Lauderdale County BOE: Keeping Parents in the Dark?

At this point, two "stakeholder" meetings have been held to address the five year plan for Lauderdale County Schools. According to one who attended, the meeting addressed nothing of great importance, but was a venue to gather complaints from parents in order to use them later as ammunition to promote school closings.

Whether true or not, it is true that while consolidation was mentioned, the speakers refused to consider any questions concerning this more than possible future for Lauderdale Schools. So...sure you can ask, but we don't have to answer.

One of our readers facetiously asked why some competent, intelligent individuals hadn't run against current school board members. Perhaps some would miss the entertainment of having a school board president who's quoted in the local rag as saying THC has killed thousands?

School consolidation aside, did anyone ask about finances? How much money has Lauderdale lost in the past five years? why is Lauderdale non-compliant in so many fiscal areas? Surely, parents have a right to know...