Not a surprise, we know what Simon Campbell is and we know what Heidi Adsett is...so to see the two involved together isn't a surprise. From her past interviews she is obviously under his spell. We've known for several years that she is not capable of an original thought.

And though the thought of teachers not striking is appealing, this S & H's organization is quite radical. Simon Campbell has cost the taxpayers of WCASD $14,465.01 for his Right to Know requests from Jan- Sept 2012. These requests are to get information on teachers,administrators and Heidi's fellow school board members. Go to the WCASD link/board/right to know/ 2012 and see the descriptions.

Now Heidi has officially joined him in his work of hatred. Shouldn't she resign from the board now? She has made the board look bad this past year and this is the icing on the cake.

Sadly, as we watch excellent administrators leave WCASD because of this board of directors, we all might consider relocating to a school district which cares about children's education. The 2013 election will be either the rebirth of this district or the death rattle.

Whoever is reading this - fully expect Simon to respond with his typical sarcasm and loathing. He always does. I propose that we all ignore Simon today.....just let his hatred vanish from these pages.

As for Heidi 'Simon Says' Adsett, if she won't resign, let's make sure she isn't re-elected should she be foolish enough to run in 2013.

Amen to that to that Monk. Heidi forgets her job is to support public education, not derail it. There is no talk of strike in the district and I for one think she won't be happy until there is. This board won't even show up to negotiations and has spent more money trying to bad mouth the teachers, the union, and see the departure of excellent administrators. What is wrong with them? We have low taxes, good quality and that is still not enough. Shame on you Heidi, you are a disgrace.

I couldn't agree more with both of you, Cathy and Monk. This Board -- with the exception of Sue Tiernan (God bless her for putting up with those jokers) -- has been out to ruin our district from the get-go. They are blatantly anti-public education, and their sole mission has been to undermine the teachers and the superintendent at every opportunity. Ms. Adsett has been the most vocal, but make no mistake, the rest of them share her opinions. We need to get ready to replace those whose terms are up and vote in board members who actually support and value PUBLIC education!!

Heidi Adsett and Simon Campbell are a dynamic, knowledgeable, committed, articulate duo opposing the highly organized unions ever escalating demands for more taxpayer money. Pennsylvania taxpayers spend $26 billion dollars a year on government's K-12 system and this does not include BBillions in under funded, "off the balance sheet" liabilities. Someone has to stand for The Forgotten Taxpayer who is forced to pay for an inefficient education system in order to placate union demands.

Well said Bob. Nice to see that we have at least one board member who is willing to take such a public stand against the corrupt teachers union. Good for you Heidi!

There are others which is why the West Chester taxpayers are not being hammered more than they are. The Unions need to demonize fiscal common sense proponents. Economic literacy is not taught in the schools. If expenditures exceed revenues, you are headed toward bankruptcy.

Please stop blaming all the high expenditures on teachers! Why don't you go badmouth the legislators who enacted al these laws and who have allowed the fiscal mess that the state is curretnly enduring. I am sick to death of people blaming the teachers for this!

As for Mrs. Adsett! She is not brave; she is a puupet under the influence of radicals. As a schoold board member, she has a responsibility to, not only represent ALL constituents(yes, even teachers), but she also has a responsibililty to make sure our students receive the best education possible in our district. If she wants to be active in radical political organizations, fine, but get off of the board now!

The real puppets are the teachers beholden to their union masters. The simple reality is that the cost of public education increases year after year but our children continue to fall farther and farther behind the rest of the world. The increase in cost is directly attributable to the unions extorting funds from state and local governments under the constant threat of strike. In essence they hold all of our children hostage to enrich themselves at the expense of our kids education, our teachers and taxpayers. They are cowards and I'm greatfull that Heidi will be there to remind us all of that fact.

