You can do something the following is a resolution that will go in front of the county commission on Monday the 10th at their 7:00p.m. meeting held at the court house. START CALLING YOU COMMISIONERS AND TELL THEM THAT YOU WANT THEM TO VOTE YES. This will then be sent to the state. Then you can start on your state Rep. and Senators. After the resolution I have attached a list of the county commissioners I am sorry it doesn’t have phone numbers I got it off of the Chamber of Commerce website and had to correct some of the members had changed.
RESOLUTION 11-2008-08
TO URGE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO ENACT LEGISLATION TO ALLOW COUNTIES THE OPTION TO SELECT A DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS BY ELECTION OR APPOINTMENT
WHEREAS, the director of schools holds a highly significant and important position in the communities in Tennessee; and
WHEREAS, the current law allows only for the selection of a person to fill this position by appointment by the local board of education: and
WHEREAS, in many counties, there is a desire for such position to be filled by election by the registered voters of the county;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of Smith County, meeting in regular session on this 10th day of November, 2008, that the Tennessee General Assembly is strongly urged to pass legislation amending Title 49 as appropriate to allow county legislative bodies to choose the method of selection of the director of schools or, in the alternative, the General Assembly is urged to pass legislation to authorize a local referendum to determine for each county whether the director of schools should be appointed by the board of education or chosen by the voters of the county.
BE IT FUTHER RESOLVED, that the county clerk shall mail certified copies of this resolution to the members of the Tennessee General Assembly representing the people of Smith County.
Adopted this 10th day of November 2008.
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Michael F. Nesbitt
Smith County Mayor
ATTEST:_________________________
James B. Norris
County Clerk
County Commissioners, Smith County:
District 1 - Pleasant Shade - Defeated - Difficult
Billy D. Halliburton
Vernon Hesson
Anthony Woodard
District 2 - Dixon Springs - Monoville - Tanglewood - Turkey Creed
Richard Brimm
Phillip Enoch
Darryl York
District 3 - New Middleton - Brush Creek - Hickman
James K. Winfree
Carolyn Boles
Daniel D. Cripps
District 4 - Rock City - Rome
Jeffrey A. Winfree
Frank H. Gibbs
Earl H. North
District 5 - Gordonsville - Lancaster - Hickman
Ron Cowan
James M. Gibbs
Billy M. Woodard
District 6 - Carthage
Barbara Hickman
Jerry Futrell
C. D. Poindexter
District 7 - South Carthage
Leslie Proffitt
Joey Nixon
Ronnie Bussell
District 8 - Chestnut Mound - Elmwood
Kenneth Massey
David Gross
Ricky L. Gibbs
Everyone needs to call, let your voice be heard.
ReplyDeleteEveryone needs to cal and start emailing this to everyone in the county so that our commissioners know that we want this to pass. Then we need to ban together and start working on the state level. Roger Lewis is a poster child for how bad and wrong a person can go when they get to much power. I hope the new board members start taking a stand. Mr. Lewis has made a mess of our scholl system and it needs help. So start spreading the word about this vote it is on Monday at 7p.m. so we don't have much time.
ReplyDeletesorry CALLING and emailing
ReplyDeletePlease share the phone numbers or email lists if you have them. If you can attend the meeting please come the more the better, now is the time for our community to stand and make a difference. We might be to late to help this child but we need to change our schools for the future of all our children.
ReplyDeleteI think your best bet is to look up their numbers. I went back to the chamber of commerance website and they didn't have the numbers or emails listed. We need to get the word out. Start sending out emails to other in our county. The commisioners need to hear from the people ASAP. The more who can attend the meeting the better, not many people usually attend so they will know that we are interested and want this passed.
ReplyDeletePLEASE GET THE WORD OUT AND CONTACT YOUR COMMISSIONER AND ATTEND THE MEETING.
Way to go you guys!
ReplyDeleteThanks commissioner for your great post!
This blog may finally make a difference. The only way, in your community to make a REAL difference, is to become active!
By the way, there is no reason to EVER delete this blog. We are exercising our right to speak freely and as long as we are productive and no one is being hurt, then this blog should stand as a future reference for anyone interested in the handling of this situation or in the workings of this school system.
Public discussion on community issues are a healthy thing and if done properly can promote healthy change in our community.
Blogs are a wonderful way to let many people participate in a discussion at all hours of the day. Keep coming back and posting your comments freely. The topic of this blog in general is "Where Have All the Policies Gone?". It was started because of a particular issue, but if there are other issues that need to be addressed then now is the time for everyone to come together to make a difference.
ghsfan~ don't even start with me, I'm ready to make my point right back.
any update on the meeting?
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ReplyDeleteQUOTE "any update on the meeting?"
I would like to hear an update as well. I haven't checked on the posts for a couple of days, so I didn't know about the meeting until tonight. I would have at least called my commissioners. I will definitely make be making state level contact when necessary!
I just heard it passed I will let you all know more when I here.
ReplyDeleteWONDERFUL!!! Good to know a change may be coming!
ReplyDeleteIt passed with huge support from all the commisioners who were present. Many spoke in favor of the change. Now we must all work together to to take it to the state level. That is where it has to be changed.
ReplyDeleteWhen will we know a resolution #?
ReplyDeleteI hope we can get all the necessary information on this blog ASAP so we can start letting Mrs. Terri Lynn know to we want this to pass quickly.
From weaver08.com~
* Work towards improving our schools:
I support “Education First” initiative.
I believe we need to reform No Child Left Behind.
Let our teachers do what they do best.. Just Teach.
*****Give each district a choice whether to elect the School Superintendent.*****
I was just told to check out this blog I think I know about the issue being talked about but not sure. I have kids at GHS,could someone tell me what happened?
ReplyDeleteAnonymous, its about a mom that didn't get her way so now she is bashing a teacher to force the school into letting her daughter back on the cheerleading squad after they pulled her.
ReplyDelete"anonymous" Don't let ghsfan fool you, if I were you I would take the time to read ALL the posts and come to your own conclusion about what is really going on here.
ReplyDeleteghsfan~ don't think you have new anonymous' attention just yet! Hopefully they have an open mind and can come to there own conclusion.
They asked what the issue here was not YOUR opinion of it!