LCBOE, You Can't Have It Both Ways

We've been fortunate to receive new blogs from both the Lauderdale Luminary and ZAR. Today, we'll present the Luminary's view of the Lauderdale School Board; tomorrow, we'll publish ZAR's most recent take on current events.

We want to stress that we'll be happy to publish any blogs defending the school board and its recent actions. Unfortunately, we've not received any...

I find it very interesting that members of the Lauderdale County Board of Education would complain to the TimesDaily that "social media is an enemy to credible information" regarding the recent flurry of staff resignations, several of which are said to be related to the on-campus sexual activities of a group at Lauderdale County High School. It seems terribly disingenuous of the board members to complain in this way. Being the politically astute individuals that they are, they must realize that their own evasion and obfuscation of the facts surrounding this matter merely fuel the rumor and speculation that naturally occurs independently of the existence of social media platforms. Social media merely amplifies the effect. Surely the highly educated moral exemplars who sit on this Board know this to be true. So what is their angle? What do they expect to gain by attenuating the truth? Whatever their strategy here, I do not believe that it will redound to their political benefit in the long run.


One thing is certain, even to the most casual of observers. When it comes to whether an errant employee will be coerced to tender a resignation to this Board, it depends upon who the employee is related to and who the employee knows. The Board cannot show that it has ever consistently followed any objective criteria for employee discipline or dismissal. Incestuous nepotism and cronyism are systemic attributes in all governmental agencies in Lauderdale County, and most especially on the Board of Education.


"Those who live by the sword, shall die by the sword". The pompous pedantic pontificators on this Board would do well to embrace the multi-faceted meaning of this proverb derived from the Gospel of Matthew, as would all such two-faced dissembling politicians.


Humbly submitted for your considerations by,