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DeKalb schools released a statement this weekend about its call for all employees to show identification in person and sign a form to confirm:
The DeKalb County School District has completed an extensive Employee Verification process to ensure the accuracy and integrity of all School District personnel and payroll records.
Superintendent Dr. Cheryl Atkinson ordered the Employee Verification process in February in conjunction with an independent audit of Central Office and school-based personnel.
Through the process, approximately 15,000 employees at the Central Office, in all auxiliary departments and at the school level were directed to verify their employment with the School District. The School District halted payments to non-verified employees beginning with the April 13 pay period.
The Employee Verification process to date has identified 148 non-verified employees, most of them substitute teachers or part-time coaches.
The process also discovered seven discrepancies in payroll, including two employees who were no longer with the School District and five on leave that were not properly recorded.
These employees were overpaid by approximately $47,500 dollars. School District Legal Affairs has begun an investigation into each of these cases and will seek to recover any unearned funds.
Dr. Atkinson commissioned an audit of all Central Office and school-based personnel in November as part of a District-wide reorganization to right-size the Central Office, bring alignment to positions across departments and drive more resources to schools and classrooms. The audit was the first outside review of School District personnel and salaries in more than eight years.
"Audits and oversight like the Employee Verification process should be standard operating procedure for our School District," Dr. Atkinson said. "Moving forward, Employee Verification will be an annual process to let the public know that our payroll and personnel records are accurate and up to date."
–From Maureen Downey, for the AJC Get Schooled blog
April 22nd, 2012
12:33 pm
The persecution of teachers continues!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
April 22nd, 2012
1:45 pm
is it any wonder DCSS is imploding?
April 22nd, 2012
2:25 pm
The dear Cheryl ,since she is so concerned , ought to consider whether she deserves her own FAT salary!!!!
April 22nd, 2012
2:27 pm
Paul, though I agree with you that teachers all over are taking the blunt of blame for everything, in this instance it would seem that the problem is in the Central Office personnel. All teachers have to sign a contract with their counties thus a built in account for those employee's. I just wonder how many counties could come out of this type of audit unscathed.
April 22nd, 2012
2:30 pm
Of more interest to DeKalb taxpayers than the AJC article in this post should be an AJC article that ran in yesterday's paper:
"School board streamlines DeKalb organization chart"
The school system in DeKalb County has taken another step to allay concerns that it wastes taxpayer money on unnecessary or overpaid jobs.
Superintendent Cheryl Atkinson asked the school board Wednesday to streamline the organizational chart by creating a new set of 17 job classifications with matching pay schedules. That's far fewer than the 365 that the school system has been using. The effort is part of a reorganization of the roughly 5,900-member workforce
The board voted 8-1 in favor, with Chairman Eugene Walker opposing.
The transition will take three years, and is eventually expected to save around $300,000 a year.
The goal, according to officials, is to tie salaries to responsibilities and to "flatten" the organization structure and "right size" the system. "
Click here to read the entire article:
Why would Walker vote against this?
Email or call your BOE rep and Dr. Atkinson complimenting them on this move. If Walker is your BOE rep, you can email him for an explanation. If you get one, please post it here or on DeKalb Watch Two:
I already emailed my BOE rep and Dr. Atkinson thanking them for trying to bring some sense to DeKalb Schools jobs classification. Can anyone imagine compensation transparency or efficiency with 365 job classifications?
The next move is to publish these job classifications and their corresponding pay schedules online like all of the other school systems in metro Atlanta. Then taxpayers can compare this data to the state Salary and Travel data for DeKalb and the published pay scales of the other metro school systems. BTW – ALL of the metro school systems publish their teaching and non teaching job classifications and commensurate pay scales with the exception of DeKalb. DeKalb is the ONLY metro school system who has neglected to publish any pay scales for non teaching employees making it impossible for taxpayers to compare pay for non teaching employees across school systems.
*The Executive Summary by Dr. Atkinson:
*The 17 Job/Compensations classifications (down from 365) with the pay scale ranges detailed that EVERY employee must follow:
*Here is a link to the entire meeting. Click on Action Items – #7 – Recommended Classifications and Salary Schedules.
DeKalb taxpayers need to support Dr. Atkinson as she attempts to reorganize the most complex and inefficient bureaucratic system of personnel layers in the metro area and bring transparency to how and what the compensation is for non teaching personnel. Since non teaching personnel vastly outnumber teaching personnel and in addition consistently are paid more than teaching personnel, this is long overdue. Email Dr. Atkinson and your BOE rep expressing support for their efforts.
April 22nd, 2012
2:42 pm
Oops! Forgot the..
….. link to the entire meeting. Click on Action Items – #7 – Recommended Classifications and Salary Schedules:
April 22nd, 2012
3:12 pm
This seems to be a step in the right direction. The DeKalb School System has long had the reputation of being a bloated "jobs program" for "friends and family."
April 22nd, 2012
3:16 pm
Another board member, Pam Speaks, said she was glad to hear that the review found improper payments to only seven people.
"That doesn't sound like a lot to me," Speaks said, "although the hope would be that it would be zero."
One person being paid with taxpayers dollars who shouldn't be paid is too many. We shouldn't have to "hope" for accountability; we should be able to expect it. I applaud Dr. Atkinson for this move.
April 22nd, 2012
3:21 pm
@Paulo – I'm sorry, I don't see any "teacher bashing". Could you point that out to me? Thanks.
April 22nd, 2012
4:54 pm
New pay scale is grrreat. I was going to retire but not now. I should be at the top of the teacher pay scale and I can wait three years to retire with an ending salary of $103,821. This is wonderful. Dr. Atkinson is a jewel!! Thanks you.
April 22nd, 2012
5:33 pm
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April 22nd, 2012
5:35 pm
@Melanie, are you being sarcastic? Do you really believe that the teachers in Dekalb will actually be paid that amount of money any time in the near future? I'm sorry, but I have to get the first paycheck to believe it.
April 22nd, 2012
5:42 pm
So the head of the department in charge of making sure that this did NOT happen was just promoted to Chief of Human Resources last week by Atkinson. How is that that making improvements? She brought in outsiders or did national searches for all other divisions. What gives with this one?
