I want to set the record straight regarding the present Scotts Valley School District board.
Communication between them and parents has never been better. Over the past school year, I have seen a marked increase in availability by board members and in their willingness to listen to a variety of community members. Michael Schulman is actively involved in pursuing the necessary political paths to increase funding and has involved many community members in this effort.
In addition, the parent groups at all four schools have been working together for the first time under the umbrella of the Scotts Valley Educational Foundation. We are united with the board in the effort to preserve our kids’ education over the next few difficult years.
I have found board members both open-minded and solution-oriented, taking all student issues into consideration, not just those of the younger grades.
Denise Ahlstrom, Scotts Valley High School Parent Club president
When did you poll the SVHS parent club members on the preformance of Susan Silver and the board?
Since you have chosen to bring politics into the parent club I will be putting my money directly into the hands of the teachers who work with my children.
You DO NOT represent my feelings about the current school board and its present leader.
While I have never met you, I just write the checks. I feel the parent clubs need to remain neutral in order to represent all children and their families.
Most of them were placed where they obstructed drivers site line of, you guessed it, bike riders. Counterproductive.
How much did Susan Silver/her board puppets increase the central office bureaucracy the year they let go so many teachers? Why does our tiny district have an assistant Superintendant? Why did they hire a brand new office administrator in a brand new position for over $100,000 per year while they showed so many teachers the door?
These are simple questions, just like it's a simple question whether this board gave Susan Silver another $150,000 guaranteed year on her contract this year. But Shulman won't answer that question. It was asked at the school board meeting but he didn't answer and the media there was too lazy or uninterested to care about the answer.
"In addition", "I have found", "solution-oriented" (my favorite).
All perfect, positive and intelligent sounding. Someones been watching and learning. Like that guy that does the KSBW editorials on the news too. Ha ha. I'm serious, imagine Barracks's voice and read it again.
With everything going in in our schools if you think your job is turning the SVHS Parent Club into a cheerleader for Schulman you should resign now and clear the way for somebody who is focused on kids not politics.
Is there any institution this failed school board will not tarnish to prop up Susan Silver?
The administration treating teachers like dirt is only fair because that is how Susan Silver treats everybody else.
Seems to me that you are the snipemaster.
It's so easy to sit back, uninvolved, and snipe at the people that actually volunteer their time and effort to try to make the community they live in a better place for everyone.
I've read quite a few of your hateful posts.
Give us a break.
Join the Parents Club.