Wayne Blanton
Wayne Blanton
dictate education improvement leadership seen time
I have seen it time and time again. You dictate what you want that leadership to do. When that happens, you will see an improvement in education in this county.
governor solution takes
For the governor or the Legislature to always say that this is a one-size-fits-all solution usually does not work, and it takes a cooperative effort.
biggest districts moral various
That's the biggest issue. Various districts have different definitions of moral turpitude.
budget education seen
It's the most outstanding education budget I've seen in my 31 sessions.
competent supportive teachers
All of those things that get competent teachers into schools, we're supportive of.
far list voter
The list is ludicrous. I think the intelligent voter would look at this and say this is so far off, it's incredible.
behind both capital class dollars far growth meeting money size spent
We would like to see some of that money spent as pay-as-you-go for capital expenditures. We are so far behind both in our growth for capital outlay and meeting class size that we've got to come up with some substantial dollars in this year, and that would be one way to do it.
bad couple critical face housing next prices shortage
We'll face a critical shortage in the next couple of years if we don't do anything. We thought housing prices would have cooled by now, but they haven't. And that's bad news.
believe board control dates either local press problem school starting
You either believe in local control or you don't. If someone has a problem with starting dates of school they should go before their local school board and press that.