I beg to disagree as a teacher. We continually talk about failing schools but truly the evidence to support that is skewed. We test everyone in this country, not just our elite students. We offer education to all - from those who have cognitive disabilities, to those who are gifted - and test them all. Each state offers a different test, each state sets its own standards. We have local control, unequal funding. All evidence would support our most trouble is in urban schools or rural schools. We talk about constant threat of strike - where? There is no threat of strike at present, and I work in WCASD.

What funds are being extorted? Desire for livable wages? Decent healthcare? And yes we do contribute in West Chester - anywhere from 10-30% depending on the plan selected. A desire for the school board and the state to pay there share of the pension, which they have not for ten years?

In the end yes our union will represent and speak for our interests, of course, common sense. Do I agree with all that NEA and PSEA do, of course not.

But I will tell you this, I work with fine and dedicated people in my district. My students and parents are second to none. The teachers in my building care deeply about the success of our kids, as do the administrators.

I have no fear of speaking out on this. WE do a great job every day. I am proud to be a staff member in the building where I work, and resent the implications made by some here.

You knew the wage and benefits when you accepted the position. If they were not "livable and decent", you should have said no. Instead you accepted the position and whine about how underpaid you are. How 'bout you shut up and do you job or quit and work somewhere that can provide you the life style you seek.

Yes, and I would love it if they would honor the contract process and be willing to negotiate fairly for a new one. That is all we want. I am not whining about being underpaid. See how quickly we misinterpret. The money that has been saved for the taxpayer over the past two years is incredible by the wage freeze is millions. They have also saved over a million in health care costs as we tend to be a pretty healthy group. We only get any cost of living through the negotiation process. So, when the board won't even come to the table you call that whining?

And honestly, what scares me at the moment are the numbers of really high quality administrators that have left. Read the board minutes.

This chart shows the ever escalating costs of the unionized K-12 bureaucracy. The increase in non-teaching administrators adds costs without any measurable increase in performance. No union has ever complained about these cost increases which drain resources from actual, in class room teaching. http://www.commonwealthfoundation.org/policyblog/cf/fl/page.1/56/education-spending

Unlike teachers who are paid for their services, neither Heidi Adsett nor Simon Campbell are paid for their services as elected school board members and both have children in the government schools. Their goal is better schools for their own kids.

Star, once again, your statments concerning raises are incorrect and based on the very expensive public relations comentary sent out by the board to the media.

We need to get like Heidi off of the board with her lies and hate filled agenda. She cares about the education of children? Hah! Maybe she should begin showing that by being supportive of the very distric that she represents. By joining forces with extremists like Simon Campbell, who spew such hate toward public education, she has now, in my opinion, publicly again, denounced the very district in which she is a representative.

Other than anonymous invective against Heidi Adsett, there are not data to support your contentions.

Rosemary, please read the link I posted showing that the system is overburdened with administrators who do not add educational value.

And administrators are not in the union. And whether they add to the mission of educational value is really not the discussion, and what they do is subject to discussion and analysis. Does an organization need management? How much, to what degree? How much management to run a complex organization of over 11,000 students, 1100 teachers and I do not even know how much support staff, grounds, technology, etc.etc. This is not a small organization and it is as complicated as a small corporation.

The teachers teach, the administrators administer. We work as a close team. The idea there is this animosity is silly. I can only speak for the buildings I work in or have worked in. But what I do know about the departments I have worked closely with is that we are collaborative. We have to be. And the administrators are integral. The support staff essential.

I can only wish that the public who is so quick to decry it all could spend some meaningful time on the inside and see the fabulous work being done each day by the staff - all of them from maintenance to central office on behalf of the students and the community.

Well said, Rosemary. I have been saying for a long time now that those that are quick to criticize just meed to come visit the schools and see the wonderful work going on. I guess it is easier to sit back on the computer and spew hate toward teachers, right, Star?

Where was animosity mentioned. My point would have been, had I brought it up, that there is a symbiotic relationship between administrators/ bureaucrats and the union teachers to the detriment of The Forgotten Taxpayer.

