Wake County school board member Deborah Prickett was the lone person at the Jan. 8 meeting to praise fired Superintendent Tony Tata's for being named state Transportation Secretary.
Prickett said Tata "provided the quality leadership to make things happen" as superintendent. Prickett also said that "our loss in the Wake County school system is the gain of our great state."
Prickett also singled out for praise the appointment of Kieran Shanahan as the new state Secretary of Public Safety. Shananhan was hired by the former board majority for legal work such as drawing up the new school board district boundaries.
Here's Prickett's comments:
"Since no one else mentioned it, I was going to make sure to do this. I was thrilled to learn about Gen. Tata being selected for such as important position in the governor's cabinet: the Secretary of Transportation. His knowledge and experience and broad array of skills will be a definite asset to this position.
You remember that Gen. Tata brought great leadership to the school board. And he came to the school system with fresh effective initiatives and provided the quality leadership to make things happen. He listened to and he valued parents while becoming a household word.
He recognized significant gains in student achievement. He garnered relationships with businesses. He saved teachers' joss. He supported administration and staff members.
He brought new life to underenrolled schools. He worked with the divided board and he assisted in important legislation that impacted schools statewide, and wisely stretched our very lean budget. Our loss in the Wake County school system is the gain of our great state so I do want to say congratulations to Gen. Tata.
In addition, congratulations go out to a fantastic attorney, Kieran Shanahan, who Gov. McCrory chose to lead in his cabinet as Secretary of Public Safety. Mr. Shanahan has assisted the Wake County school system in many important cases and decisions and represented us well. He assisted with the redistricting efforts that we had in addition to many other important items through the years."
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Sun, 01/27/2013 - 22:55 — louiselee44Off topic, but WCPSS schools will open on a three-hour delay tomorrow, Monday, Jan.28th. Check to verify.
So..
Fri, 01/25/2013 - 19:02 — Dove314I liked Tata and continue to think the BoE were idiots to fire him. I think the DOT lucked out that he was persuaded to take the position. But this is really nothing more than Prickett pulling out her Republican pom poms and leading a "Team Republican" cheer.
Yea right
Fri, 01/25/2013 - 17:40 — youthinksoOne can only hope Gov. McPope names her as an education adviser so she can get to stepping also!
LOL Good for you. Wear that
Fri, 01/25/2013 - 21:17 — woodstock"McPope?" LOL Good for you. Wear that ignorance proudly!
She won't be needed
Fri, 01/25/2013 - 19:15 — FSandYOUMcPope has some great picks waiting in the wings.
And a few surprises too.
Deborah
Fri, 01/25/2013 - 13:09 — EBDarcynever fails to disappoint.
What important decisions was Shanahan involved other than gerrymandering district lines. Of course that didn't do them any good...
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Fri, 01/25/2013 - 13:41 — SideburnsUh, defending WCPSS against your crazy friends.
With the zero...
Fri, 01/25/2013 - 12:53 — bpuli9999contribution (a huge ZERO for Dist 7) she has made over the past few years she has been on the board, making such useless statements is the only way she can stay in the limelight. Maybe she is planning on running again?
You have shown yourself to
Fri, 01/25/2013 - 14:07 — loriacYou have shown yourself to be a ZERO with these remarks. Deborah's accomplishments for District 7 are well documented.
Care to....
Sat, 01/26/2013 - 10:01 — bpuli9999share the contents of your private diary where you are documenting these "achievements"? They are certainly not publicly documented anywhere.
Be careful, arguing with
Fri, 01/25/2013 - 20:41 — woodstockBe careful, arguing with biased fools like bpuli9999 can sap your intelligence... plus, it is a pointless endeavor. He/she/it has demonstrated over and over again that in the poker game of life they've decided to go all-in with stupid. Nothing you or anyone can ever say or do will ever open that tiny closed mind.
The classic...
Sat, 01/26/2013 - 09:47 — bpuli9999argument of a moron who has no argument! You didn't really have to say it - everyone on these forums knows how "unbiased" you are - especially when it comes DP.
We can always count on you
Sat, 01/26/2013 - 10:54 — woodstockWe can always count on you for your "clever" retorts. LOL!
Wow....
Sat, 01/26/2013 - 11:46 — bpuli9999that was a clever come back - did you come up with that all by yourself?
Bravo! There is another fine
Sat, 01/26/2013 - 12:06 — woodstockBravo! There is another fine example of that biting wit. Consider me skewered.
BTW, Do you have a collection of pointy hats given to you over the years? They may have been presented to you as you sat on a stool in the corner....
