Whose Board Is It?
Open Letter to the RCS Community From Trustee Weaver During the February 2, 2023, work session, Kevin Sutton explained to our entire board that our school district and the board are the community’s district and board. This was something that had not been presented to the board prior to that meeting. It appears that President […]
Setting the Record Straight Part Three
At the January 14, 2023, Rochester Community Schools’ work session, there was a lot of talk about the urgency to pass a non-binding, disclaiming resolution directed at me for breaking established “norms” by escalating my concerns about the risk our board faces from the letter sent by Superintendent Shaner threatening to sue the board. The […]
Setting the Record Straight Part Two
When Trustees Bueltel, Anness, Bull, and Gupta made their case for passing the Disclaiming Motion against me, they spent a lot of time stressing how trust had been broken. They voted against a motion to postpone a vote on the motion so that the facts could be presented publicly at a regularly scheduled meeting. Here […]
Setting the Record Straight
On January 14, 2023, the Rochester Community Schools’ Board of Education voted to pass a Disclaiming Motion against me. Trustee Anness introduced the motion, and Trustees Bueltel, Anness, Bull, and Gupta ultimately voted to pass the motion. Trustees Litkouhi and Muska, as well as myself, voted against the motion. The basis for this motion was […]
US Congresswoman Bush Calls the Potential First Black Speaker of The House “Not A Historic Candidate”
When is doing something for the first time not historic? When it is done by someone that does not agree with WOKE US congresswoman Cori Bush. US Congresswoman Cori Bush (D) tweeted “(For What It’s Worth) FWIW, @ByronDonalds is not a historic candidate for Speaker. He is a prop. Despite being Black, he supports a […]
Why Not All Parent Groups?
At the Rochester Community School Board Meeting on December 14, 2022, Trustee Elect Andrew Weaver asked what Policy the DEIPN parent group followed to be placed on the board agenda (item 4.6 DEIPN Update). This question should not have come as a surprise to anyone as per the board-accepted practice; the administration was given a […]
Make This Make Sense
Spreading misinformation about fellow candidates and creating a toxic environment while at the same time resolving to “fix the toxic environment” is an interesting campaign strategy for any political position. This is precisely what Jessica Gupta is doing in her run for the Rochester School Board. On June 21, 2022, Gupta posted the following on […]
Won’t the Real Gayle Martin Please Stand Up?
“Four years after wrapping up a distinguished teaching career, MEA-Retired member Gayle Martin stepped up to the podium to speak at a recent school board meeting in Rochester, where she has lived and taught for more than three decades.” Brenda Ortega, MEA Voice Editor Michigan Education Association The Michigan Education Association is working to present […]
What is the Priority?
Rochester Community School’s Board of Education Trustee Barb Anness (D) was collecting signatures for multiple political petitions at the Rochester Farmers Market on May 7, 2022, as evidenced in the social media post below. At one point Anness was approached by her constituents and asked about the dossiers and the list and per those that […]
Transphobic?
Should K-12 public schools be teaching Gender Ideology? Here are a few quotes from an LA Times article on the rise in Gender Dysphoria diagnosis: “I think it’s gone too far. For a while, we were all happy that society was becoming more accepting, and more families than ever were embracing children that were gender […]