Open Letters

Open Letter to Tami Fitzgerald, Executive Director of NC Values Coalition, Concerning HB2

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Dear Ms. Fitzgerald, I read with great interest your remarks conveyed in an interview outside of a Winston-Salem courtroom concerning a recent federal hearing of the HB2 bill. I read with greater concern that your ability to speak on platitudes is only surpassed by the circular reasoning you seek to influence others to continue to … Continue reading Open Letter to Tami Fitzgerald, Executive Director of NC Values Coalition, Concerning HB2

Open Letter to Gov. McCrory and the NCGA Concerning Bonus Pay for Teachers

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Dear Gov. McCrory and members of the North Carolina General Assembly, This may not be a popular opinion, but it is one that is a matter of principle to me. I will be receiving $2,000 in bonuses this year for having a certain number of students pass the AP English Language and Composition Exam for … Continue reading Open Letter to Gov. McCrory and the NCGA Concerning Bonus Pay for Teachers

Another Open Letter to Fellow NC Public School Teachers – We Are Strong in Numbers; Therefore, VOTE!

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The current General Assembly should be very scared of us public school teachers and our supporters. That’s because what had originally looked like an election year to simply resupply the NCGA with more conservatively minded demagoguery has now morphed into a debate about how our state government should serve citizens and fully fund our public … Continue reading Another Open Letter to Fellow NC Public School Teachers – We Are Strong in Numbers; Therefore, VOTE!

Open Letter to Fellow NC Public School Teachers – What We Do Cannot Really Be Measured

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Public school teachers, You can’t really be measured. In fact, those who are measuring you do not have instruments complex enough to really gauge your effectiveness. If you are a public school teacher in North Carolina, you are always under a bit of a microscope when it comes to accountability. Everybody in the community has … Continue reading Open Letter to Fellow NC Public School Teachers – What We Do Cannot Really Be Measured

Open Letter to North Carolina High School Athletic Association -You’re Not in it For the Kids

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I sent this letter this past week to every member of the Board of Directors for the NCHSAA. It concerns events that occurred last weekend during the 4A softball state championship series.  I never received an answer or an acknowledgment. It is a long letter, but it does not cover all that happened. Nor does … Continue reading Open Letter to North Carolina High School Athletic Association -You’re Not in it For the Kids

My One-Sided Pen Pal Relationship With Sen. Jerry Tillman – Or Why I Am Sending An Old Letter With More Love

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What follows is an open letter to Sen. Jerry Tillman most of which I plagiarized from a letter I wrote to him in the summer of 2015. Ironically, actually no, it still holds truth. Nothing has changed. So I am revising it with a little more info. And resending. What I have done is edit … Continue reading My One-Sided Pen Pal Relationship With Sen. Jerry Tillman – Or Why I Am Sending An Old Letter With More Love

SB 873 – Shame on Apodaca and Kraweic – The Farce of the Access to Affordable College Education Act

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Note: Be sure to view a note by John de Ville, public school advocate and Hope Street Fellow from Macon County, following this op-ed. He highlights that Western Carolina University has strong reservations and provides a link to their statement on SB 873 - The Affordable College Education Act. Thanks to John. Sen. Joyce Kraweic … Continue reading SB 873 – Shame on Apodaca and Kraweic – The Farce of the Access to Affordable College Education Act

Another Stupid Decision – An Open Letter to Rep. Rob Bryan Concerning ASD

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In a vote of 18 to 11, you and the House Committee on Education, pushed through a bill that would establish an ASD (Achievement School District) in North Carolina allowing the control of some of our low-performing schools to be outsourced to out-of-state entities. Why? It is egregious that a leading legislator who claims to … Continue reading Another Stupid Decision – An Open Letter to Rep. Rob Bryan Concerning ASD

Can I Get a Confirmation from the Congregation? – How Governor McCrory Has Brought Me Closer To God

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Governor McCrory, you have brought me closer to God. Simply put, I have never conversed so much and so passionately with my creator than these past three years. And I must testify this fact - because so many things have happened to North Carolinians that only divine intervention and an election could ever relieve. With … Continue reading Can I Get a Confirmation from the Congregation? – How Governor McCrory Has Brought Me Closer To God

Open Letter to John Hood – UnLOCKEing the John Locke Foundation, Part 3

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Dear Mr. Hood, Your op-ed in The Carolina Journal (later reposted on EdNC.org.) entitled “How to Pay Teachers More” is another example of the deliberate disconnect from the reality of the teaching profession that many in Raleigh seem to not only revel in, but share as gospel. And this column is just another attempt to … Continue reading Open Letter to John Hood – UnLOCKEing the John Locke Foundation, Part 3