At last night's school board forum Steve Flood said when he visited one of our schools he felt the need to wear a flak jacket. He wouldn't name the school.
That sort of comment by a potential school board member is appalling. It suggests a level of danger that is obviously untrue. Certainly the teachers and parents would not let such an atmosphere exist. It is insulting to the teachers of the school, suggesting that they do not have order in their classrooms, and it is insulting to the parents, suggesting they would allow such an atmosphere to exist.
It is just another example of how Narcisse and his slate of candidates are trying to create a crisis in order to get elected.
But it is also Steve Flood's attitude towards Des Moines Schools. He thinks our schools stink. (Remember he sends his kids to private school.) He never passes up a chance to take a pot shot at our schools. And that is the attitude he will bring to the school board. Don't let him have the chance.
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When he said that my first thought was, "Wow, I bet he felt that way because it was the first time he was in a school hallway where the kids are not all white."
Posted by: anonymous | September 04, 2008 at 01:44 PM