While I was busy teaching Sunday School and celebrating my husband's birthday, the blogs have been busy! Since I value my time, I usually stay away from blogs. As my wise mom always said, "If you worry about what people think, you'll have billions of people to worry about". However, being that I was the topic of the article I thought I should jump in.
I want to respond to Rosemary first since I do care about teachers (contrary to Deb Fell's union rhetoric). I agree that we have many great teachers in our district. If I did not believe this, you can be assured that my own kids would not be enrolled in our district. Additionally, you would be surprised with the number of teachers in our district reaching out to me agreeing that students shouldn't be kicked out of school for strike. They don't want to speak out publicly because they fear being put in a classroom next to the boiler room. Oh, the stories I could tell, and will!
Next, does anyone else see the hypocrisy in Edufan saying I'm not brave but then uses a pseudonym?
Oh, the gluten free birthday cake is ready! I don't have time to get into how much tax payer money the district is wasting in legal fees just to say, "Yes, give the taxpayer the requested information." Or the district resources for R. Kalliner's request for video tape of public meetings. More to come on this, but not in blogs!!
Heidi Adsett
Vice President
Stop Teachers Strikes

What does teaching Sunday school and celebraing your husband's birthday have to do with this blog? As far as teachers reaching out to you about "kids being kicked out of school for strikes", let me just clarify. We teachers in the WCASD DO NOT WANT A STRIKE. That has been said since our contract expired last June. That is no secret, so don't think teachers ae coming to you in confidence.

As far as my decision not to use my real name on here: I have my reasons and the certainly have alot to do with you and some of your school board cronies. I've seen several of you in action, and until my children have left the district (and that won't be for about 10 years), I will continue to blog under a pseudonym until such time that we have a school board who is wiling to work WITH us, not against us.

So, please enjoy your gluton free cake, enjoy your husband's birthday, and when you teach Sunday School next week, I hope your curriculum includes kindness toward others, even if you disagree with their opinions.

Better get to bed Edufan...you are getting grumpy.

Thanks again Heidi.

We thoroughly enjoyed the cake! I'd be happy to bring you a piece tomorrow. Will you be wearing red?

Happy dreams all! I have no more time for this "anonymous" nonsense.

Heidi Adsett
Vice President
Stop Teacher Strikes

I don't attend Sunday school and I think I forgot my wife's last birthday. If any of you Unionists justify abusing children and blackmailing taxpayers then you have forfeited your jobs and will be terminated: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5JSToyiyr8

Edufan, you need to go to Mrs. Adsett's Sunday School and learn kindness towards the fixed income seniors whose property tax increases you think is needed to be kind to you. Or should I say, kind to your desire to work 190 days/year with cadillac health care benefits, and a guaranteed pension until the day you die, with something bizarre called 'tenure' thrown into the mix. A job for life after three years? Good grief, who on earth has that in the real world?! You know, I bet a fixed income senior would appreciate the kindness of you taking a pay cut so there isn't a sheriff's sale on her property when she can't pay her taxes anymore. The entitlement attitude of left-wing radical Unionists is appalling. Meanwhile much of your Union dues goes to fund outrageous expenses by PSEA-NEA at golf clubs and casinos. If you want a pay increase then tell the NEA President to give you some of his $400,000 instead of kicking children out of school and sending bailiffs to the door of struggling seniors in this recession. The day you radical left-wingers unionized was the day you gave up your professionalism. I APPLAUD all quality teachers who reject Union membership and who strive to serve the children and taxpayers. The fact that such teachers are forced to pay Union dues to keep their jobs is downright un-American. The eight (8) Democrats on the WCASD School Board clearly hate the Constitution and the principle of individual liberty and freedom of association.