April 22nd, 2012
7:49 pm
This passed the BOE (with the exception of Eugene Walker) so the pay scales are a matter of public record. Now we need to use the state Salary and Travel audit to see if all those non teaching personnel are being placed on those salary schedules. Taxpayers need to push for the pay scales – teaching and non teaching – to be displayed on the DCSS website.
April 22nd, 2012
8:04 pm
I wonder if anything will be done to the person(s) who authorized these payments to non-employees. Or will this snafu be chalked up to some sort of clerical oversight – not warranting any disciplinary action. I also wonder whether these persons were relatives to actual employees or recently removed/resigned employees. I'm glad to see that Dr. Atkinson is cleaning house, without fanfare or press conference. There have already been a number of employees who have either been asked to leave or change job description since Dr. Atkinson has been in charge.
Unfortunately, I won't be around to see the pay increases as a DCSS teacher. I'm leaving Dekalb this year after 10+ years of service. My choice; no sour grapes. As a matter of fact, I applaud the changes proposed by Dr. Atkinson. I am, however, somewhat disenchanted by the amount of fluff programs, initiatives, hidden agendas, and personal politics that pervade our school system. I know that I will likely experience similar impediments wherever I'm employed next year. But, I'd like to think that I'm due for a change of scenery. No hard feelings. I just hope that Dr. Atkinson will be allowed to see her policies implemented before the illustrious Board decides that she's rocking the boat too fiercely. When is the next Board member election?
April 22nd, 2012
8:05 pm
@Melanie – that salary is for a teacher who would be working 240 days…. I don't know such a teacher, unfortunately.
April 22nd, 2012
8:45 pm
"When is the next Board member election?"
I've heard this summer and I've heard the fall. Does anyone know? It's not listed on the DeKalb elections website. Currently, the district boundaries have not been set, so who can even pay to run except the incumbents?
April 22nd, 2012
9:05 pm
Dekalbite: NOTE as of March 26 2012 employees are NOT allowed to contact BOE members to complain, to share information, to speak for/against an action WITHOUT the expressed consent and approval of Dr. Atkinson. Furthermore, BOE members must get prior approval from her or her office before going into a school other than to attend public functions in which the public has a an invitation.
So teachers, staff, employees will be dealt with(up to and including termination) for sharing opinions with BOE members. BOE members are being held to a tight rope as well with the approved policy "BOE communication" which the BOE approved so as not to have a backlash against them for not voting for what she and her new crew developed. (See above comment as to some ulterior motive for Walker voting against everyone else)
I see a smaller version of Dr.Hall taking over. She is cleaning up appearances, so that the blogosphere will quiet down some. Many will high five that she saved $47K for seven undocumented employees, but ask how much money will be spent on travel for HR staff to go to every school OR for departments, such as Title I, that had to come to 1701 to verify. Just a dog and pony show for everyone to quiet down.
Moving the salries of Title I coaches to the school budget really does not resolve anything, just that those positions are no longer located under central office. But with new associate superintendent of xxx, no one is complaining. She now has bloat.
One more thing, the person who was handed the HR position has shown herself loyal to the new administration in a daunting work environment. These unverified employees did not just appear Dec- now.
April 22nd, 2012
10:43 pm
I wonder how many oft the over paid belong to the church of Bishop Long? What percentage went there? As far as the election goes, all of the even numbered BOE seats are up for reelection on the normal cycle this summer for the 9 seat BOE and my understanding is that they are all probably going to re-up for 2 year terms and then the entire BOE will be up for re-election in 2 years — both elections will be on the new maps….
April 22nd, 2012
10:58 pm
Please, let them all go with the exception of Dr. Pam Speaks. She is the only one who is capable of this great job. The other 3 can go, yesterday, especially Womack.
April 23rd, 2012
1:10 am
Ok does anyone else notice that the reorganization will save $300k over three years?
That is one principal position annually. There have got to be more than three who are sitting
In the transportation department because there was no other place to leave them(except the unemployment line).
Dr. Atkinson is following up on imaginary facts from blogs and it is going to cost Dekalb taxpayers big time when she leaves with her parachute package. We will be back on here in 18 months wondering how did DeKalb give so much power and authority to one person. Different group of friends running the palace now.
April 23rd, 2012
1:15 am
BOE members have the power to terminate Dr. Atkinson and they have the power of the purse – i.e. she must get approval for any expenditure she makes and any hire she recommends – so I would say the BOE has plenty of power.
If you think the blogosphere is quiet about DeKalb, you have not been reading the blogs.
Every BOE member up for re-election in 2012 needs to be replaced. They all supported Lewis and then Tyson as they approved eliminating 600+ teaching positions. This was devastating for student achievement.
April 23rd, 2012
1:22 am
It seems that this is the honeymoon stage and everything is approved. Look at what happened when Walker did not go along with everyone else. People read into his no vote as if there is a problem.
I admit I have stopped reading many if the blogs as they have been so negative and hate filled.
Teacher cuts are wrong when you have to teach even more children with fewer resources and higher expectations. I commend anyone who gets up and goes into a room with having so many responsibilities and so little support.
April 23rd, 2012
6:19 am
I suspect the 300,000 was an error. (Because fhe overpayment of those non verified employees was 50K alone.
By the way, Say What. The policy you referred to, did not pass the Board of Ed last week. It must be reworked. The Board objected to many parts of it, including the fact that they would have fewer rights that a regular citizen.
While I agree that board meddling is a problem, I think there is a happy median.
As Citizens we owe our children a better school board. That means strong board members who come in willing to do the work, who are capable of understanding the work and who realize that they represent every child in the district.
April 23rd, 2012
7:24 am
"Teacher cuts are wrong when you have to teach even more children with fewer resources and higher expectations."
Well, Dr. Walker voted for Lewis to eliminate 275 teaching positions and then Tyson to eliminate over 300 teaching positions while preserving virtually every Central Office position. I can't see how this was good for students.
April 23rd, 2012
8:33 am
This did not surprise me, I believe if they looked even harder they would find more. What should be of greater concern is the bloated salaries of several in positions that they are not even qualified for and should have never been hired in the first place. Additionally, there are too many positions that are truly not necessary and those positions were created for family and friends (probably at the request of Eddie Long).
