Fayette County School Board Elections

[LowerLevelSeatA]

Fayette school board member, citing ‘appearance of impropriety,’ to avoid roadshows

“Because of my apprehension about their true intent, and the appearance of impropriety surrounding these meet and greets, I have chosen not to participate,” said Fayette school board member Amanda Ferguson.

news.yahoo.com

New people running for board seats:
Division 1 - Monica Mundy
Division 3 - Isaac Sebourn
Division 5 - Betsy Rutherford

Currently the board has had a historic 3-2 vote control and the 3 majority work in tandem to rubber stamp everything and push Superintendents agenda. I don’t know the party affiliation of the 3 above and can’t be certain where they fall on every issue but I think they would shake the board up and my hope at least is they would put up some challenge/hold more accountable what is being done at the superintendent’s office/FCPS administration.

 

[MGGA]

I don’t know the party affiliation of the 3 above and can’t be certain where they fall on every issue

Sure you don’t.

 

[cole854]

Fayette school board member, citing ‘appearance of impropriety,’ to avoid roadshows

“Because of my apprehension about their true intent, and the appearance of impropriety surrounding these meet and greets, I have chosen not to participate,” said Fayette school board member Amanda Ferguson.

news.yahoo.com

New people running for board seats:
Division 1 - Monica Mundy
Division 3 - Isaac Sebourn
Division 5 - Betsy Rutherford

Currently the board has had a historic 3-2 vote control and the 3 majority work in tandem to rubber stamp everything and push Superintendents agenda. I don’t know the party affiliation of the 3 above and can’t be certain where they fall on every issue but I think they would shake the board up and my hope at least is they would put up some challenge/hold more accountable what is being done at the superintendent’s office/FCPS administration.

Sebourn is a conservative. I am attending a rally/meet and greet for him next week as he is in my district.

 

[CaptainBoogerBuns]

Liggins is poison. An absolutely sick freak.

 

[PopesReignOverCardinals]

Liggins is poison. An absolutely sick freak.

What did DeAndre do?

 

[LordEggForgotHisPassword]

no one of any political thinking on any topic can think the public schools here are headed in the right direction or display even remote pause on value vs spending.

 

[cole854]

no one of any political thinking on any topic can think the public schools here are headed in the right direction

Well, our FCPS school board would disagree, as do Beshear/Coleman.....but it is all about power to them vs. improving, or having the opportunity to improve.

 

[LowerLevelSeatA]

Included in the trip below were the 3 board members who are loyal to superintendent liggins and his agenda.

FCPS spent $100K to send administrators, board members up for re-election to conference - The Lexington Times

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Fayette County Public Schools (FCPS) sent 35 administrators to the Council of the Great City Schools’ fall conference in Dallas, Texas, held last week from October 15-20, at an approximate cost of $100,375, according to documents obtained by The Lexington Times under the...

lexingtonky.news

 

[cole854]

^^^^
....The conference aimed to “build capacity in urban education with programs, boost academic performance, narrow achievement gaps, improve professional development, and strengthen leadership, governance, and management,”

LOL...

 

[Nightwish84]

Locals in Lexington will decide soon enough whether or not immediate change is needed. They'll get to decide whether or not some here are correct that it's a disaster. It feels like some want people put in place who believe just as they do politically. That's a normal reaction but because the paddock's views on politics and society, let's say, don't really jive with Lexington for example, I'm not sure FCPS will become the conservative wonderland you may want it to become.

It does seem clear money is being wasted along the way but at the same time, Lower is the same cat who created a thread about a photo of a single Pride Month banner at a school he saw online. He didn't know which school and seemed to have a difficult time processing that the educational system would be okay with students being open to novelists and educators who happen to be gay. So again, the paddock's views on certain things don't jive with the views of Lexington as a whole.

 

[LowerLevelSeatA]

Locals in Lexington will decide soon enough whether or not immediate change is needed. They'll get to decide whether or not some here are correct that it's a disaster. It feels like some want people put in place who believe just as they do politically. That's a normal reaction but because the paddock's views on politics and society, let's say, don't really jive with Lexington for example, I'm not sure FCPS will become the conservative wonderland you may want it to become.

It does seem clear money is being wasted along the way but at the same time, Lower is the same cat who created a thread about a photo of a single Pride Month banner at a school he saw online. He didn't know which school and seemed to have a difficult time processing that the educational system would be okay with students being open to novelists and educators who happen to be gay. So again, the paddock's views on certain things don't jive with the views of Lexington as a whole.

The banner was in many schools and if you had a kid in the school system you would receive their newsletters that show a lot of the same stuff. Again I don’t agree transgender/sexual preference should be brought into the classroom, especially at elementary level. For example, a book with pictures of a man in a dress and a man with hairy legs in stockings should not be shown and discussed to a 4th grade class. Yes, I know it happened because my kid was in the class. And no matter political preference, you should want responsible fiscal spending and better performance results in the classroom than what we currently have. I’m not going to waste my time posting content from all the newsletter with their agenda and their performance downfalls. I live it and see it from having a kid in the system. You can do your own research. It’s not hard. They don’t try to hide it.

 

[cricket3]

Included in the trip below were the 3 board members who are loyal to superintendent liggins and his agenda.