Heidi Adsett goes to Sunday School and learns kindness and soft words; Simon Campbell doesn't go to Sunday School and has learned to tell the truth clearly without equivocation. Simon Campbell's compassion for The Forgotten Taxpayer who works, saves and invests only to see what he has taken by the government unions is admirable and appreciated. Heidi Adsett and Simon Campbell are the definition of leadership.

Hmm, wonder how long it will take until I am called into the office regarding blogging on this board. It is Monday, I will be at central today for a meeting. Any bets by 3:30? How long until I am told to stop or be disciplined. Just for the information of all. I am home, on my computer, on my own internet provider and working under the provisions of school law, as all my graduate work, and courses in constitutional law have taught me. I respect the right of all to voice opinions. I expect mine will be respected as well. I work in an excellent district with excellent teachers. As far as students being placed near boiler rooms. Well the right of assignment to classrooms is wholly in the hands of administrators, not teachers who do the scheduling. And if we have students in inferior locations, that would speak to lack of adequate classroom space and nothing more. Such implications with no proof really concern me. And Edufan is right, there is NO talk of strike. Why? What is to be gained. So can we stop with that rhetoric.

Heidi, you must have a selective memory or just choose to not be truthful. I guess you forget the whole John Galt pseudonym that you were using on this website and on the DailyLocal.com. In fact, if you click on her name you can still see the comments she made while using the name John Galt. It goes back quite a while too. Hypocritical or just lacking the intellegence to realize?

No school district took any "holiday" from any contribution to PSERS. School districts have always contributed what they were told to contribute by the state, just as they continue to do today. The issue is that PSERS is a defined benefit pension plan where pay-outs are guaranteed by taxpayers no matter how much investment losses exist in the fund. The taxpayers who are forced to bail out this egregious pension system for public employee Unionists don't have such pensions; they have defined contribution plans like 401Ks. And, Mr. Not so Brave Anonymous edufan ...I don't tell lies. The fact that the NEA President pulls down over $400,000 and PSEA-NEA spends dues at golf clubs and casinos is in their public record LM-2 reports available at the U.S. Dept. of Labor, because those financial reports are required by federal law. As for strikes? Any Unionist who does it should be fired. Meanwhile, all non-Union teachers are forced to pay Union dues at WCASD to keep their jobs. Fact. The money is forcibly seized from their paychecks, at source, and sent to the Union by the district to ensure payment occurs. Fact. If a non-Union teacher had to instead pay the dues directly and didn't do so; then the Union would get that teacher fired because paying dues is a condition of employment. It's amazing to see Union teachers teach the Constitution while they have such disdain for the civil liberties of their (non-Union) colleagues.

In Lower Merion, 75% of property tax bill is for schools, the other for township and county. Lower Merion has a large commercial base which absorbs much of the property tax cost. What is the percentage of school tax v municipal and county in WCSD?

Pennsylvania spends $26 BBillion dollars a year on K-12. How much more do you think The Forgotten Taxpayer should pay? Can pay?

Ms. Decker, I see that there is a teacher at WCASD by the name of Rosemary Decker so if it's you on this blog then more power to you! You're certainly a cut above some of your colleagues who hide behind anonymous names. What troubles me however is where you wrote:

"Hmm, wonder how long it will take until I am called into the office regarding blogging on this board. It is Monday, I will be at central today for a meeting. Any bets by 3:30? How long until I am told to stop or be disciplined."

I'm a school board director myself and such a statement would be troubling to me. Is it the Union creating this "us versus them" thinking in your mind? Or does your Board/Administration create such thinking? You have First Amendment rights that cannot be disciplined. Obviously if you're on a blog when you're supposed to be working that might be an issue, but that'd be true of just about anyone in any workplace. Don't worry about it. Say whatever you want. It reminds me of the time a teacher Union fanatic showed up at a school board meeting to call me the "bastard child of Margaret Thatcher." The Superintendent & solicitor delayed posting the audio as they reviewed it for possible defamation. Personally I took it as a compliment. I told them to post it online without delay because it was this person's constitutional right to say that about me. Of course he got hung in the media editorials for using such language in front of students, but being stupid is a right too.