DCSS has many problems and unfortunately Dr. Atkinson and the BoE are making it worse!
April 23rd, 2012
8:47 am
DeKalbite, please don't begin spreading your misinformation again. I thought when I pointed out to ou earlier that the loss of over 4,000 students, eliminating open positions, lower property tax income along with changes to state laws for class sizes was the cause of overall staff reductions. If you listen to what is going on in neighboring counties, you will see they are also increasing classroom sizes, adding furlough days, closing schools and reducing their workforce. That is the way of the education world these days. Didn't Gwinnett just announce they will be eliminating over 500 positions (not sure how many of them are teachers but those in Gwinnett know how teachers have been quietly eliminated over the past few years)?
Don't forget the former drivers eduction, duplication and media relations departments that were eliminated in DeKalb a few years ago. There are also fewer postions in the Area Superintendents office. These were some of the central office positions that were eliminated. One can look at the human resources reports in July and August 2010 to verify what I am saying. The people impacted were coded as Reduction in Force. That is not coded for teachers but central office employees. Teacher positions were not filled for the reasons I mentioned earlier. Let's not let the truth get in the way of your misinformation.
Dr. Atkinson is making some much need changes. She understands that she was not the first choice for this job but that is not stopping her from doing what needs to be done. She will have some missteps (calendar survey comes to mind) and I expect there will be more. This is what happens when you are in a position of making tough decisions that may not be politically popular. Everyone has their sacred cows in DeKalb. I expect her to begin cleaning up the mess that has been created over several decades in this school system.
Also if they've found an overpayment of just under $50,000 in a billion dollar organization, I consider that amazing. Even $50,000 of overpayments is too much. Without question, an audit of most government organizations would reveal questionable use of tax payer dollars. Have you quickly forgetten the GSA boondoogle?
April 23rd, 2012
8:54 am
Before class sizes get larger and fewer teachers are employed, I want to know how many office positions are being cut. Do elementary schools really need two secretary like positions? Could this be done by one person or have one person split among two schools? Do we really need all that we have hired in various parts of the county like the Palace, Bryant Center, and transportation center? If not, let them go. Is EVERY person busy for the hours that they are employed? If not, let them go or make them part time.
I agree with Pardon My Blog, that if they looked harder that there would be more problems with salaries and payments out. There are MANY positions are really not needed and need to be cut, not have a right sized salary, but cut. We need a company to come in and streamline management and make it more efficient. Too many have gotten away with too much for too long and have enormous salaries to boot.
Atkinson has her hands full, but paying teachers $103,000 is not the answer and is also an over payment. Wonder how many others there will be with a new pay scale?
April 23rd, 2012
9:24 am
Leaving DCSS, thank you for your service and best wishes to you! Your frustrations are legitimate and thanks for hanging in as long as you did. What many fail to realize is that Dr. Atkinson is the ONLY employee that reports to the BOE. Through her staff, recommendations are brought to the BOE for approval. If the recommendations are educationally, fiscally and operationally sound, they should be approved. As you said, unfortunately hidden agendas sometimes can get in the way. Like you, I hope the BOE allows her to make the necessary changes to improve this school system. It starts by making sure she has the right people in the key positions in the central office and the right leadership in every school.
I should also mention the BOE reports to the citizens. We determine who serves on the BOE through open elections. We have a responsibility to ensure we have competent and qualified citizens representing us on the Board. Unfortunately some citizens have not stepped up to the plate to adequately scutinize candidates who ask for our votes. As I've always said, there is enough blame to go around.
April 23rd, 2012
10:08 am
I generally have a high opinion of Speaks, but I am really disturbed by her comment. We need people on the school board who have a high standard with taxpayer $. There is just no excuse for mistakenly continuing to pay anyone who no longer works there. It would be interesting to know if they were school based or not and whether any supervisor had more than one. Its should be the responsibility of the person's supervisor to make sure his group's payroll is right.
April 23rd, 2012
10:23 am
dekalb is in decline. it hurts.
April 23rd, 2012
11:22 am
I am guessing that some folks will be given "extra pay" for "additional work" to keep their pay at current levels.
April 23rd, 2012
12:19 pm
bu2 is right. The government should absolutely have an impeccable record when it comes to spending tax payer dollars.
I accidentally overpaid my child's babysitter by $100. Do you know what she did? She called me from her bank to tell me the error and REFUSED my offer of reward money…and she was…
BARELY 20 years old.
She has more ethics than all those overpaid "employees." Isn't it "just fittin" that NONE of those teachers or coaches notified the school to say they were overpaid?
$47,500…that's a teacher's entire year's salary.
CORRUPTION is disgusting.
GO Cheryl, GO!
We need more info like this to come out and we needs heads to roll right off the payroll.
April 23rd, 2012
3:11 pm
A clarification was posted on DeKalb School Watch Two that explains that the salaries are scaled to year-round so that there can be apples-to-apples comparisons between jobs. Any 10-month employees will see the dollar amount adjusted for the period of the year that they work.
