tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27788600.post625447241913027174..comments2015-04-27T15:41:56.536-05:00Comments on Kansas City Confidential: It's a Sad TaleUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27788600.post-58156541827143444342010-09-19T18:57:39.471-05:002010-09-19T18:57:39.471-05:00Excuse me. Does the south Kansas City community h...Excuse me. Does the south Kansas City community have any idea what's going on in the Hickman Mills School Distict? I have heard that their board president is a joke. She can't find her place during board meetings, makes speeches out of the clear blue that leave people scratching their heads and is kept on a short leash by John Sharp and the Superintendent. Wake up people. They are failing our children and failing us. The three of them have got to go.Harvesternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27788600.post-29325948111576796522010-09-19T15:25:31.713-05:002010-09-19T15:25:31.713-05:00To 7:03
Sorry, but being president of a school bo...To 7:03<br /><br />Sorry, but being president of a school board is by simple vote of the school board; so anyone who can get 4 votes has it made. Mims has Curls because they go way back. She also Cushing because of the Sharp connection. All she has to do is tell one other person, who would be the fourth vote, that she has the votes so that person may as well go along. it's that simple and that sad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27788600.post-22554940724746710432010-09-19T14:10:52.570-05:002010-09-19T14:10:52.570-05:00Some people in the Hickman Mills school district s...Some people in the Hickman Mills school district supported John Sharp's run for city council in 2007 in order to get him off the school board and thereby remove him as a meddlesome influence in district affairs.<br /><br />Sharp did get on the council, but with his lap poodle Mims as Board president, and his sponsorship of Darrell Curls, it seems Sharp's influence is at least as great as it ever was.<br /><br />By the way, Sharp, Mims, and Curls are all using the school board as a springboard to higher office. They are not focusing on our kids' education.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27788600.post-75245739252294360332010-09-19T11:41:10.540-05:002010-09-19T11:41:10.540-05:00John Sharp, when he was on the school board, was a...John Sharp, when he was on the school board, was always pushing to spend money on things that don't improve the quality of education. Just look at that expensive astroturf behind Ruskin high school.<br /><br />It's obvious that the current Board president, Bonnaye Mims, is a tool of John Sharp, now on the city council. She thinks her political career will be served well by doing his bidding. Most recently, she has been appointed (by guess who) to represent the Sixth City Council district on the Council redistricting committee. Her proposals are designed to preserve Sharp's power base at the expense of fair representation for all communities.<br /><br />All of this ego-driven politics and scheming for personal political purposes puts our children's interests in the back seat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27788600.post-59359473182052545822010-09-19T07:03:43.136-05:002010-09-19T07:03:43.136-05:00This is all very sad. The only way you can change...This is all very sad. The only way you can change whats going on is let the people know. The lack of educating the Hickman Mills families keeps Sharp, Mims and the Superintendent in power. Go to a board meeting at a successful school district and see how they are run. In my opinion, if you had more people like Ms. Aiman on the board, asking questions and not rubber stamping everything, this district would succeed beyond their wildest dreams. <br /><br />If reading and math are barely up, I'm wondering if Civic lessons are even taught. Do these people know that they need to be actively involved in the election process to make the education of their children improve? I believe there are excellent teachers in this district. I also believe the superintendent has a board that, as a majority, keeps her in her job. That's all she needs is a majority vote. Mims lacks knowledge as to the function of a board and she is the president! <br /><br />I propose that Ms. Aiman, the only board member that asks the hard questions, become the president. She seems to be the only person concerned about the budgeting of our tax dollars. Only then will the mission of the district to "educate the students for a lifetime of success" won't mean for the success of a superintendent that obviously, has her own agenda.<br /><br />Ms. Aiman, I propose you clone yourself. We need more than one person on the board that is the voice of the community, the voice of the teachers, and the voice of the students.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27788600.post-64188911785811155382010-09-18T21:52:45.721-05:002010-09-18T21:52:45.721-05:00John Sharp is still at it. At the Freda Markley E...John Sharp is still at it. At the Freda Markley Early Childhood Center ribbon cutting, he had to talk about what he has been doing. The city is putting a pool out where the old Y used to have theirs on Longview Road. Has he bothered to find out why the Y closed their pool? Then he wants to build an indoor pool and have the Hickman Mills District pay for half of it. This is a district that dosen't take care of their teachers. They lied when they got the last levy increase. It was supposed to be for raises. What are they going to do have another Bond increase? Somebody better start telling John Sharp no and any board member that goes along with that type of spending. Get the test scores up, then we'll talk.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27788600.post-85791916913818616152010-09-18T21:39:43.193-05:002010-09-18T21:39:43.193-05:00Why would a district celebrate their successes, wh...Why would a district celebrate their successes, when their scores are diplorable. At the District rally before school started, J.T. Brown was talking to the crowd about how proud he was that they raised test scores last year. There is nothing for the Hickman Mills School District to be proud of. Looking at the test results, it's hard to imagine how this district has survived this long. Someone with the state needs to do something. These children are not being given a quality education. Sounds like the Superintendant has worn out her welcome. Teachers are talking about how she said if she goes down, she's not going down alone. It's been going around like wildfire. If it's true, what does that mean and how are we as supporters of the district supposed to trust them. I don't think I can.Harmonnoreply@blogger.com