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Guilford H.S. probes to stretch into July
GREENSBORO -- Guilford County Schools' investigation into eligibility issues at two area high schools won't be ending anytime soon. For that matter, neither will the investigation into a pair of area boys basketball coaches.
Blame it on summer.
School officials said this week they've been unable to schedule appointments with people involved in the investigations of Northern Guilford and Page high schools.
Jill Wilson, the school system attorney and lead investigator, said she's hoping the school system can wrap up its investigations this month -- sooner rather than later.
Wilson said last month she expected the investigations to be completed by the end of June.
"I really thought we could get it done but for whatever reason -- and I'm sure summer vacations are a big part of it -- we just haven't been able to meet with everyone we need to," said Wilson.
School system officials are looking into eligibility issues at at least two schools -- Northern Guilford and Page.
Investigators have already determined that five Northern Guilford students were living outside the school's attendance boundaries. Those infractions cost Northern Guilford its 3-A state boys basketball title as well as forfeitures in baseball, wrestling and junior varsity softball.
The ongoing investigation into student eligibility at those schools has prevented Wilson from examining former Northern Guilford boys basketball coach Stan Kowalewski's handling of a booster account at the school.
"My first priority is I've got kids who have to go to school next year and they need to know where," said Wilson.
School officials are also looking into whether Northwest Guilford boys basketball coach Manny Bloom was accurate with local school officials in his account of an investigation into his financial dealings in Palm Beach County, Fla.
Nora Carr, chief of staff for Superintendent Maurice "Mo" Green, said this week that GCS officials have contacted Palm Beach County School District officials and will be speaking with Bloom, Northwest Guilford principal Angelo Kidd and athletic director John Hughes.
Carr said school system officials will also be checking with the references Bloom provided and the additional references Hughes sought out.
"It's not as simple as just making a call," said Carr.
Contact Robert Bell at 373-7055 or robert.bell@news-record.com
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wow2009
July 1, 2009 - 5:31 am EDTThis investigation is taking way too LONG.
Panacea
July 1, 2009 - 8:03 am EDTLonger than expected, but then Wilson admits that. It doesn't help that each time they get close to wrapping it up, some new scandal exposes itself.
bigwill
July 1, 2009 - 8:16 am EDTI would much rather them drag this out and take their time than to rush their investigation just to meet a deadline. At least if they take their time, the findings should be more accurate and they could fish out all the problems. These things take time just like any investigation. You want to make sure you research each case thoroughly, something they didn't do the first time. People want this to be done right this time, but then we complain its taking too long. You can't have the best of both worlds.
hoping for the truth
July 1, 2009 - 8:31 am EDTI guess Coach K was right. She is an amateur.
ilvteaching
July 1, 2009 - 9:04 am EDTJill Wilson interrogated Joe Yeager and Derrell Force for 9 hours in April treating them like dirt and threatening them because they 'should have known'. She then leaked to the paper that they took an inappropriate trip with Stan and that is why they were fired - a trip APPROVED in advance by downtown.
How long can this take? If it is so obvious that these people are incompetent, why is this so hard? She is not preparing for a trial. Stan is right . . she is an amateur. Just think how many good teachers that could hire back with her salary if they ended this. I think they should force her to resign, threaten to take her law license, and ruin her reputation because she 'should have known'. If we investigated her for four months, I am sure we could find something. How about looking into whether she interrogated a diabetic for four hours without letting him (Lawson) have anything to eat or drink? How about whether she actually lied (or at best intentionally misled) the school board?
rightwingnemesis
July 1, 2009 - 9:48 am EDTShe gets paid by the hour, so the nine hour interrogation just kept the cash register spinning! She has become a de facto member of the school board because of her close personal associations with members. It is time the school system hired a new attorney...one who doesn't see themselves as a member of the elected board but rather an advisor ONLY on legal matters. Too many times, she has tried to effect outcomes on issues that are not of a legal nature.