FCPS spent $100K to send administrators, board members up for re-election to conference - The Lexington Times

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Fayette County Public Schools (FCPS) sent 35 administrators to the Council of the Great City Schools’ fall conference in Dallas, Texas, held last week from October 15-20, at an approximate cost of $100,375, according to documents obtained by The Lexington Times under the...

lexingtonky.news

Providing a link to Paul Oliva should immediately discount your argument and I'm on your side regarding the original post.

 

[Ron Mehico]

The banner was in many schools and if you had a kid in the school system you would receive their newsletters that show a lot of the same stuff. Again I don’t agree transgender/sexual preference should be brought into the classroom, especially at elementary level. For example, a book with pictures of a man in a dress and a man with hairy legs in stockings should not be shown and discussed to a 4th grade class. Yes, I know it happened because my kid was in the class. And no matter political preference, you should want responsible fiscal spending and better performance results in the classroom than what we currently have. I’m not going to waste my time posting content from all the newsletter with their agenda and their performance downfalls. I live it and see it from having a kid in the system. You can do your own research. It’s not hard. They don’t try to hide it.

Serious question for you - are there just not many private school options in Lexington? We had a lot where I live (central Ohio) and my sister faced a similar situation where she lives in DC where either her child was going to be a crip or blood or need to go to private school. They were insanely expensive and they couldn’t afford it but they applied for lots of scholarships and tuition waivers that they qualified for and she’s been in private school since 1st grade. Is that not an option in the Lexington area?

 

[BigBlueDave]

The banner was in many schools and if you had a kid in the school system you would receive their newsletters that show a lot of the same stuff. Again I don’t agree transgender/sexual preference should be brought into the classroom, especially at elementary level. For example, a book with pictures of a man in a dress and a man with hairy legs in stockings should not be shown and discussed to a 4th grade class. Yes, I know it happened because my kid was in the class. And no matter political preference, you should want responsible fiscal spending and better performance results in the classroom than what we currently have. I’m not going to waste my time posting content from all the newsletter with their agenda and their performance downfalls. I live it and see it from having a kid in the system. You can do your own research. It’s not hard. They don’t try to hide it.

He doesn't have kids. He doesn't have anyone in his circle that has kids. If he did, his posts would be chock full of anecdotals that all is well and those children are thriving.

He will never understand.

 

[vhcat70]

Make them irrelevant to your family by voting YES on Amendment 2.

 

[cole854]

Providing a link to Paul Oliva should immediately discount your argument and I'm on your side regarding the original post.

The writer is irrelevant....he simply listed facts regarding the trip.

 

[funKYcat75]

Admin all over the country go to conferences like this. It's professional development or continuing education, ostensibly to be able to do their jobs better. Absolutely no reason to bemoan folks going to those. If you have a quarrel with who went, I can understand that. Maybe too many folks? I get it.

Conferences are expensive. Everything is expensive. You should see the prices of tables and chairs and textbooks from 'Educational' providers. Someone's getting rich, and it's not the admin (well, most of them) and teachers. It's a racket.

 

[cole854]

Admin all over the country go to conferences like this. It's professional development or continuing education, ostensibly to be able to do their jobs better. Absolutely no reason to bemoan folks going to those. If you have a quarrel with who went, I can understand that. Maybe too many folks? I get it.

Conferences are expensive. Everything is expensive. You should see the prices of tables and chairs and textbooks from 'Educational' providers. Someone's getting rich, and it's not the admin (well, most of them) and teachers. It's a racket.

That isn't the point....they cut programs but still have funds for this, and other misc. expenditures.

 

[Stan the caddy]

Sebourn is a conservative. I am attending a rally/meet and greet for him next week as he is in my district.

Pretty sure he’s a Mormon. Weird people.

 

[funKYcat75]

That isn't the point....they cut programs but still have funds for this, and other misc. expenditures.

Funding comes from different places and gets earmarked either by policy or legislation. Having seen the budget breakdown for just our school, the amount of categories for each type of spending is ridiculous and can't be moved from place to place. The red tape in any gov't entity is so messed up it's amazing anything gets done. I don't claim to know all the specifics exactly because thank God I don't have to. I just know that if something is marked for professional development, it has to be used for that. They couldn't just move it to teacher salaries or or technology or per-student spending. I'm sure it's some kind of equity thing.

 

[LowerLevelSeatA]

Serious question for you - are there just not many private school options in Lexington? We had a lot where I live (central Ohio) and my sister faced a similar situation where she lives in DC where either her child was going to be a crip or blood or need to go to private school. They were insanely expensive and they couldn’t afford it but they applied for lots of scholarships and tuition waivers that they qualified for and she’s been in private school since 1st grade. Is that not an option in the Lexington area?

There are some private schools, but they are pretty expensive. I believe if costs were not an option, there would be a decent amount more people pulling kids from public. Of the people we know/hear about, the kids are in private school because their parents have help from grandparents to afford it or they can’t afford it because they don’t have that help so the kids are stuck in public schools.

 

[Ron Mehico]

There are some private schools, but they are pretty expensive. I believe if costs were not an option, there would be a decent amount more people pulling kids from public. Of the people we know/hear about, the kids are in private school because their parents have help from grandparents to afford it or they can’t afford it because they don’t have that help so the kids are stuck in public schools.

Have you not looked into it? I would highly recommend. Ours are in private school so we share your sentiments but also have lots of friends from that school that are by no means well off that the school worked with on tuition costs to make it happen. You seem extremely concerned with your kids public school education so I would definitely recommend you exploring that option.