spread out the โchangeโ vote.
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Post by ScarletFever on Nov 8, 2017 9:08:42 GMT -5
I find it a total conflict of interest that 2 candidates running for the BOE are dating each other. Rod Cok almost got more votes than both of them combined.
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Post by ronburgandy on Nov 8, 2017 9:45:07 GMT -5
I find it a total conflict of interest that 2 candidates running for the BOE are dating each other. Rod Cok almost got more votes than both of them combined. Karma.
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Post by jakemak25 on Nov 10, 2017 12:54:28 GMT -5
Congrats to those who won. Having less than 30% voter turn out simply makes Rod the most popular turd in the fishbowl. But at least Rod goes to the meetings, that's more than can be said of the the majority of the educators and the parents of the kids. Minority shows up, majority complains.
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Post by moneyball on Nov 10, 2017 14:21:48 GMT -5
Congrats to those who won. Having less than 30% voter turn out simply makes Rod the most popular turd in the fishbowl. But at least Rod goes to the meetings, that's more than can be said of the the majority of the educators and the parents of the kids. Minority shows up, majority complains. How true. The people that did the most complaining probably never made an attempt to get out and vote. They will still be the loudest in the room screaming for change, sad. Hope the members that won and the current members realize that people are begging for change, evident by the number of people that ran this year. I was sure Heather Slone was a lock based on all she does for that school. 30% is high, only Wards 3-4 hit 30%. Wards 1-2 were in the teens. Less than 800 within city limits voted, 1100 outside city limits voted. Goes to show you that if you say you want change and you don't get out and vote the people that don't have any skin in the game will outvote you a million times over because they always vote and will vote for those they know, name recognition. Marsha Danhoff getting back on was a shocker. That circle her and Rod run in is tight, and they are voters.
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Post by deathfromabove on Nov 10, 2017 14:35:19 GMT -5
Maybe Willard should do what Norwalk did. Instead of maybe having almost all your board members running the same time have it like Norwalk and spread out over the four years so you might have a new member on board and maybe some old ones still on that knows the procedure. It seems to work here in Norwalk, sometimes it doesn't. Maybe Scott T. can shed more light onto the subject than what I can.
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