Comments on: School board closes 6 buildings, cuts still on table

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 17:46:50 +0000

Dave- perhaps the administration is using Heartland to spruce up the future charter schools at no cost to them.

Sheffield claims she is not for charters although her proclaimed mentor John Anderson of Anderson Gardens, Chairman of the Rockford Charter School Initiative surely is.

Back door politics at their finest.

By: kitty

kitty — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 00:03:41 +0000

Dave, maybe Heartland church should consider working diligently to have Dr. Sheffield and her Cabinet removed!!
Believe me, the community appreciated Heartland’s work but since Dr. Sheffield did NOT appreciate it, she allowed her “unfortunate” students to destroy the work that was done. It was less than a week before there was graffetti everywhere.
When was the last time one of the Heartland participants entered West Middle School? Go take a look at your hard work.
The damage done was by the same students that are always causing problems in the school. But since Dr. S won’t suspend or expell these students, they destroyed the pride the GOOD students had when they returned after summer break.
As a church, I would like to see your members take an active stand in our school district against the edicts from Dr. S that are ruining our schools and children in them.
Yes, there is separation of church and state but standing for what is right is a duty of ALL members of our community!!
Get involved in the school board meetings.

By: dave

dave — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 22:22:16 +0000

Schools that Heartland and the district picked for doing completly over with approximately 5000 workers, working numerous hours and thousands of donated dollars and they close them? Wait, these were discussed a year in advance as to which schools needed the work and would benefit by this. I have worked on the schools myself and this is the thanks that one receives. I can tell you this school district can’t survive with the left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing. Do you know why Heartland was able to gather the people, money and do the work? Look at the scripture, a church is a body and as a body all the members work together in unison to do what is right. God designed the human body to work the same way, the superintendent and school board could benefit by looking at this example. Perhaps it’s time to help the private schools or this time raise funds to help those that want to go to private schools because this approch doens’t work with a group of school board members, superintents and administration that goes it’s own way.