The reason that teachers who opt out of Union membership don't get fired for not paying dues is because the law says the school district must deduct the forced dues at source from paychecks without needing the employee's permission. Those are the facts. Without payroll deduction anyone bargaining unit employee who refused to pay dues could be fired. Forced dues is in the contract. Any WCASD Board Director who tried to curb free speech was foolish. Why focus on WCASD? It has a particularly militant union and a political front group.

I hear that parents are actually banning their children from associating with the Adsett children because of her erratic behavior. I know that is unfortunate but she is a very unstable woman. I mean what woman would go around "making videos" with Simon Campbell behind her husbands back? Maybe Mr. Adsett approves of this behavior and maybe its something that Mr. Campbell has brought over with him from his homeland in Great Britain? The "Forgotten Taxpayer" should be outranged that these two are using tax dollars for these inappropriate videos!

Simple Solution for Simple Simon and Simple Heidi: Keep your children away from them!

Oh Star - not Debby - named Catherine after my dear Grandmother. But keep the delusion going. The union does not hire or fire. Do they in any organization? Why don't you call Jim Scanlon and ask him the last time a union member hired an employee or made a firing decision. You can't call the personnel director as he left for greener pastures, as did Marc Bertrando.

You have proved for sure you have no business sense. Go online and read the WCASD contract - it is there and see if anywhere you can find any ability for a union to have hiring or firing authority - does not exist. Read the state labor laws - not there either. Come on all of you let's speak truth or let's be quiet.

We can have our differences. But the idea that teachers are this evil group is enough. And the idea that any parent or community member that supports our teachers are union members, teachers in disguise, or union shills is equally foolish.

I believe there are thousands of community members who support our schools and our educators - whether they are union members or not. The fact that they may be a union member does not define them wholly as a person anymore that it defines anyone. People belong to all kinds of organizations and it does not define their whole being. How small minded can we be.

Oh and by the way, it is the administration that has the right to fire or hire an employee. As stated earlier if you read. They are the MANAGEMENT !!!!!!!

Final comment. There is no way the teachers will give up a legally protected right in a contract. The fact that they will not do so does not mean they will exercise that right. The fact that people agree or disagree with the right to strike is really immaterial at this moment in time. Strikes are legal. Nobody in America should be asked to give up any right at any time for any reason to satisfy anyone. At such point the law is changed it will be followed. It is like asking to give up my right to free speech here because you don't want to hear what I have to say, and asking me to put that in a contract. It won'[t happen.

So far the West Chester Area School Board has wasted over $60,000 in tax dollars for mailings, videos, and negotiators. Why hasn't Heidi Adsett attended any of these meetings between the teachers and the school board? If she is so concerned about the contracts than why wouldn't she negotiate them? Is she to busy making "videos" with Simon Campbell? There are a lot of questions to be raised! And yes, my name is Steve Maher!

Hey, Simon, if I recall certain memberd on OUR school board ran on the ticket that they were eperienced negotiators. So how can you say that they are unexperienced? Also, Board member SHOULD be at the negotiating table. They are the ones representing all of us as constituents in this district. We have three board members who are part of the negotiating team. THEY SHOUDL BE THERE. Also, please stop the nasty name calling. We can agree to disagree, but let's be respectful.

With all due respect, Mr. Campbell, what 8 demorcrats? Try 8 right wing extremist republicans, and the 4 that were most recently elected boasted during their campaign that they had negotiations experience within their jobs.

What facts to you have to support that Mr. Maher is, as you say, twisted? He is entitled ot his opinion just like you are entitiled to your opinion.

