Letters and Editorial

You don't know whether to laugh or cry when you read letters such as Mr. Martinez' in the Sun-News today. I guess if you did not experience the abuse, read her history and see the financial shenanigans, you can't appreciate the damage Diaz has done to the district. It is also interesting that the Sun-News did not publish Del Hanson's letter which was a response to the first Sun-News editorial.

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Here's an old Indian saying: "A desert rose may wait years to bloom, just so it blooms sometime!" Perhaps our LCPS district is still waiting to explode with colors of character, fragrance of tolerance, and the beauty of perserverence. Thank goodness that Sonia was just a passing tumbleweed!
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Our School Board should demand its/our money back from ProAct Search Inc. which brought Dr. Diaz to the short list of applicants for our school district. The ProAct website claims ..."We ensure a “good fit” and guarantee the final results… leading to a longer and more lasting relationship." A good fit? Guaranteed results? Our district should seek repayment from this firm that goes to any length to place their "applicants" with school districts.
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"There has to be some criminal wrongdoing somewhere for us to have been forced into the Houghton Mifflin reading series in the middle of the year."This can be confusing. There's the federal government's Reading First initiative - http://www.ed.gov/programs/readingfirst/index.html nd there's the Houghton Mifflin reading program - http://www.eduplace.com/marketing/nc/ he federal intiative is under investigation for abuses. http://consilience.typepad.com/teachers_lounge/2006/11/reading_first_a.html
I abhor this site but, like a bloody car wreck, I find it hard to look away. However, in the interest of clarification, I offer the above information.)Jeffrey Michael Field