Robert Bell
July 1, 2009 - 10:14 am EDTilvteaching,
For the record, Mrs. Wilson and the school system never leaked any information regarding the New York trip to the N&R. That information surfaced through the e-mails that were requested by the newspaper relating, in part, to the investigation into Northern Guilford. While it's a leap to assume that Mr. Yeager and Mr. Force were fired for taking the trip, you are correct in stating the trip was approved by the school system in advance. The question is whether Mr. Yeager and Mr. Force should have continued with the trip, regardless of it being approved by GCS, after later learning that they were charged with investigating the basketball program. Thanks
ilvteaching
July 1, 2009 - 10:33 am EDTIf they weren't fired for taking the trip, why were they fired, Mr. Bell? For not knowing something Mrs. Wilson can't figure out in MONTHS. I know both Force and Yeager . . PLEASE explain to me why they were fired, threatened and their careers ruined.
ilvteaching
July 1, 2009 - 10:45 am EDTAnd, no, I agree, they should not have gone. That is obvious. The question is whether is it is right to force men who have given their lives to kids to give up their careers for that mistake. Not to mention having their pictures on the front page of the paper all the time (it has been nice that that stopped).
ngparent
July 1, 2009 - 10:56 am EDTMr. Yeager and Mr. Force should have been treated with dignity. Mr. Green and Mrs. Wilson were looking to throw these two under the bus and they did. The school system was not going to give these employees any support so they felt they had to resign. These are two fine men who have had the reputations ruined. It has become apparent that the search for the "Truth" has turned into "how can we get the superintendent and the school board out of this gracefully?" When all of this is said and done, nothing will be solved. Hopefully, the final result will include a plan to fix the recruiting issue, but that may take another 4 month investigation.
Robert Bell
July 1, 2009 - 12:42 pm EDTilvteaching,
Obviously I can't answer your question as to why they resigned or were asked to resign. School system officials won't comment on that. The only ones who can comment on that are Mr. Force and Mr. Yeager.
ilvteaching
July 1, 2009 - 2:00 pm EDTI have spoken with them at length about the issue, so since you can't answer my question, please refrain from telling me what it is a leap to assume.
The men should not have been forced to resign. What the school system has done is wrong.
And what you are saying is that you have no idea that the men have done anything wrong but spend your time going through their e-mails to stir up trouble and keep them on the front page of the paper, why? They resigned, their careers are ruined, isn't that enough? Do you actually sleep well at night?
By the way, there was a senior at Ragsdale who saved her mom's life right before graduation. A true miracle. It was reported in the Chiacgo Tribune. The News and Record was too busy investigating high school basketball to pick it up.
ilvteaching
July 1, 2009 - 2:06 pm EDTNGparent is absolutely right. And everybody who knows anything about the situation knows it.
And that for telling me what I am correct about - I already knew that. In fact, I know a great deal more about this that you do.
dcolin
July 1, 2009 - 8:35 pm EDTHelp me here.
Why do you think they resigned?
They did not have to.
ilvteaching
July 1, 2009 - 11:08 pm EDTlet's see . . why did they resign . . I think it is hard to understand unless you have been there. It seems obvious that if they were innocent they would have put up a fight - I don't know how to explain it other that to say that if it is your life, it isn't that easy.
Yeager and Force were told on Thursday, April 2 (or so) to come downtown for a meeting about a student (the whole meeting thing was crap) on Monday, April 6 at 10 am. They thought the meeting request was weird at the time. Instead of being about the student, it was about Stan and all this mess. They were questioned together for an hour, then separated and questioned separately until 7pm (Wilson was not nice).
On Tuesday, Force was put on paid leave - he honestly thought he would be exonerated after an investigation. On wednesday, same thing happened to Yeager. Both men saw attorneys - one of the men had two attorneys. They felt nervous but ok about things.
On Thursday night at 9pm, Downtown called (I forget who called at the moment) and told them they had until 10 the next morning to resign or they "would be made miserable". The next morning was good Friday and neither of the men was able to contact their attorneys (It was NOT a coincidence that this Friday was a holiday). Both men were threatened with their retirements and, believe it or not, were frightened. They resigned. At least one of them and their lawyer tried to resend the resignation the following Monday, but to no avail. There is still a period of time under the law that they have to sue.
According to my friend downtown, Jill Wilson thought that once she removed Yeager and Force, got their files and e-mails, that there would be enough evidence to justify threatening them and forcing them to resign. She (Wilson) was wrong.
I have been working in the Guilford County Schools for decades and I watched Weast and his lawyers do this to two of my friends. I am obviously terribly upset that this is happening again.
