All Entries in the "Schools and Education" Category
Turn-votes: “Conservative” Albemarle County School Board members shun Buyaki, support Koleszar, McKeel for Chair and Vice Chair
In an amazing display of institutional protectionism, the seven-member Albemarle County School Board (ACSB) voted to prohibit conservative reformer, Jason Buyaki, from assuming a board leadership position. At the ACSB January 12 organizational meeting, politically left-leaning member Eric Strucko—recently a champion of process and corruption reform—nominated Buyaki for chair. Establishment darling, Diantha McKeel, then nominated [...]
Guest Editorial: Reasons to support public libraries over public schools
Guest editorial: Reasons to support public libraries over public schools by Steven C. Latimer Crozetians and Western Albemarleans awoke to welcomed news on December 8, 2011, as the Crozet Gazette and Charlottesville Daily Newspaper reported that the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors had voted to direct county staff to send out an RFP, or request [...]
We’re so sorry, Uncle Koleszar: Indoctrinated Woodbrook third graders sing “Part of the 99”; Kidpan Alley issues apology
Kid Pan Alley (KPA), a music-based educational organization that inspires kids “to be creators, not consumers” has reversed course and issued an apology for the song “Part of the 99.” Schilling Show Exclusive: Click to play Part of the 99 as sung by Ms. Murray’s 3rd grade class [Audio clip: view full post to listen] [...]
Koleszar vs. Adams: Communism in Albemarle County’s Woodbrook Elementary?
In this exclusive Schilling Show interview, Albemarle County School Board Chair, Steve Koleszar, defends the controversial Kid Pan Alley song, Part of the 99, while Big Government’s J. Christian Adams explains his concerns with Communist indoctrination of third grade students at Woodbrook Elementary School. Also participating in the discussion was Albemarle County School Board member [...]
Guest editorial: The Magnificent History of the United States
The following is a paper I discovered amongst keepsakes of my parents. It was written for a middle school assignment 35 years ago, in the Albemarle County School System. I was given an A+++ at the time. Given the recent Kid Pan Alley “99%” controversy at Albemarle County’s Woodbrook Elementary School, I can not help [...]
Photo exposé : Ongoing and dangerous illegal parking at Albemarle High School
Ongoing and dangerous illegal parking at Albemarle High School By Jorge Brooks, Jr. After attending a few sporting events at Albemarle High School (AHS) this fall and parking in the main lot in front of the building, I noted that during many events, driveways leading back to the athletic fields were filled up with illegally [...]
Cold stone crazy: Charlottesville city using capital improvement funds to buy “free” ice cream for neighborhoods
First it was the grand vote-buying scheme of government-sponsored pizza parties, courtesy of councilor Kristen Szakos. Now, Charlottesville’s City Council Democrats are using publicly underwritten ice cream socials to curry favor with city voters, via the Neighborhood Grant Matching Program. Almost worse than the concept of vote-purchasing with “free” government food, is that the monies [...]
Overexposed: Greene County Superintendent removes controversial picture from web
A controversial photograph of Greene County Schools Superintendent, David Jeck, has been removed from the division’s web site. The picture, which shows Dr. Jeck and his wife in their bathing suits, was considered inappropriate by several parents who contacted The Schilling Show after substantive response was dodged in conversations with Dr. Jeck, himself. On Tuesday [...]
Guest editorial: Albemarle County Schools to cave in to censorship — ‘A Study In Stupidity’
Albemarle County Schools to cave in to censorship— ‘A Study In Stupidity’ by Jim Stern Censor Sherlock Holmes, are they kidding? The School Board is poised to ban Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes novel, A Study In Scarlet. The Nazi’s burned books, is that next? Check out en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_book_burnings. I can see it now; soon nothing [...]
The Sustainability trap: Albemarle, Charlottesville, and TJPDC’s million dollar assault on individual liberties
The Charlottesville–Albemarle 1998 Sustainability Accords are a radical document. Composed and promoted by radical elements of the local enviro-socialist movement and closely aligned with the ICLEI / United Nations / Agenda 21 Sustainability goals, the Accords are a direct threat to individual liberty. The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has committed—and [...]
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