April 23rd, 2012
3:24 pm
READ the FINE LINE CAREFULLY! THERE IS LITTLE TO NO PAY INCREASE!!!!! While we make jokes, the state of DeKalb is serious. Yes, the old regime was bad enough, but the present seems to be making its own ditch. While there is an illusion of relief that a new Sheriff Superintendent is in town, she is surrounding herself with informers that may or not have the majority of stakeholders in mind. Let's not be gullible. The same games, manipulations, and selfishness are becomming evident daily. Incompetents are taking the place of incompetents. While there has been no mention of an instructional plan this whole school year, principals alike attest that they have received no communication with the Superintendent nor her staff. A closed-system is on the rise in DeKalb. Because instruction is not the focus, the students have lost again this year, and based on what is happening with Common Core, Georgia Keys, and all, will be a mess next year, based on the mockery that is being made of it in this county, very embarrassing. She has no regard for those individuals who have worked for DeKalb who have not been a member of any special group, yet she will disguise her involvement behind the superficial fireside chats that were a joke. These "chats" seemed to be a coverup for plans that were already decided behind closed doors. Was this not the previous complaint? Anyone in the state of Dekalb could appreciate change, but that does not mean we are as naive as the Superintendent and new friends may think? Today is the 23rd of May, and no word whatsoever has been communicated about contracts. So they decide to cut it as close to the deadline as possible to keep everything legal yet drain the teachers and staff of everything possible. Who does this? However, there is rumor that READ for Success will be mandated and ALL certified personnel will have to get reading certification, (for less pay). Why do we need another program, especially a personal program of the Sup's, when the focus should be on instruction, not a program. Does she not trust the teachers to teach as she says she does? What was the problem with the hundreds of others programs that didn't work? How is this different, is it a free program? Which employees did she consult for this decision? Some of the best are leaving in silence, because it is obvious we may be in worse hands than ever. Any fast talking individual can sell a dog as a cow, but who will deny after reading the new salary proposal, with its seemingly intentional mumbo jumbo, that teachers do not work 12 months, so why is their salary range based on 238 days? Do the math teachers, you will come up short!!!! Come on Atkinson, we are from the South, but we can add and discern character. Teachers and employees who have worked hard and invested their lives into this system, deserve better, and deserve not to be railroaded by unknown agendas. They deserve transparency, fairness, a level of respect, a salary comenserate to their efforts, and to be served by the Superintendent with integrity. Who wants to talk about issues this pertinent on a blog, but this seems to be the only forum that appeals to the new administration. Sad state of events. We must do better.
April 23rd, 2012
5:55 pm
What entity conducted the DCSS personnel audit?
April 23rd, 2012
8:18 pm
Dr. Spinks…
It was the Division of Human Resources, the same group that was supposed to be keeping track of documenting these employees when they left.
April 23rd, 2012
8:21 pm
Let me clarify – the employee verification audit was conducted by Human Resources. The overall personnel audit was conducted by Management Advisory Group, Inc. http://www.maginc.org/
April 23rd, 2012
9:28 pm
I thought they had an outside "big 8″ (now "big 4″ or 2) accounting firm do the audi….
April 23rd, 2012
11:05 pm
Well, it's a start. Now, what about the money being spent on the Atkinson's predecessor's case? and the developers? I would also like to about the expense accounts, gas cards, etc.
April 24th, 2012
9:50 am
"DeKalbite, please don't begin spreading your misinformation again"
By misinformation do you mean a comparison of DeKalb's scores in our low income schools with the published scores in the low income of other demographically similar systems? Or perhaps you are referring to the non teaching staff to teaching staff ratio comparison of DeKalb to other metro systems (also published on the Georgia DOE website)?
Let me say it again. Most of DeKalb's low income schools cannot make adequate yearly progress (80% – that's a fact not up for dispute). We did not have the luxury of cutting teaching positions while we retained ancillary non teaching positions and in fact ADDED non teaching positions (e.g. Instructional Coaches). We are very overstaffed on Parent Center personnel (most of whom are not certified in any area – teaching or social work or counseling). Our Security force is extremely out of line in both pay and numbers compared to EVERY other metro system. DeKalb does not publish ANY of the salary schedules for on teaching personnel while ALL of the other metro systems publish this information in all or in part.
Taxpayers expect to see non teaching salaries and numbers rightsized and brought in line with the marketplace. We do not place a priority on "career paths" for the 8,500 non teaching employees (as contrasted o the 6,500+ teacheing personnel). We do not want our children to sit in huge classes just so jobs can continue for the non teaching staff, many of whom are "family and friends" of high level administrators and BOE members. We do not want teachers to be among the lowest paid personnel in our school system.
Every child deserves:
1. A safe and clean learning environment
2. A competent teacher in a reasonably sized classroom
3. Access to cutting edge science and technology equipment
You may call this misinformation. I call this common sense.
April 24th, 2012
10:37 am
Keep at it Dekalblite — I keep thinking some gov't agency will actually investigate this at some point….
April 24th, 2012
11:21 am
DeKalbite said,
"Well, Dr. Walker voted for Lewis to eliminate 275 teaching positions and then Tyson to eliminate over 300 teaching positions while preserving virtually every Central Office position. "
and Fred laid out how this was misinformation in the post at 8:47am.
Even Jethro Bodine with his sixth grade education could see what Fred was responding to. Why can't DeKalbite acknowledge they were wrong again. There was a blog a few weeks ago that DeKalbite could not admit being wrong (Fred did not point this out), despite facts brought up contrary to what DeKalbite said.
As I said early, I support what Dr. Atkinson is doing to streamline the organizational structure. It should have been done long ago. Dekalb got into this mess with Dr. Freeman back in the mid 90's. Dr. Brown tried to clean it up but the Board and community ran him out of town. He was getting to close to long established practices and it rufflled a lot of feathers. Will the Board and community let Dr. Atkinson move forward with these changes? Time will tell.
Anonmom, are you expecting another government agency to provide accurate information about another one? How do you decide to value information from one agency over another? The agency responsible for making sure the government gets good rates throughout even has a hard time doing the right thing. I would be interested to find out what the commerical rate for the GSA convention would have been. Maybe it was a good deal after all.
April 24th, 2012
12:11 pm
Every school district has a tendency to hire friends and family, not jus Dekalb I am sure Cobb, cherokee and other counties will have the same issue when audit time comes…
April 24th, 2012
5:02 pm
Frankie, you are 100% correct. I'll go as far to say that the smaller the district, the greater the likelihood of friends and family working throughout the system. This is prevalent is all government institutions, in fact the reason why nepotism laws were written in the first place. Unfortunately some in DeKalb are so focused on this, this are missing the big picture challenges in education.
April 24th, 2012
7:51 pm
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April 24th, 2012
8:17 pm
""\and Fred laid out how this was misinformation in the post at 8:47am."
Regarding Dr. Walker introducing a motion to increase class sizes and decrease the number of DeKalb teaching positions by 275.
Below are quotes DIRECTLY from the DeKalb BOE minutes.
Direct Quotes from BOE minutes April 13, 2009:
(Presented by Crawford Lewis)
DeKalb County School System
Fiscal Year 2009-2010 Budget
Executive Summary:
"Further proposed reductions include an increase to class sizes. The increase in class size will still keep DeKalb Schools below the state maximum requirements, prior to the state's increase. This action will save $18.1 million and will reduce the staffing needs by 275 teachers. "
Mr. Marcus Turk, Chief Financial Officer, recommended that the DeKalb Board of Education tentatively adopt the DeKalb County School System Proposed Budget for the 2009-2010 (FY2010).
