I sure wish Tedesco would go back to from wherever he originated! This guy does not belong in NC politics.

RoadRider18 - When you write to your State Rep, please be sure to mention that the County Commissioners hired their own Lobbyist, instigating the Board of Education to do the same...

A governmental entity of elected officials hiring a lobbyist to influence another elected governmental entity with OUR tax dollars should be illegal.

This is nothing but waste and abuse of precious taxpayer dollars earmarked for the education of our children. NOT money to line the pocket of some greedy/lobbying lawyer.

I will be writing my State reps requesting legislation prohibiting the use of taxpayer dollars to lobby any governmental official or entity in or on behalf of North Carolina.

This diversion of taxpayer dollars away from our children should be....F R A U D !!!

Can someone please explain why being Democrat or Republican should matter if you serve on the school board. Yes, I know that's reality now, but why?

Do we really need a school board? Really? About the only purpose they serve is giving the news media something to write about.

All of the school board members should be elected at large by all the voters of the county, not specific districts. These folks represent all of us in education matters and should be responsible to all of us, not just a few folks in one district. Also they should be able to hire a lobbyist but they should pay from their own pockets, not ours! They are the ones wanting to have someone represent them, not us! I am very happy my kids graduated a long time ago before this became such a mess.

"how do we go about throwing the whole group off the board?"

Voting...

"All I'm saying is that I don't think it's fair that voters cannot vote on the people who make decisions on the schools our taxes support. All I want is to be able to hold these officials accountable at the ballot box. It's beyond me why others would not feel the same way."

Understandable, but should we complain that we cannot vote in the Virginia Senate Race, or the SC House Race, even though those elected representative go on and make decisions in DC that influence NC???

As for changes to specific schools, someone more familiar could probably tell us, but I don't think individual members can make changes to individual schools in their districts w/o first getting the approval from the rest of the board???

Ok...how do we go about throwing the whole group off the board?I used to be proud of Wake Co.(the board did it's job, you never heard a peep out of them) Now Wake Co. has become a joke!

As of next month, there will be 2 districts in Wake County where the voters had no say on their representative, who was chosen by the other board members that they could not vote for.

I understand how the districts work in Wake County. What I don't understand is why my neighborhood can be assigned to a school that lies in another district under the jurisdiction of a school board representative who I cannot vote for.

This is a big deal when that board member wants to change programs in that school.

I'm not making a case here for either liberals or conservatives. All I'm saying is that I don't think it's fair that voters cannot vote on the people who make decisions on the schools our taxes support. All I want is to be able to hold these officials accountable at the ballot box. It's beyond me why others would not feel the same way.

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