Heidi, board members attending negotiations sends a message that they want to work WITH the union. Personally, I hope they get to the table. Allowing an attoryney to sit at the sessions, then reporting to you, then you all get the pr firm to send out notices that are skewed is very, very expensive. An expense that I, as a taxpayer in this district highly resent. You keep claiming that you want to be fiscally responsible, then be it. Spending money on lawyers and public relations firms is not fiscally responsible.

What in God's name is a RINO? It seems to me that you have disdain for those board members, except for Mrs. Adsett. Hmmm....

Well, isn't this interesting. My 12:24 AM post was directed to Heidi and look who answered for her! Hahaha, I thought Heidi spoke for herself! I guess I was mistaken.

As far as I can tell, Simon, you are not a member of the WCASD Board of Directors, so why did you jump in and respond to my post to her? Do you think Heidi can't answer for herself?

I heard that when we get to 100 comments, we all get some free chicken wings. Just 18 more to go!

I would pay for the wings myself for the chance to meet some of these anonymous bloggers.

With the exception of just a relatively few people, it appears like we all agree public sector employees should not be allowed to strike. Thanks to StopTeacherStrikes for educating all of us on this important topic. I'm learning a lot here.

Congratulations Heidi on your new position. Keep up the good work.

Matt, sarcasm and inane banter? Really? Rumor has it that you are planning on running for the WCASD School Board next year. I hope you continue to blog on here with comments like posted above. That will help the voteres with their choice of candidates.

I am not on anyone's side .. simply despise public sector unions, and the hardship with which they have saddled the future children of our country - anything I can do with words to bring attention to this FACT I will continue to do.

Michigan's Proposal 2 Takes Back Power From Big Unions

Read More At IBD: http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials-viewpoint/120412-635698-michigan-voters-reject-collective-bargaining-mandate.htm#ixzz2E8zQXaBL

Nice, sarcastic statement about a simple typo, star. You would be fantastic as Matt's campaign manager!! I bet he is thrilled that you are supporting him. I know I am!

Hey, Simon, I followed your advice and looked up RINO. Since you speak for Heidi, does she think her fellow board members are Republican In Name Only, too? That just might explain why she is no longer VP or a chairperson of committees on the WCASD Board. Hmmm............

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I forgot to mention that I don't want to be chair of Education Committee. I'll be busy with other responsibilities. I suggest you see if Maria is still interested.

Thanks!

Heidi

Looks like it was my choice.

Really Heidi you are going to have to do better than that. But thanks for the evening bit of humor.

1979. [23 min audio]. Conservative Party opposition leader Margaret Thatcher addresses parliament on the state of a nation crippled by Union strikes; four months later becoming Britain's first female Prime Minister. They don't make 'em like this anymore ...

http://campbellspeaks.com/Audio/Thatcher1979.mp3

Oh star, a typed email - really - it doesn't even look real. And who cares what she told JIm Scanlon. It is not in his hands anyway. Who really decides these things - the board. Oh no wait, according to you it must be the all the powerful, all knowing union. And how does one prove anything here according to you - you won't even post your name. Which is what I have done at least.

Our nation is not crippled by union strikes and the union strikes in Briatain were not education unions. As for Star with the name caling? Is that all you could think of? Before all these blogs with hate filled rhetoric began, I was not really a fan of unions, but I wasn't totally against them either. Thank you, Heidi, Simon, Star, and all of the others who have shown me the way. I fight to the end FOR unions! Aa matter of fact, there should be more unions. It is thugs like you who we need to be protected from. GOOD JOB!

Please cite me some facts as to my union being "exposed as a financial child abuser breeding ground". That's a very dangerous accusation and quite slanderous. What shame are you talking about?

As for my mental status: Are you a psychiatrist? If not, then please do not practice medicine without a license. That is illegal.

As for your other ramblng rhetoric: Thereis no strike threat, there has not been a strike threat, and I am asking you to stop this abusive language.

I have already contacted the publishers of this patch about your abusive language, and I know others have, too. It's time to contact them again.