On a motion by Dr. Walker, seconded by Mr. Cunningham, and by a unanimous vote, the motion passed.
Mr. Bowen opened the floor for Board Comments.
Dr. Walker stated he wanted to public thank the Superintendent (Crawford Lewis) and General Counsel for a good job, and as opposed to what had been publicized in the media, he does not have a concern with the performance of either person."
Anyone can go to the BOE minutes and read that Lewis proposed an increase in class sizes by eliminating 275 teaching positions during the April 13, 2009 BOE meeting. Dr. Walker made the motion to pass the budget that increased class sizes for students and eliminated 275 teaching positions and Mr. Cunningham seconded it. It passed by unanimous vote. In the same meeting, Dr. Walker thanked Dr. Lewis for such a good job and stated he had no concerns about Dr. Lewis.
This is not misinformation. Posters can go to the BOE minutes for April 3, 2009 and see this for themselves.
Dr. Walker also voted for Ms. Tyson's 2010 budget that reduced teaching positions by around 300 teachers and increased class sizes.
April 24th, 2012
8:41 pm
But does ANY other school system officially oppose the nepotism laws on its school website?
On the DeKalb Schools website, the school system opposes the nepotism laws for BOE members:
From the DeKalb website:
" Maintaining Local School Board Authority
School boards and superintendents should maintain the authority and management of issues relating to the levying of local tax dollars, local legislation, personnel, finance, and facilities………
DeKalb County Schools opposes the provision of House Bill (HB) 251 that addresses the eligibility of citizens to run for election/re-election to local school boards."
From the Georgia HB 251 (state legislature website) the provision of House Bill (HB) 251 the Dekalb Schools website refers to is:
"to provide for nepotism restrictions for eligibility for members of local boards of education and for local school superintendents; to provide for related matters;….
…..No person who has an immediate family member sitting on a local board of education or serving as the local school superintendent or as a principal, assistant principal, or system administrative staff in the local school system shall be eligible to serve as a member of such local board of education. As used in this paragraph, the term 'immediate family member' means a spouse, child, sibling, or parent or the spouse of a child, sibling, or parent" "
Here is the link to the Georgia legislature website:
April 24th, 2012
9:50 pm
Regarding the cell towers the DeKalb Board of Education is planning on putting in our schoolyards regardless of community opposition (from DeKalb Watch Two blog):
" the question will be on the July ballot and it is worded to sound like the schools themselves wish to put up and operate "telecommunications towers" (like for a student radio station or something) and nothing even mentions wireless or "cell" in the entire question. So, if you can, please spread the word to VOTE NO on the question about telecomm towers, unless you want to invite one onto your school grounds because that's likely what they will do with the results."
Please pass this along to any person, blog or organization you know will stand up for students.
April 25th, 2012
4:54 am
Please let this type of audit hit Clayton County. The fat needs to be trimmed starting with the idiot superintendent.


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Enright Ridge Urban Ecovillage seeks to be an ecologically responsible community, sharing ideas, resources and a reverence for Earth.
Enright Ridge Urban Ecovillage (ERUEV) is a community of people fostering a sustainable urban neighborhood that promotes social and economic well-being while contributing to the preservation of our planet. We are located in Price Hill, near downtown Cincinnati, Ohio; building a new way of life on the foundations of this beautiful historic area (affordable homes, the acres of forest that surround the ridge and a traditionally strong sense of community) to create a healthier, more sustainable neighborhood.
Announcing the new Ecovillage officers for 2014:
Dennis Coskie, President
Chris Smyth, Vice President
Mark Carper, Secretary
MerryBeth McKee continues as Treasurer
Many thanks to those who served on the Executive Committee during 2013:
Josh Miller, Dan Divilbiss
This would be a great time to get involved with one of the committees:
Farm Project, EGG (Enright Greening Group), Housing, Finance, Communications. You can learn more about these committees here.
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The neighborhood is currently defined as 90 properties located on or approximate to Enright Avenue in Price Hill. Our assets include:
- Minutes from downtown Cincinnati
- Imago, a 16-acre nature preserve with hiking trails and educational programs located in the neighborhood
- Cincinnati Zen Center located at the entrance to the ecovillage
- The Hundred-Acre Wood with hiking trails
- Viable business and work opportunities minutes from the community
- Reasonably-priced, energy efficient housing
- Food co-op
- Residential and community organic gardens
- Accessible public transportation
- Community dinners
- Educational opportunities for all ages
- A welcoming neighborhood association
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Tallying the Odds Against the Cards
A year ago around this time, Louisville football was dealt a preseason top 10 ranking for the first time in program history.
The Cardinal Playbook: Chris Klenakis
One of the most experienced offensive line coaches, Chris Klenakis, is joining the University of Louisville's football team as the running game coordinator and offensive line coach.
Petrino's Summer Lowdown
Just as Rick Pitino checked in a fortnight ago about his team's summer preparations, it was Bobby Petrino's turn last week to give us all the lowdown on how the post Charlie Strong/Teddy Bridgewater era is coming along.
Watch List Look Out
Now that the U.S. men's soccer team is safely back home after succumbing to a Belgian onslaught that, frankly, only human octopus Tim Howard came close to stopping, it's time to turn your collective eyes to college football.
Cardinals Welcomed to ACC
On Tuesday, July 1, the University of Louisville officially became a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Weighing Up The Governor's Cup
Louisville's 2014 football season is going to be ripe with change, so much so that an alteration which would be the single biggest piece of news in any other recent year has almost become an afterthought.
The ACC Move: Time to Celebrate
There have been Louisville natives and outsiders alike this week who have referred to the multiple celebrations honoring UofL's official induction into the ACC as "overkill."
The Cardinal Playbook: Todd Grantham
With football season getting closer, this week's issue marks the debut of the Voice-Tribune's closer look at UofL head coach Bobby Petrino's new coaching staff. First up: Todd Grantham.