And everyone know how biased
Sat, 01/26/2013 - 09:58 — starsonoursAnd everyone know how biased you are.....pot meet kettle
Are you claiming...
Sat, 01/26/2013 - 10:02 — bpuli9999to be unbiased? I never did.
I am open minded, something
Sat, 01/26/2013 - 17:33 — starsonoursI am open minded, something you are not. If Pricket or any Republican we're to discover a cure for cancer you would find some way to complain about it.
Like...
Fri, 01/25/2013 - 15:13 — bpuli9999what?
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Fri, 01/25/2013 - 19:10 — SideburnsHillburn Academy is an excellent example of Prickett's work.
how so?
Sat, 01/26/2013 - 14:13 — EBDarcyWhat specidically did she do? The idea of turning it into a k-8 didn't come from her. And Tata didn't come up with it either, it was proposed by parents in District 7 before he was even hired.
We don't need a BOE that
Sat, 01/26/2013 - 15:37 — shearertwWe don't need a BOE that comes up with and implements their own narrow minded ideas. We can all see how that hasn't worked over the years. What we need is a BOE that listens to parents/taxpayers and implements their ideas. After all... its our school system! I don't know the specific situation Sideburns brought up but it sounds like a case of listening to parents and getting it DONE. That's exactly the kind of accomplishments we need from our BOE. So...great job DP!
We don't need THIS BOE period!
Sun, 01/27/2013 - 12:16 — FSandYOUAnd with the help of McPope, as the escaped meth patient put it, we are going to find THIS and ALL future Wake County BOE's darn near irrelevant!
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Sat, 01/26/2013 - 15:00 — SideburnsAnd it just magically happened. If it were so easy to get anything done at WCPSS....
Your hero Burns ignored that school and let it sit with 22 vacant classrooms. So, yes, I give credit to Prickett & Tata.
That is ...
Sat, 01/26/2013 - 09:59 — bpuli9999a towering achievement.
She has been a good, dependable republican rubber-stamp - it worked well for RM. She never objected to anything the leadership did nor did she contribute anything other than her vote.
If you think she's great - that shows how low your benchmark for achievements is!
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Sat, 01/26/2013 - 10:26 — SideburnsLOL. Says the supporter of the "I will say anything to get elected" crew.
We will just tweak the Choice plan.
We won't fire Tata.
We're not leaders of GSIW (ignore the awards they gave us).
I'm a CPA.
I will take dependability over lies any day.
Exactly what I...
Sat, 01/26/2013 - 10:32 — bpuli9999said. She is the dependable republican vote no matter what. She is a career government bureaucrat - she has probably done nothing new at her job in decades!
I am curious - given your stated opinions - have you ever evaluated someone at their job? Assuming, of course, that you worked in a management position at a commercial entity at some point of time or are working in such a position.
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Sat, 01/26/2013 - 10:39 — SideburnsMy opinion about preferring dependable people over liars makes you curious? Is that such a foreign concept for you?
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Sat, 01/26/2013 - 11:44 — bpuli9999Maybe a 5th grade lesson in reading comprehension would help.
Thanks for (not) answering the question. Guess that says you never held a paying job in your life and yet feel competent enough to evaluating job performance!
Good God, just give it a
Sat, 01/26/2013 - 11:58 — woodstockGood God, just give it a rest; now you even have me being embarrassed for you.
Here is some advice, you of all people should be very careful in bringing up the respective intelligence of other posters. It is as clear as day that you are not exactly at the top of the intellectual food chain.
It's all....
Sat, 01/26/2013 - 16:05 — bpuli9999relative.
No, from every perspective
Sat, 01/26/2013 - 23:04 — woodstockNo, from every perspective you a are a bottom dweller.
Yes...some are related to
Sat, 01/26/2013 - 16:14 — shearertwYes...some are related to homosapians while others are related to nematodes...
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Sat, 01/26/2013 - 11:57 — SideburnsI've held numerous management positions. Not sure what that has to do with your disdain for Prickett.
Great...
Sat, 01/26/2013 - 16:03 — bpuli9999So you are just a political hack supporting a candidate based just on party affiliation and nothing else.
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Sat, 01/26/2013 - 16:31 — SideburnsYou asked what Prickett had contributed to her district and I gave great example of her work to improve education in D7. Now I'm a political hack for answering your question? Unreal.
And what does having a paying job have to do with my opinion of education in WCPSS?
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Sat, 01/26/2013 - 11:44 — bpuli9999duplicate.