Cumberland County Commissioners meeting, August 12, 2008.
If you live in Tennessee, you’ve probably heard about the mess we have here in Cumberland County. School was supposed to start here on Monday, August 11 (which seems entirely too early, but that’s another story). On Friday, August 8, the Board of Education delayed the opening of schools because the budget hasn’t been finalized. Betsy wrote a good blog about the issues involved, if you haven’t read it, click HERE.
Since then things have really gotten interesting. For several days county football teams and bands practiced on the courthouse lawn. Three compromise budget resolutions were voted down at a County Commission meeting. As you can imagine, the discussions at that meeting were very heated with much more shouting than calm debate. Even the Knoxville television stations covered that meeting!
Then our county mayor sued the Board of Education, claiming that the Board had violated Tennessee’s Sunshine Law. The lawsuit claims that the August 8 meeting was called by the Director of Schools instead of the Chair of the Board of Education as required by law.
The next day a member of the Board of Education resigned, saying he didn’t think that the school was holding the director of schools accountable or putting the students first.
Then the county mayor filed a second suit against the board, asking a judge to schedule a hearing to consider an injunction ordering the schools to start immediately.
I can hardly wait to see what happens next — aren’t we setting a great example for our children?!?
Tags: Cumberland County, Politics
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August 23, 2008 at 5:45 am |
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