Smith: Defier of Expectations
Thursday figures to be one of the biggest nights of Russ Smith's life, as the former Cardinal will find out which NBA roster he'll spend the summer trying to make after the league holds its annual draft.
Smith Looks at Draft – and a Pet
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Hampton Direct Magnetic Toy Train Sets (lead).
Made in China. Nuke'm from orbit it's the only way to be sure.
@j-o-h-n: That comment is inappropriate.
@Ben Popken: Eh, that's a fairly standard Internet joke. Though maybe you're arguing that joking is inappropriate, I'm not sure.
This is what you get when you offshore all of our manufacturing base to a country that has no safety standards, puts profits before people, and then sells those products to greedy corporations who also don't seem to care about the safety of their customers.
Okay LIONELHUTZ I see through your ruse. You are obviously a shill for LIONEL trains, and have come to lure us away from the Chinese magnetic lead based poison train.
Are you implying that having safety standards makes us any better than our yellow brethren? For shame. We should not be so prejudiced against others simply because they wish to bury us in mediocre products. Think of all of the dollar store operators who are crying into their garlic-miso flavored drinking water.
I urge you right now to go out and repent by purchasing some counterfeit electric cords, and 432 piece screwdriver sets.
The sad thing is that I saw the headline and thought "and this is news?" Yes, it's important to know what's recalled, but this seems to be every day now. Maybe we should just instruct everyone to throw away anything made in China.
Didn't they already come out and say that parents should avoid buying small children any toy with magnets anyway?
@ChrisC1234: You wouldn't even necessarily know that item X came from China if you bought it awhile back and no longer have the original packaging. Furthermore, there are still recalls of stuff from this country.
@Rectilinear Propagation: Actually, most of their cheap crap is always stamped "Made in China"… and if something wasn't stamped, throw it out as well.
Wow, that looks like a really fun toy. I want it.
Have you ever put a magnet in your mouth and gotten that funny feeling/taste? … not that I have, but kids older than 'little' do. Given how many kids are infatuated with trains, this toy would appeal to kids upwards of 7 yo. And 20something college students too… wheee!


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I like how the game made you make these difficult decisions that were life or death and then you had to deal with the consequences throughout the game. Telltales made a masterpiece. Really looking forward to season 2 and more Clementine!
DuckTales is so awesome. I remember playing this a very long long time ago. @LauraLoL58


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Calling all mentors. The City of South Bend needs your help educating the youth.
After a year of operation, the city's mentoring initiative has had very few people sign up.
So, today, the group received some support to help get the word out.
The Education Foundation is committed to doubling the number of mentors to 500 over the next two years.
A mentoring director talked about the importance of this program.
"Our jobs as adults as parents as city officials is to give to our posterity," said Director of Mentor South Bend David Boggs. "If we don't do that we don't have a South Bend, we don't a city."
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The 27th Student Body President
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Hey Marist,
According to a recent study published in the NY Times, the number one thing college seniors regretted the most on graduation day was not getting involved in their campus early enough. You may not always win every election (I lost several here at Marist!) or become President of every club, but we have plenty of opportunities to get involved. At Marist, we pride ourselves on the true community we are all a part of, and it may sound cliche, but there truly is something here for everyone.
As far as Student Government is concerned, we are here for you. Please come into the SGA Office (Student Center 347) whenever, and if you are too busy to stop by, please visit our website to see what's going on. We have meetings every Wednesday, and our meetings are open to all Marist Students. Come on by and get involved!
My contact information is listed above, and it is there for you. Send me an e-mail for any reason, no matter how big or how small, or if you want to get involved with SGA as well. Thank you for this opportunity, and we, together, can make Marist a better place than it is already. Go Red Foxes!


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Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba made history Friday, marking its Wall Street debut with the biggest IPO in history. Here's Alibaba's big day ... condensed to two minutes.
CNBC's Morgan Brennan asks NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell about Procter and Gamble pulling its partnership with the NFL.
James McCormack, Global Head of Sovereign and Supranational Ratings at Fitch Ratings, says markets are still expecting the Fed to hike rates in the second or third quarter next year.
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Power will definitely be devolved to the Scottish people, says Alistair Carmichael, Scottish Secretary of State, as all three U.K. political parties have agreed to it.
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A Baltimore County police officer was shot to death Wednesday during a predawn raid on a house in Catonsville, police said. His alleged assailant was also killed in the firefight.
Officer Jason Schneider, 36, a 13-year veteran of the force, was trying to capture a suspect wanted in connection with a shooting last week in the same neighborhood, police said. He turned a corner in the home and met a hail of gunfire.
Schneider was the first Baltimore County officer killed by gunfire in 13 years.
Alleged shooter Tevon Smith, 25, died later Wednesday at Maryland Shock Trauma Center, police said.
Smith, who lived in the house in the first block of Roberts Avenue in Catonsville, was not the person Schneider and other officers were seeking, police said.
Baltimore County Police Chief James W. Johnson fought back tears as he spoke of Schneider, a married father of two whom he described as a leader in the department's tactical unit.
"This is a terrible loss for Baltimore County," he said.
Officers were serving warrants to search the house on Roberts Avenue and arrest a 16-year-old suspect in an Aug. 19 shooting on Winters Lane. That suspect remained at large Wednesday night, police said.
Other people who were inside the home were taken to police headquarters to be interviewed.
Johnson said the raid followed "an extensive tactical briefing and much planning."
County Executive Kevin Kamenetz called it "a well-prepared police event."
"Officer Schneider was killed in the line of duty, and we deeply mourn his loss," Kamenetz said. "I can only tell you that we don't always appreciate what our police do for us every day, but it's times like this when we know how grateful we are for their bravery and their sacrifice."
Gov. Martin O'Malley ordered the Maryland state flag flown at half-staff.
The ill-fated operation began at daybreak, when a team of officers entered the white clapboard house on Roberts Avenue.
As Schneider and other tactical officers entered the home, people began to flee. Johnson said the occupants clearly realized that the officers were police. At least one person was armed.
As Schneider turned a corner inside the home, police said, he was shot multiple times.
A preliminary investigation showed that his vest stopped several rounds, but one round traveled under his vest and struck him in the back.
Johnson said Schneider, who a colleague said was a former Marine, managed to return fire and struck the suspect several times.