See the little gray words in the upper righthand corner of posted blogs? It says "Flag as inappropriate". The right to free speech is not an absolute right to say whatever you want anytime, anywhere. If that were the case, there would not be the mountainous litigation on issues of slander. I glad that yo did indeed clarify that your statements were opinions, and stopped saying they were fact. Why were your posts in the Daily Local removed from those blogs? I guess the publishers violated your right to free speech there, too, hmm?

I see that you are stalking me. If you must know, and obviously you do, I accidently deleted my 8:33 PM post before I had the chance to read and edit, so I retyped.

The bottom line is that I am requesting that you keep your posts respectful even with the mass majority of us, IMO, who totally disagree with you and your, IMO, strange ramblings.

Stalking you is your own infantile paranoia .. everyone who posts receives an email of each entry.

The DLN (a journal register organization) has a moderator and an editor - the moderator and myself do not agree on what is abuse and what is freedom of expression - The Daily times is also a journal register organization - however is completely open to freedom of expression, thus the infinitely higher comment numbers in the DT, and the drop off lately of comments in the DLN.

You are welcome to use the little gray numbers to your hearts content, and I will continue to post the truth as I see it here on Patch.

Oh Star I think the Daily Local from my reading of that little exchange had nothing to do with the fact of a disagreement. It had to do with the fact that you did not like the response to your complaint about people coming back at you. How do I know this, we sat as a group one night and read it all online - yes we the teachers and our friends in the community do follow this collectively - oh that bad word. So, your ongoing tirades that many who post here are one in the same really make us laugh. Many of us post, many of read, many of us follow. You have provided good entertainment, and a cause for total disgust. I recently said enough and decided to join the discussion. Many told me to be careful putting out my real name as I could be identified. I don't care much, as I know I am not saying anything that can get me into trouble. I am proud to work at WCASD. It is a good district. My students are great - I enjoy going to work each and every day. They are smart, engaged and teaching them is a privilege for sure. Why, they have great parents that support public education and we work together for their success. My administrators are second to none. They support us as educators - from the building to my curriculum supervisor.

Star you can go check me out by calling the district, public record. I am nobody but Rosemary Decker. I have taught in the WCASD since 1998. I began my career at East High School and continued it at Stetson Middle School where I still teach. I am proud to work there and not afraid one bit to state that fact. You can pretend to attribute my identity to someone else, but try as you might it won't work. I am who I am, and have come out quite clearly in that manner.

As far as passing around passwords - I have no idea about that - but that sounds a bit crazed to me and I doubt its veracity. And honestly - how would such information make its way to you? I would question that highly regardless if it were even true.

In any case I have contacted Mr. Speicher, I have an attorney who I am in contact with as well. What I choose to do with that conversation I have not yet decided. But please know, your imagined ideas that all who post here are the same person is that - imagined.

Come on down to my school and ask Dr. Cognato if you can observe me teaching. Would love to have you in. I am proud of what I do, and welcome visitors any day. I think you will be also quite impressed by the caliber of the students. I am so very proud of all of them, as we all are. What awesome kids - smart, funny, engaged, and truly the best of the best. I am confident our nation will be in good hands if they are an indication of the future - which they truly are.

Where did I say that "all who post here are the same person"? what I said was there is an email going around that SOME of the twisted sisters pass around their WC Patch logon names and passwords between each other to confuse moderators - do you see how despicable you say I am out of one side of your mouth, but would love to have me in to your school .. out of the other side? - one thing I would bet the farm on, is that your Decker name has also posted on Patch with the same computer as your Binder name - your twisted sister conspiracy is becoming careless with its bullying attacks on the taxpayer elected.

Rosemary, that was beautifully written. I, like you, am very proud to work at WCASD, and I am also so very proud of my students. I have such faith in our country's future if my students are an indication of things that wil be.

Wow, Star. You sound rather defensive, and then paranoid. You might need to have your med levels upped. Please, for your sake, get to your psychiatrist.