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Heels 09 - Thank you for the policy, but does she use it. Word on the street is that her and her daughter does not take AL days and they are allowed to "work" when they are not at school. It was published last year that Mrs. Yates had Perfect Attendance and she went to Alaska and to the beach. Can teachers not work and trade out time like their leader. Does Mrs. Grubb do this? Since she has a 12 month assistant principal, she takes about 3 weeks off every summer. Does she report all these days? Every wants fair, and no whining, but if teachers have to take personal leave days when they are absent during the school year, does Mrs.Yates and her daughter? Mrs. Callie has gotten out of control both at the CSS and with her staff with her moving teachers, her attitude and her demands on her staff ...Why? because she can.

Quit your sorry a55 whining. She is the best superintendent we have had or could hope to have in many moons and suns.

Its a state policy. Again, you show you have no idea what you are talking about.

FS just doesn’t like Mrs. Yates and had issues with her. It wouldn’t matter if she took her vacations in the summer they would have something to say. You know Blueridge has better furniture than the other schools. They have the best of everything. Well other than their test scores. That’s where the concern should be!

Well, not sure that makes any sense. If teachers, teacher assistants, and other personnel can't take 'vacations' during the school year, why should a superintendent??? Seems like it is a double standard for the high ranking employees and the ones that work day in and day out. Just not fair to the employees that are in schools day in and day out. What is good for the superintendent of Ashe, should be good for ALL employees of Ashe County. I agree with FS.

Being sick and using vacation days are different. Being in the classroom and being in central office is also different. Like I said you have jealousy issues. If it isn’t over furniture it is about days being take vacation.

Well....if a teacher has to be out for over 5 days, they need a Doctor's note.....double standard for administration....(Super) than for teachers and principals. Please next time do you research.....Really doesn't matter the time you have for vacation, but rather when you can take it. Don't know of anyone in ACS that can take a vacation when school is in session, other that Ms Yates and other central office personnel.

I recall last school year patents pitching a hissy fit because thee was an early release for weather of the same conditions. Now the same parents are mad because there was school yesterday. Proves some people just like to whine. Vacations and trainings do not count against someone in a work environment. Sounds like someone is jealous over someone having more vacation time than their self. With more yearscones more days to take off. That’s how it works in most jobs. I’m not biased. I just use my head to think with.

I have to say the two of you are a little biased....I will not state again why!!! But tell me this, why is Ms Yates out of town for over a week? And tell me this as well, how do you get perfect attendance whey you take 2-3 weeks or moare paid vacation and still have "perfect attendance"? Just another reason we need a new super. How can you lead when you are not here when schools are in session!!! We had a tornado in Ashe and didn't have a leader here to make a decision about schools and roads.

Only a self absorbed person makes comments like that. So you truly are a teacher who can't teach and blame your ineffectiveness on things as minor as furniture. A true teacher can teach no matter what the circumstances are. You are the reason people are tired of hearing about how hard teachers have it.

Not only that, you slap the people in the Northwest district in the face with a terribly insensitive comment. So off base and untrue. The community built that pool without the help of any other district. Yes they were proud of it, because they worked hard to build it. You have no idea what true sacrifice is, so I don't expect you to understand.

Your post just proved how dumb you are. There's always jealousy. It doesn't require favoritism. And your own comments about NWA is an example of my point.

If there wasn't favoritism there wouldn't be jealousy. Another valid point just proven correct! I think the other two schools had a lot more going for them that they didn't care about the NW pool! It was kind of a joke back in the day because they needed something to make them feel special. Ha! I think I just got it! That's why BR needs all the extras- so they will have something that makes them feel special too!

Kinda like the jealousy years ago when NWA had a pool and the other two high schools didn't.

It's pure jealousy not favoritism. There's a big difference.

Hiking it wouldn't matter if it was furniture or anything else because the issue would be the same- that's what you don't get! No favoritism in the school system should be allowed, period! Toward schools, employees, or children! You can't see past the furniture to see the bigger picture on the wall!

Again enough with the furniture! Furniture doesn’t make grades. That’s obvious with their scores being lower than the others. Stop Whiney!

Hiking you just don't understand what I'm saying. My point exactly is that academics of the children is first and foremost and we need to quit messing around and looking over the issues that could impact them and their future. As far as the furniture, you would have to visit BR or have a student attending there and see it to understand. They were bought the latest and greatest specially designed furniture that can be shifted and moved around quickly to make all kinds of different shapes for students to work in small or large groups, it is more comfortable than typical desk/chairs, and it matches throughout the entire school. They weren't even doing the BBQ fundraiser when it was purchased because it was all bought when Mrs. Callie Yates Grubb came to be principal. I first saw it for myself when I visited on their leadership day and was highly impressed with the furniture because it wasn't your run of the mill desk. Things like this can boost the spirits of the students and I simply was stating earlier that every child in our county deserves equitable resources, especially if it is on the taxpayers dollar, regardless if their scores are low and they are getting extra money.

BRES raises quite a bit of money from their BBQ that the other two schools do not do. If BRES has it so much better why are Parents I know trying to find ways to get their kids out of there and into the other schools? Yes, parents can petition the BOE to send their children out of district. It doesn’t always work, but I know several in that district that don’t go there. Why worry about the furniture and worry about the academics of these children. They are our future, not stupid matching furniture!

All classes 3-6 got brand new desk this year. My child loves them. So does it matter if they are matching to the kids? No! They couldn’t careless. That’s an adult being petty issue. Broken record? Yes, because sometimes that’s how life is. You have to repeat yourself over and over because some just don’t get it the first 10 times.

Hiking it's one thing to want to bring some unknown facts to light or voice your opinion, but it's another thing entirely when you sound like a broke record. Topics that people are wanting to discuss that are real, important, and negatively effecting the school system and a majority of its employees keep getting made fun of or pushed under the rug by the likes of some others that just want to defend one certain person or school. The furniture issue was addressed in an earlier post when someone pointed out that this website must be doing some good because WWES and MVES are getting a few new furniture pieces. Neither school will ever have the matching, school wide, trendy furniture that the teachers and students got at BRES. MV's and WW's will be more like that Johnny Cash song where he is building his car over a period of years one piece at a time and none of it matches! And if you believe for one second the PTSO bought all that furniture then they must be selling drugs instead of cookie dough to have that kind of money!