A lot happened to our Swim Program that hasn't been accounted for in efforts to date. Most have turned the page because of a couple of terminations (Taylor and Downs), but that is not a remedy for the destruction of the Program's efforts, putting aside the defamation and other misconduct by SCPS Board members and Division leadership since 12/20. This has been, and still is, a long slog. Yesterday was another yard or two through it. We're hoping the SCPS will 'prioritize' this matter.
Thank you for keeping us informed on this important story. Still more to be told on this and hoping FXB Advance will follow through! Name the parent who started all of this… PLEASE!!!
How would naming this parent help Spotsylvania County Public Schools? Also, what’s stopping you from naming the parent in the comments section? Schools are facing drastic teacher shortages…not sure how identifying this parent would fix these statewide issues or help the community “heal.” It sounds like anyone who cares about this story probably already knows who the parent is.
The "parent" is closely connected to the top end of the board and the division prior to some of the changes. It raises questions about how our school board has been run and, thus, what reforms are necessary. It is difficult for me to understand why you would not see that so I would like to stop talking about it because it appears that there may be something else on your mind.
Again, who is the parent? I have no agenda, but I feel it’s unfair of you to criticize The Advance for not identifying the parent when you will not do so in the comments section.
I'm not a reporter, and the issue is "the news" and the policy judgments associated with the 4th Estate. That is not my platform, and comment boxes don't change that. As a private citizen and, yes, former coach, I do have civic and related responsibilities. I'm trying to meet them. A haphazard disclosure of a name the 4th Estate itself has ruled out disclosing would not advance much, if anything worthwhile, which I hope is obvious: private citizens may make news, but they don't decide what IS news. When the press is ready, if ever, it will serve the people whose responsible use of the franchise give the press its rationale for existence in our Democracy "the name."
Thank you, Adele, for your excellent report, per usual. The Fredericksburg Advance is always first to share local news.
Thank you, Judge McGrath, for your fair and wise ruling and observations.
As citizens of Spotsylvania we may have hope for better, saner days.
A lot happened to our Swim Program that hasn't been accounted for in efforts to date. Most have turned the page because of a couple of terminations (Taylor and Downs), but that is not a remedy for the destruction of the Program's efforts, putting aside the defamation and other misconduct by SCPS Board members and Division leadership since 12/20. This has been, and still is, a long slog. Yesterday was another yard or two through it. We're hoping the SCPS will 'prioritize' this matter.
Thank you for keeping us informed on this important story. Still more to be told on this and hoping FXB Advance will follow through! Name the parent who started all of this… PLEASE!!!
We can only hope this particular matter is totally in the past.
It isn't, not close.
Oh dear. I thought it meant the Downs’ assault case was over. I’m so sorry. I do want it to be over for you.
Name "the parent".
Just to be clear, I’m asking Theodore Marcus, not The Fredericksburg Advance, why he doesn’t name the parent? Nothing is stopping you, is it?
I have, many, many times. But I cannot stand in for the Press. What it chooses to delete and not, it deletes and omits.
How would naming this parent help Spotsylvania County Public Schools? Also, what’s stopping you from naming the parent in the comments section? Schools are facing drastic teacher shortages…not sure how identifying this parent would fix these statewide issues or help the community “heal.” It sounds like anyone who cares about this story probably already knows who the parent is.
The "parent" is closely connected to the top end of the board and the division prior to some of the changes. It raises questions about how our school board has been run and, thus, what reforms are necessary. It is difficult for me to understand why you would not see that so I would like to stop talking about it because it appears that there may be something else on your mind.
Again, who is the parent? I have no agenda, but I feel it’s unfair of you to criticize The Advance for not identifying the parent when you will not do so in the comments section.
Why don’t you name the parent?
I'm not a reporter, and the issue is "the news" and the policy judgments associated with the 4th Estate. That is not my platform, and comment boxes don't change that. As a private citizen and, yes, former coach, I do have civic and related responsibilities. I'm trying to meet them. A haphazard disclosure of a name the 4th Estate itself has ruled out disclosing would not advance much, if anything worthwhile, which I hope is obvious: private citizens may make news, but they don't decide what IS news. When the press is ready, if ever, it will serve the people whose responsible use of the franchise give the press its rationale for existence in our Democracy "the name."