Another officer also fired his weapon, police said. That officer was to be placed on administrative leave pending the investigation.
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The District of Columbia Coalition Against Domestic Violence (DCCADV/Coalition) is seeking a Director of Public Policy to spearhead the organization's legislative and policy initiatives. The Coalition is a Washington, DC-based non-profit organization striving to end domestic violence in the nation's capital. DCCADV is the federally recognized statewide coalition for the District of Columbia, providing support and resources for domestic violence victims and the organizations that serve them.
Position Summary: The DCCADV Policy Director is an integral part of the Coalition's management team advancing the agencies legislative and policy initiatives, mobilizing a diverse coalition of service providers and building local and national partnerships to address violence against women. The Director will lead DCCADV's efforts to secure stronger protections and supports for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking. S/he will serve as DCCADV's primary spokesperson on policy issues to member agencies, advocates and partner organizations, legislators and policymakers. The Director will also work to enhance the community's understanding of and investment in addressing violence against women in Washington, DC.
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Starhawk for PS3
In the far reaches of space, factions of humanity battle over a rare and dangerous resource known as Rift Energy
Colonies of humans called Rifters have been exploring the "Frontier" of planets, but find their way of life threatened by the Outcast, a ruthless species of humans who have mutated into psychotic monsters due to exposure to this very same Rift Energy. Caught in the middle is Emmett Graves, a hired gunslinger ostracized from society because of his own exposure to Rift Energy, leaving him partially mutated, but still able to retain his humanity. Graves is drawn back to his home settlement to face a mysterious outlaw and his war band of Outcast warriors. Starhawk provides fast paced third-person shooter action set in this lawless frontier of space, allowing players to instantly alter the battlefield by calling down offensive and defensive structures in real-time from an orbiting drop ship, all while blasting away at enemies in the middle of huge single-player or multi-player firefights.
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Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage Pilot Includes
Oral Cancer Drugs
Up to 50,000 Medicare patients will participate in a demonstration project that provides prescription drug coverage, including coverage of 12 oral anticancer drugs, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson announced on June 24. Under the Medicare Replacement Drug Demonstration program, Medicare will cover prescription drugs for several serious diseases and life-threatening conditions. The program will initially be open to 50,000 current Medicare beneficiaries. It will allow for the spending of $500 million on covered drugs, before the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act (MMA) comes into effect in 2006.
A full 40 percent of the total funding will be earmarked for oral cancer drugs that patients can take at home. The remaining 60 percent will be allocated for drugs for other debilitating conditions, such as multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis. In this preview of MMA, beneficiary co-payment and cost sharing will mirror what will be the standard Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit in 2006, but will operate without the monthly premium that will eventually be paid by patients.
Under the pilot, Medicare will cover 26 drugs, including prominent cancer therapies such as tamoxifen for breast cancer, imatinib (Gleevec) for chronic myelogenous leukemia and gastrointestinal stromal tumors, thalidomide for multiple myeloma, and gefitinib (Iressa) for lung cancer. A full list of the covered drugs is available at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/researchers/demos/MMAExternalQsAs_6_23_04.pdf.
"The potential to increase the availability of many of the new, orally active cancer therapies is likely to be of major benefit to a significant number of cancer patients who receive Medicare benefits," said Dr. James H. Doroshow, director of NCI's Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis. Cost savings to beneficiaries could range from 75 to 90 percent, depending on the drug and financial situation of the participant.
To be eligible for the demonstration, beneficiaries
Applications may be submitted from July 6 to Sept. 30, 2004, and can be downloaded at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/researchers/demos/drugcoveragedemo.asp. For more information, call 1-866-563-5386, TTY 1-866-563-5387.


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From Hollywood.com Staff
Michelle Obama, complete with brand-new bangs, wasn't the only political figure who looked, well, bangin' at the 2013 Inauguration. President Barack Obama was also in command of his appearance while being sworn in as Commander-in-Chief Monday.
But while photographic evidence has proven Obama to be dapper for decades, how did our former presidents look while they were young? What did they look like before scandal, government fiscal irresponsibility, and an insatiable taxpaying public turned their hair white?
Turns out, they were total babes. In celebration of the 2013 Inauguration, take a look at our gallery of 11 politicians (including this former president, to the left) when they were young and hot. Hail to the chief, indeed.
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The University of California, San Francisco, Fresno Medical Education Program (UCSF Fresno) along with Mayor Alan Autry will welcome its first Endowed Chair, Michael W. Peterson, MD, to the City of Fresno tonight, September 9, 2002, at City Hall from 5:30pm to 7:00pm. Michael W. Peterson, MD, joins UCSF Fresno from the University of Iowa, where he served as Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine. "Having an Endowed Chair allows UCSF Fresno to recruit some of the best and the brightest physicians in the nation to Fresno," said Deborah C.
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Women with breast cancer will reap the benefit when Bay Area gourmets and others gather on Sunday, September 29 to watch cooking demonstrations by renowned chefs Annie Somerville of Greens and Anne Gingrass of Desiree and sample treats from favorite local restaurants like Hyde Park Bistro. A benefit for the UCSF Carol Franc Buck Breast Care Center, the fourth annual "Taste for the Cure" at the Golden Gate Club in the Presidio has as its theme "living well after breast cancer."
August 28, 2002
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded $28 million to test whether the diaphragm can prevent the transmission of HIV, to UCSF's Women's Global Health Imperative (WGHI), directed by Nancy Padian, PhD. The diaphragm will be the first physical barrier tested in a randomized, controlled trial for effectiveness in preventing the sexual transmission of HIV.
August 28, 2002
With a new grant from the National Cancer Institute, School of Pharmacy faculty will expand a program that trains pharmacy graduate students to counsel patients to quit smoking.
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All high school seniors and their parents from San Francisco Unified and Jefferson Union schools are invited to attend the fourth annual "Go UC!" conference from 10 am - 2 pm on Saturday, October 19 at 513 Parnassus on the UCSF campus. Check-in begins at 9 am for the free event. ## The UCSF Center for Science Education and Outreach sponsors this annual conference designed to give students extensive information about all UC campuses including:
August 22, 2002
Nearly half of the donated lungs currently rejected for transplantation may actually be suitable, according to a preliminary study by scientists at Vanderbilt University and the University of California, San Francisco.