I have been posting on this site for months now. All I want is for someone to give me a good reason why these men were fired. Don't tell me to talk to them - I have. The fact is there isn't one.
dcolin
July 2, 2009 - 12:45 am EDTHere are our districts academic EOC passing results:
English I 69%
Algebra I 65%
Algebra II 59%
Geometry 61%
Biology 65%
Chemistry 66%
Physical Sci 47%
Physics 84% A bright spot, few students
Civics 67%
US History 65%
Now no one has resigned over these( they should don’t you think)
In fact they are rarely mentioned
What are our priorities?.
Basketball Scholarships?
Two high schools are under threat of bring shut down.
However Ineligible athletes has turned into the crime/corruption of the century in Guilford County
Why is this such a big deal?
What am I missing?
Northern:
A coach with lot of bad Karma that should never have been hired in the system.
Let him go. Done.
Two school administrators resign/asked to resign. Why?. There must be something else.
If not we are wasting a lot of time and money. We are suppose to be educating kids
What did they do? Was there a Quid Pro Quo to resign? Money? References, what?
Were legal agreements done with these resignations? Mr Bell ask.
Is someone dead somewhere? I mean this is small crap.
Northwest:
Manny Bloom.
A giant error in judgment
K-6 license cannot even teach PE.
Simply let him go.
Again all coaches must actually teach real courses.
I’d even settle for PE
We are pissing away money in hard times
ilvteaching
July 2, 2009 - 9:56 am EDTI am going to try to respond without writing forever.
The main point of your post is absolutely true - GCS has made a huge deal over something that could have been dealt with very easily. In the process, they took away the jobs of three men unfairly and caused havoc at a school unnecessarily. There is nothing you are missing - no body under a bus, just misplaced priorities. This was handled terribly. There was no Quid Pro Quo for them to resign. They were threatened. Downtown had three or four issue that they hammered them on - I can't go into details because at least one has never been in the paper. They were told there were legal issues involved and they were threatened. Turns out, once they could talk to an attorney, that wasn't true. But it was too late. I believe that the fact they were forced to resign on a holiday and not given a chance to consult an attorney about their rights tells you all you need to know about Wilson.
As for your other points, yes, coaches should be faculty members if that is possible. That makes them part of the school community and is better for everyone. But that is the ideal situation. Teachers should be hired on their credentials and the ability to teach, not coach. The problem is you can't force teachers to coach so there will always be a need for coaches - particularly assistants - outside the school. If you make a rule that all coaches must be real teachers, then you will have hiring decisions for academics based on athletics . That is worse than the problems we have now. They should ban AAU coaches from coaching in the high school - that would solve most of the problems.
As for the EOC results, teachers are evaluated on the GROWTH of their students from one year to the next, as they should be. No teacher will be fired for overall pass rates without considering where the students were the year before.
There are a few things I believe that we can do to improve schools - there are other things that the schools have no control over.
Tenure should be eliminated.
All teachers in high school and middle school (7/8) should have an actual degree in what they are teaching. We actually have middle school algebra and geometry teachers with degrees in education. But, again, it isn't as easy as it seems - math majors aren't running out of college eager to teach middle school geometry (well, they might be this year).
I believe that, as a school system, we push these kids really hard. The school system is famous for promoting people to their level of incompetence. They do the same thing (sometimes) with kids. Not all kids can grasp the concepts in algebra. Ninth graders should not be taking AP classes . .. ever. I believe that we are doing students a disservice by not offering many more vocational classes. Not all children have the intelligence to do what they are asked to do - they can be wonderful people, just not smart . .it is ok. The school's job school be to develop the potential of every child to the fullest - that doesn't mean they will all understand geometry.
Finally, I have come to believe (from my experience as a parent, not as a teacher) that the best teachers in the world can't educate kids to their fullest potential without the help of their parents. Let me explain. My children make straight A's. In my home, school comes first - we have homework time and reading time every night. I know what they are doing in all of their classes and I communicate with their teachers. As a mom who works full time, that is hard work. In contrast, my two best friends (who mocked me when I had reading time for my kids as little ones) have children who are struggling in school. My children are not any brighter than theirs. My friends believe (strongly, actually) that they have jobs they do all day and that it is the school's job to educate their children. Their children are paying a huge price for that belief. Teachers can teach, but they can't raise 100 children. Parents have to take responsibility for their children's education and work with the teachers.
I think the public schools often get a bad rap. I went to an elite prep school for high school. What the kids are learning in the top public high schools in our county is more that I learned in high school. Kids are doing AMAZING things in our high schools. But those things rarely make the paper.
