Above all -- thank you for caring enough about our kids and our schools that you want to do something. Blessings -- |
| H o w w e t a k e b a c k o u r c h i l d r e n ' s e d u c a t i o n : o n e p e r s o n , o n e q u e s t i o n , o n e s c h o o l a t a t i m e Copyright 1999-2008 Peyton Wolcott |
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| Comments? I welcome all comments of a positive nature, and work often with parents and taxpayers who sincerely want to improve their local schools. Upset as you may be when you first discover wrongdoing in your local schools, rants and negativity serve no useful purpose, and you will only begin to become effective when you get past that stage. Think about it: if someone approaches you with a stick, won't you automatically go into a defensive mode? On my site you will find many suggestions for positive steps you and/or your group can take. If you're going to call your superintendent and/or school board members and/or anyone else names, however clever they may seem to you at the time, this is probably not the website for you. |
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| Here's an example of a photograph taken and sent by a reader who preferred to remain anonymous; it's of the lakefront residence of a Texas school district vendor who had been so successful from its primary account with the district that his corporation was able to extend a loan to the two top executives to purchase homes such as this. |
| Friends, thank you for finding this site! After many years as a volunteer, having tried a variety of approaches to correcting things that were wrong in our public schools -- fuzzy math curriculums, wasteful spending practices, corruption -- I realized that we can make substantial changes if we: 1. Set and achieve one goal at a time. 3. Join forces with others who are of like mind regarding our goal. 2. Follow the money. 4. Stay positive. Because nothing can change until we can track individual dollars, the single best place to start is to persuade our local school district to voluntarily post its check register (checkbook) online; everyone who has followed the steps exactly as suggested here has meet with 100% success. Please take a look at the "What you can do" button on the home page toolbar. Together, we really can improve our public schools. |
| -- Peyton |
| Friends, if you're contacting me to ask for assistance or to tell me about a situation you're concerned about in your schools, please include: Who What When Where Why Also, how are you involved? And are you and/or any family member an employee and/or vendor of your school district? If so, please describe. Do you have a child or children in your school district? If so, are they involved in this situation and if so how? |
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