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August 13, 2002
Tobacco companies have used their financial ties with nicotine gum and nicotine patch manufacturers to pressure these firms into weakening their marketing of the nicotine-replacement products, according to a UCSF study of tobacco industry documents. The examination of financial ties and conflicts of interest revealed that the parent company of one tobacco manufacturer also owned a firm that made nicotine gum, so the company profited both from selling tobacco products and drugs to break the tobacco addiction.
August 13, 2002
The National Institutes for Health have awarded the UCSF-Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) $8 million for five years to continue the pioneering research that led to its designation as the operational model for all CFARs nationally in 2000.
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BP Labs possible enhancement: Likes also work as favorites
Hi Paul-
Thanks for this plugin. I've been looking for a simple way for users to provide feedback on articles, and the Likes part of Labs is really helpful for that. I was thinking how this could tie even tighter into BP, and came up with this list of possibilities:
- In addition to recording the like in the activity stream, it would be cool if the "liked the article" activity item were added to the user's favorites (putting the user's favorited objects all in one place).
- A template tag to insert the Like button wherever useful within the loop, like at the bottom of the post content. (Lots of sites don't use the WP toolbar, so miss out on Likes.)
- A widget that lists the most-liked posts.
Thanks again for the helpful plugin, and for all the other BP work, too.
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Has technology accelerated human evolution?
my question is based on my observations of events that have happened in my own lifetime,we went from conventional warfare to atomic bombs ,we went from party line telephones to blue tooth, we went from the encyclopedia to ipads,we went from maps to gps,we went from libraries to kindle,we went from Sunday dinner to Mc Donalds,we went from radio to 50"flat screen 3d television,skype,electric cars,and we put a man on the moon.All of this in one life time.what use to take millions of years to happen,. is now happening in generations.I watch little kids walking towards doors they dont stop because they know its going to open,young children using computers to write and draw.I guess my question is,am I right in thinking that human evolution is accelerating.
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David MattaJul 22 2012: Humans can measure the evolution of everything except their own. In a moving car, the driver does not perceive the passenger moving, nor himself, whereas everything outside "seems" moving. We know that nothing is moving outside except the car we are in.
Therefore, to correct the statement above, "Humans measure the evolution of everything based on their own."
Jul 22 2012: Agreed, but the question arises : how can we measure the ' process ' being the part of the process ? What is the frame of reference ? I think we can't measure anything, because WE ARE THE PROCESS of change, we can experience change ; 'evolution' is just a term we use to create a 'map' of reality,it is the point of judgement if you like, not measurement.
I could be wrong here , of course :)
Jul 23 2012: It still has an empirical component, regardless of how abstract the reasons that cause the process are, correct? There are certainly metrics you could use to measure such a thing, and indeed it would be a complex equation if you wanted it to be fully descriptive enough to get an accurate measurement of how it is changing. That is all assuming a fixed time rate though. Given now that we are also increasing the amount we can accomplish in each day (in terms of all components of life: learning, social interaction, productivity, etc), measuring a change by a fixed time scale seems silly, so perhaps the issue of time makes your position that we can't really measure such a change correct. It's less than we can't measure it though, and more that such a measurement would have no meaningful significance, because 24 hours in 2050 will be nothing like 24 hours today, just as 24 hours in 1800 are nothing like 24 hours today.
I think the specifics of evolutionary measurement are less important than coming to grips with the fact that the world is becoming a much more dynamic place to live, where major changes can happen in a short period of time. The idea of anything being constant and timeless is quickly disappearing. I like what you said below "the very process of becoming aware is speeding up". Being aware of what's going on around you, the changing and expanding framework of reality you're living in, and the influences you exert and are effected by seems to be an effective way to take control of your own personal evolution, and thus, your participation in the evolution of all life.
Jul 23 2012: Patrick ,
I agree, the scale of observation creates the phenomenon. If ' evolution' means increasing in complexity, without judgemental sentiment ( it's neither good nor bad , higher/lower in development ), yes it seems to be obvious. Don't you think, that entropy and complexity is the same thing ? In attempt to organise entropy we make our life, relationships ... tools more and more complex, don't we ? It's a chicken egg issue. So, the 'Almighty' arrow of time is in place and conducts the show :) What is ' awareness' that is speeding up, alongside with everything else ? I guess , it's the desire to get out of the loop. How ? I don't know, but I've come up with simple ( not easy to implement, though ! ) solution: try to live in accordance with a golden rule. Old age wisdom : don't do to others... love your neighbour...dethrone yourself from the center of your world and you'll transcend yourself... Even the intent to practice it , brings clarity in thoughts and somehow reorganises life. Am I preaching ? : ) Sorry, I didn't mean to , i am not religious even, just a bit of experience .
Thanks for responding !
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There was such sadness as grieving families gathered Tuesday to learn more about what happened to their loved ones killed at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan when National Airlines flight NCR 102 on its way to Dubai crashed on takeoff.All seven National Airlines employees on board were killed, including 34-year-old Michigan native Brad Hasler.
"My brother's been a pilot since he was 19. I used to fly with him on Cessnas all the time," said Bill Hasler. "What he loved more than flying was his wife of only two weeks. They were married just two weeks ago."He said his brother's wife is expecting a child in October. Brad Hasler also has a daughter and a stepdaughter.On board that flight Monday were two pilots, two first officers, two mechanics and a loadmaster. The plane was carrying vehicles and other cargo, and in the case of the people on board, very precious cargo."Brad was a wonderful family man. He had many friends, and we loved him very much," Hasler said.So many friends have told Fox 2 that Brad was a 1996 graduate of Gabriel Richard High School in Riverview. He was captain of the hockey team there and loved hunting, fishing and softball.In his old neighborhood in Riverview, those who watched him grow up can't believe what has happened."Definitely a go-getter, I mean beautiful person. That's heartbreaking news," former neighbor Debrah Christy commented.It's heartbreak his family knows all too well."I loved my brother more than anything, and if I could trade places with him so that he could be with his family, I would in a heartbeat," Hasler said.At this time, the Hasler family are the only ones speaking publicly.
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