Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2010 18:28:53 -0700 From: Steve Candelori Subject: RE: Chatham Chatlist #3780 Thanks, Chip. More evidence that anytime you have a government monopoly mixed with a powerful union you get a collective unaccountability. These people aren’t stupid, but they do depend on the stupid to keep theirContinue Reading

Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2010 16:47:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Meg Miller Subject: AP exams ARE important! wow.  That is surprising and very disappointing news concerning the placement of spring break right before AP exams.Almost as surprising as the scheduling NW did which puts all but one of the AP examsContinue Reading

Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 09:38:17 -0400 From: “William \”Chip\” Pate” Subject: Chatham BOE Sabotages Students It’s hard to believe that community leaders elected and appointed to  promote educational excellence would sabotage the students they’re  supposed to serve, but that’s precisely what Chatham County school  officials and the Board ofContinue Reading

Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 19:19:51 -0400 From: Mia Munn Subject: graduation projects I would be interested to hear others’ experiences (as parents, students, mentors, judges) with the first year of the graduation project. I mentored a student last fall, and just got back from judging the presentations at J-M.Continue Reading

Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:04:57 -0500 From: Mia Munn Subject: 2010-11 School budget The budget situation has improved somewhat since last week. Instead of a $303.58 decrease per student, the state now says the decrease will be $206.53 per student. The district has also reallocated some local funds, withContinue Reading

Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:11:12 +0000 From: chathamliteracy.org Subject: Southern authors to promote literacy in Chatham County Southern authors to promote literacy in Chatham County Three award-winning Southern authors will discuss the inspirations for their writing at an April 21 luncheon to benefit the Chatham County Literacy Council. DorisContinue Reading

Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:27:33 +0000 From: admin@chathamliteracy.org Subject: Southern authors to promote literacy in Chatham County Three award-winning Southern authors will discuss the inspirations for their writing at an April 21 luncheon to benefit the Chatham County Literacy Council. Doris Betts, Lee Smith and Randall Kenan also willContinue Reading