Comments and Views

There's a right way to go about things, and a wrong way. Bullying others to get what you want is the wrong way.

Tuesday night we did something that went against our policy by removing a comment because someone threw a fit. We regret this decision. As we have said in the past, we do not censor comments. We allow all comments as long as they don't violate our terms. If the original commenter would like to repost their comment please do so, or we will put it back up for you.


Below is a response to a comment left on our blog almost a year ago.

“People develop a certain level of comfort when they can post anonymously and not fear any repercussions. We have always felt that requiring people to identify themselves would limit the conversation. 

You said, "So "listening to everyone's voice" is really "listening to some peoples voice- what have you got to say (sic) only if we agree with you." 

That is not true. We do not censor comments. 

Only listening to some people's voices would imply that we delete the comments we don't agree with. We don't do that. If you'll look back in the archives to late March and early April, people slammed this blog right and left and we allowed every comment to stand. We still do, as long as people don't violate the terms of posting. 

You will not find everyone on here in agreement with you, nor with us, and that is okay. One of our main goals is to improve communication in our school district and community and we are accomplishing that. Over 19,000 page views on our blog speak for itself. 

We feel that this is a place for people to read about what is going on and to comment freely on what is posted whether they agree with it or not.”

To that end, we say this blog supports freedom of speech. We intend the comments portion of this blog to be a forum where you can freely express your views on blog postings and on comments made by other people. We allow all comments even those that are critical of us. If you do not agree with a comment, feel free to post a rebuttal it. If you don't like the content or comments posted here, please don't visit this blog. 

In addition, while we do quite a bit of research for our blog posts, we do not research the comments made by others. That is for you, the blog reader, to do. Investigate, ask questions, listen, get involved, speak up and then make an informed decision as to what you believe is true or not.

If you chose to leave a comment, either with your name or anonymously, be mindful of what you are putting out there and how it might affect others. From now on, we will only remove comments made by the original poster that identifies themselves to us.

Not every blog on the Internet is what you’d like it to be. Some are politically correct so as not to rock the boat, others seek to bring truth to light. Our intention is and will remain to shed light on the wrongs and the rights, the good and the bad, and unfortunately, even sometimes the ugly.