By the way, people who argue that sports have no place in school are absolutely wrong. As a general rule, the top students in any school are involved in sports, music, young life, or scouting. Most of the time, they are involved in many of those activities. There are few exceptions to that. Children who participate in sports are required to manage their time better, and often their grades are higher during the season - it is very interesting how that works.
dcolin
July 2, 2009 - 10:06 am EDT"They were threatened. Downtown had three or four issue that they hammered them on - I can't go into details because at least one has never been in the paper"
If you are truly a believer in what you say.
Give us the details. Nothing will change without them.
Why is Wilson doing this if it is wrong?
What is the objective?
ilvteaching
July 2, 2009 - 10:26 am EDTCan't give details - not my place. Sorry. Obviously I am upset, but for anything to change they have to fight their own battles. I hope they will. They may choose to retire or quietly get other jobs and move on. That is a decision they will have to make.
I have no idea why Wilson and Mo did this. I'll give you my best guess, but it is a guess. Obviously downtown was getting lots of complaints about Stan - they got them from other coaches, from parents whose children were on the bench or not making the team at all. Finally they got complaints from two coaches from Northern who who wanted Yeager gone for reasons that had nothing to do with recruiting. They were also getting lots of complaints about Yeager - teachers being forced to teach 6 classes without compensation when others were teaching 5 - teachers grading on a 10 point scale and then having to go back and change (lower) grades - all honors classes - 9th graders being pressured to take AP history and then not doing well etc. etc. I think downtown saw this as a way to get rid of Stan AND Yeager, and scare the other school into cleaning up their acts in terms of eligibility. I think Force and Lawson just got caught in the middle.
dcolin
July 2, 2009 - 10:35 am EDT"They were threatened. Downtown had three or four issue that they hammered them on - I can't go into details because at least one has never been in the paper"
If you are truly a believer in what you say.
Give us the details. Nothing will change without them.
Why is Wilson doing this if it is wrong?
What is the objective?
Oh,
English I 69%
Algebra I 65%
Algebra II 59%
Geometry 61%
Biology 65%
Chemistry 66%
Physical Sci 47%
Physics 84% A bright spot, few students
Civics 67%
US History 65%
These are not just poor. They are abysmal
However read the GSC WEB pages.
Lots of "prestigious Awards"
"WE are doing great"
15 high schools in top 6% in Americas ( Newsweek )
We hire Norma Carr's with a public relation background.( Propagandist).
Pay her the equivalent of three to four teachers.
These parents you talk about are being told thins are fine.
Why should they do any more?
Now look at Yeager's Math results.
Hardly suitable for a principal that eliminated college prep so
he could improve GPA's ( Honors courses )
The system has simply failed us.
As far as Coaches being teachers?
Manny Bloom is not qualified to teach anything. period
Create In School Suspension ( thats is criminal)
Coach teachers can be found.
What you told me is that the system cares more about sports than education and that is how the teachers/coaches will be selected
The Early College, Weaver, etc. do really well.
They are the screened group.
ilvteaching
July 2, 2009 - 11:10 am EDTWhat do you mean "The parents are being told that things are fine"? I do need anyone to tell me what kind of education my own children are getting, thank you. I do not know the experience of every parent in the school system, in fact I know the experience of very few of them. But I can tell you MY children have had excellent teachers and have gotten an excellent education. And I am comparing their education to my own private school one. I would suggest to you that if parents are relying on what other people tell them to evaluate their own children's education, THAT is part of the problem.
If you are expecting the "system" to raise these children, I sure it is failing.
Early College has admission standards, so does Weaver; of course they do really well. Again, the PARENTS have taken the time to enroll their children in those programs. Many students do not have parents who care enough to do that, much less help the kids with their homework.
"Coach teachers can be found." For every school? You don't have any experience in education, do you?
dcolin
July 2, 2009 - 12:53 pm EDT“You don't have any experience in education, do you?”
Actually I do have some?
Also I have what I considered a first class education.
“They were also getting lots of complaints about Yeager - teachers being forced to teach 6 classes without compensation when others were teaching 5 - teachers grading on a 10 point scale and then having to go back and change (lower) grades - all honors classes - 9th graders being pressured to take AP history and then not doing well etc. etc”
So there are issues with Yeager?
Do they relate to all this? Should he leave? I don’t know. However I Ifwant some answers.
You are getting surly. Why?
