- Not to put too fine a point on it, does the mayor of Charleston have any legal power within the Charleston County School District? Answer: no.
- But that doesn't mean he can't throw his weight around, especially when the long-time support of the Charleston Area NAACP is at risk. Can you say "primary"?
- Board chairman Chris Fraser has received a letter from the mayor, no doubt solicited personally by Charter School for Math & Science haters. Basically it says "Damn the torpedos! Full speed ahead" with plans to place the fabled Lowcountry Tech at the Rivers campus along with CSMS.
- His letter does not address (1) what should happen to its auditorium; (2) the desire of Burke supporters to place the program at Burke; (3) the success of CSMS leading to potential permanent use of trailers; or (4) the likelihood of our seeing the fruition of the phantom program during the next decade.
- What Riley has signaled is that he personally resents the success of CSMS. Considering how long Riley has been mayor, if he has influenced past CCSD Boards (which seems likely), the mess we have now in the district belongs at his doorstep. He can't have it both ways.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Mayor Riley Butts in on CCSD Board's Business
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Riley's 36 years at the helm in city hall has almost matched CCSD's 40 plus years of mishandling the city's public schools. Either Riley has been a willing partner or he's been stupidly inept. Either way, he has presided over a total mess as one of the city's great treasures was squandered. The city's schools continue to be picked over by a bunch of thieves.
Everybody is posturing for votes. It's municipal election season. Since when did mayor's run public school systems in this state? Not since before Brown vs. Board of Education. Mayor Summey may become the first, but Mayor Riley's involvement has been just posturing.
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