What is the Difference between Dr. Williams and Dr. Satchel?

 

The following is a short guest blog. The author also created the above graphic:

Does Project Say Something plan to protest Gary Dan Williams being transitioned from Allen Thornton Technical Center to alternative school? What is the difference between Dr. Williams and Dr. Satchel?

Many local Democrats do not wish for PSS to represent them. After all, let us not forget the goal that was written in their manifesto is to "challenge a white supremacist / Christian centered viewpoint." So they believe the two to be synonymous? https://www.gardenspices.org/project-say-something-allies/

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Our take? Both Lauderdale and Colbert Counties deserve better educators than they have now. The citizens deserve accountability.

A person who teaches at a college level may profess his/her beliefs; an educator in lower forms should not do so without a great many caveats. Reading the article our guest blogger supplied (yes, we had read before), we have to ask: Does everyone know the meaning of

Agent Provocateur?

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As for a call to action, these two lines from classic movies say it all:

I'm no damn Yankee; I'm from Ardmore, Oklahoma - Arlen Dean Snyder in Yanks

What say you? James Robertson Justice in A Pair of Briefs

Lauderdale Lame Duck Super v. Colbert's

 

Neither the Superintendent of Lauderdale County Schools nor Colbert's will be returning for a second term. At this point, both should be interested in what's best for students and not in which parents they might offend with any command decisions. Yet, John Hatton and Gale Satchel have made strikingly different choices on basically the same issue.

While you may be ready for COVID-19 to be over, the virus seems to have different ideas. Each day it worsens, and we're now told we're looking at January before a vaccine is available. More and more students are becoming ill and taking the deadly virus home to families. What is the best plan of action? 

From Lauderdale:

Lauderdale County Schools Superintendent, Jon Hatton, said today that all students in grades PreK-12 at Lauderdale County High School are transitioning to remote learning. This is due to several teachers and students being quarantined. The remote learning will last from Friday, November 13, 2020, through November 30, 2020. This is for students only (Grades PreK-12). Faculty and staff members not in quarantine will report to school as usual. During this remote learning and quarantine time period, any students or staff members who test positive are to notify the Lauderdale County High School administration or school nurse. Students at Lauderdale County High School are expected to return to in-person learning at school on November 30, 2020.

From Colbert:

All Colbert County Schools will return to virtual learning until January, beginning November 16. CCS Superintendent Gale Satchel confirmed all schools will go virtual for the remainder of the year in order to keep the spread of Coronavirus down. She says the last day of in-person classes will be Friday, November 13.

That's an extra four weeks virtual learning for schools south of the river. What do parents say? More than a few say the Colbert School Board was never consulted...and they're not happy. Apparently, some of the school board agree with them. Which superintendent made the most prudent choice? Did Dr. Satchel think this was the only way to accomplish what was needed to minimize the virus in the Colbert system?

After the month long hiatus, the new Colbert super will be taking the helm. What will he say or do? It's anyone's guess at this point, and we don't envy him.