“Early College has admission standards, so does Weaver; of course they do really well”
That’s what a screened group is.
Reading Comprehension. I can also be surly. If pushed
Nobody is questioning your parenting. Get off it.
From GCS.
Striving, Achieving Excelling.
Not hardly. They keep telling us how good they are doing
Look at the results. Simply look. You can’t say you are doing great.
For goodness sakes.
Bloom is not qualified to teach a single class
Yeager dropped College Prep increasing GPA values accomplishing nothing
Yeager hired Stan knowing his questionable background
Kidd and his AD hired Bloom knowing his background. Checked 20 references. Come on
The previous Early College Principal:
Had a PE degree and was not qualified to teach a single course at Early College
Had three principal jobs in three months before we hired him.
Sent one set of data to Newsweek published another ( different ) on school WEB site
The GCS Statistician presents sophomoric and misleading reports.
This was quoted to me by a highly regarded member of the school board.
If not dishonorable the system ( GCS ) is certainly disingenuous.
However the “Strategic Plan” talks about teaching ethics and character.
Oh, by the way
“You don't have any experience in education, do you?”
Our superintendent and chief of staff don't
Obviously it is not an important requirement.
Heck Dr. Becoats does not have a Principal or teachers license.
He has never taught a course Not certified.
Zhang advises on how students should be taught.
No DPI license.
I have repeatedly askrd if the system has seen his statictics credentials.
I don't be;lieve they have. I have been told that is confidential information.
Not just his credentials but whether HR has ever seen them
Final comment.
If Central Offices had cleared the New York trip, Why was Grier
"Shocked"?
ilvteaching
July 2, 2009 - 5:46 pm EDTI can and do say that many children in GCS are doing great - I see them every day. Go see a play or musical at one of the high schools. Go to middle school math day. Go to a scholarship awards ceremony at Northwest or Dudley or Grimsley. Better yet, volunteer to tutor an hour a week in one of the schools and help a kid who isn't passing their tests. There are many many kids in this county who are striving, achieving and excelling. Have you been to Lincoln lately. Have you every seen the Spanish Immersion program or the science and technology programs. They are phenomenal. To get a first class education in this county, you may have to want it and look for it - but it is there . .in many places. if you don't see it, it is because you aren't looking.
I in no way mean to comment on my own parenting (and by the way, my mother does question it often:) My point was this: you seem to imply that GCS should have a 100 percent pass rate on tests. That will never happen. Some children are failed by their teachers, yes. Many of them have no support at home - that makes ALL the difference. And some do not have the ability to pass the test If you kept all other variables the same and replaced the teachers in the county with the 8000 top teachers in the country, test scores might improve a little.
What was your point about Early College (obviously I misread that)? That the students that teachers have the most trouble with are the ones who don't want to be there (or who aren't there) and who have no parent support. My point as well. The school can change that. Parents make the difference 9 times out of 10.
I have no idea about the people downtown - don't care either. I work with kids. I have no idea why Grier was shocked but all the paperwork was done and approved.
I have to go. As for your "Simply look" statement. I do - every day.
- and I see great teachers doing great things with kids. If you don't see it, you aren't looking. I do not care what the statistics are.
dcolin
July 2, 2009 - 7:22 pm EDTEnglish I 69%
Algebra I 65%
Algebra II 59%
Geometry 61%
Biology 65%
Chemistry 66%
Physical Sci 47%
Physics 84% A bright spot, few students
Civics 67%
US History 65%
These are not just poor. They are abysmal
Now these are minimum standards.
Except for English I and Algebra I you do nor have to pass the EOC to
pass the course.
How many students are failed. Virtually none. We move them on
Algebra II is 59% do you think we actually fail 40% of the students.
They probably get B's
Quite simply / frankly you are wrong.
Our results are horrible.
The grading and awarding of A's is an even bigger joke.
Are you a teacher?
Grier shocked. I was trying to make a point.
The administration just telling us stories,
ilvteaching
July 2, 2009 - 8:08 pm EDTYes, I am a teacher. I have taught for decades. I have taught on the middle school, high school and college levels. I do not teach an EOC class. I am, however, on a Development Committee for the College Board - that means I am one of the teachers in the country that actually writes the AP exam in my area.
Where do you get your statistic that virtually none of the students fail? That is not true at the high school level at all. It certainly is more true at the middle school and elementary school.
No, I am not wrong. Do you work in the schools? Do you have children in the schools? If you think they are so horrible, with a background in education, I certainly hope that you are doing something to change it (other than criticize).
I hate that you are missing all the good things our schools do, but I know I won't convince you.
I am thrilled - my children have gotten a great education in Guilford County. And all of the kids I know who have gone to Carolina come back from their freshmen year and say how easy it was. I can't think of one exception to that off the top of my head - and I know tons of kids who attend Carolina every year. But you probably think our University system is terrible too.
dcolin
July 2, 2009 - 7:33 pm EDT"They were also getting lots of complaints about Yeager - teachers being forced to teach 6 classes without compensation when others were teaching 5 - teachers grading on a 10 point scale and then having to go back and change (lower) grades - all honors classes - 9th graders being pressured to take AP history and then not doing well etc. etc”"
So there are some real issues with Yeager.
What is the 10 point scale issue?
ilvteaching
July 2, 2009 - 8:19 pm EDTBeing a principal is a bit like being president - there are always issues. Personally, I do not agree philosophically with Yeager. I am not alone in that. That in no way justifies the way he was treated.
Guilford County has a 7 point grading scale - 93-100 = A etc. Apparently some teacher(s) were grading on a 10-point scale 90-100 = A. I honestly do not remember the details (getting old is hell). Is seems like the teachers claimed that Yeager told them they could grade on a 10 point scale. Then someone found out and the teachers had to change the grade (so a 90 would no longer be an A) and lots of parents were mad. The parents' position was not that the teachers should be using an easier grading scale, but the the students were told one thing i.e. that if they made a 90 they got an A, and then that was not the case. I heard that from the parents of some children involved, so it is rumor. However, I have no reason to doubt the parents.
dcolin
July 2, 2009 - 9:45 pm EDTComment on these facts:
Bloom is not qualified to teach a single class
Yeager dropped College Prep increasing GPA values accomplishing nothing
Yeager hired Stan knowing his questionable background
Kidd and his AD hired Bloom knowing his background. Checked 20 references. Come on
The previous Early College Principal:
Had a PE degree and was not qualified to teach a single course at Early College
Had three principal jobs in three months before we hired him.
Sent one set of data to Newsweek published another ( different ) on school WEB site
The GCS Statistician presents sophomoric and misleading reports.
This was quoted to me by a highly regarded member of the school board.
If not dishonorable the system ( GCS ) is certainly disingenuous.
However the “Strategic Plan” talks about teaching ethics and character.
Oh, by the way
“You don't have any experience in education, do you?”
Our superintendent and chief of staff don't
Obviously it is not an important requirement.
Heck Dr. Becoats does not have a Principal or teachers license.
He has never taught a course Not certified.
Zhang advises on how students should be taught.
No DPI license.
I have repeatedly asked if the system has seen his statistics credentials.
I don't believe they have. I have been told that is confidential information.
Not just his credentials but whether HR has ever seen them
Robert Bell
July 1, 2009 - 9:57 pm EDTilvteaching,
If you've spoken to Mr. Yeager and Mr. Force at such length then it would serve you well to ask them why they resigned instead of asking me because -- once more, with feeling -- they are unwilling or unable to talk to me. You are correct: I have no idea if their actions or inactions rose to such a level that GCS was justified in asking for their resignations. GCS certainly thinks so. But since they did resign, we are trying to find out why. Isn't that what you would want us to do? My guess is if we are able to find a reason that would support their cause, you wouldn't view that as "stirring the pot." As for the story out of Ragsdale, I am unaware of it. It sounds like a good one. Feel free to pass it on. Thanks.
ilvteaching
July 1, 2009 - 10:28 pm EDTMr. Bell,
I know why the men resigned. They are unwilling to talk to you because for some unknown reason (sarcasm) they do not trust you . They have watched you quote Stan K., leave out the second half of the quote, and then claim the editors did it. They, believe it or not, are not dumb men. They know that you have the last word and do not trust that you will accurately present their side of the story. Their view is that people think they are guilty because they resigned - by talking to you they will not change anyone's opinion and they risk having their words misquoted or twisted AND they are on the front page of the paper again.
Let it go. When Wilson finds something of substance, report it. Until then, don't make the headlines of the sports page that she hasn't finished the investigation. Again, if it were that obvious, she would have found it by now.
As for the story at Ragsdale, watch the news.
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