Comments on: Corcoran Gets Nod For Education Commissioner

By: Winston

Winston — Thu, 20 Dec 2018 01:37:30 +0000

To Richard Corcoran,
As soon as you are in place as the Commissioner of Education please review Leon County’s High School Graduation rates with a special review of the number of high school students withdrawn to home school. In addition, please review the practice of Godby High School putting most students into AP History to avoid having students take the state social studies test. This practice may cross the line to fraud with district officials part of a conspiracy to perpetrate fraud to increase the school grade.

By: Brad

Brad — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 19:57:32 +0000

In reply to News Maven. Does Leon County Schools still pay a portion of the salary of the president of the the Leon County Teachers Association? Why does the school board not seek reimbursement from Rocky Hanna when he admitted to the school board attorney hehad no knowledge of a wrong doing but he purposely mislead state and federal authorities? If someone caused a $600,000 investigation and it was proven they (Rocky) lied to start the investigation, why is the community not in an uproar? We need Richard Corcoran to act when our school board will not.

By: Sue

Sue — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 13:52:08 +0000

Richard Corcoran is an excellent choice. He is all business. Contrast his approach with James P ” Rocky’ Hanna. I do not think Mr. Corcoran would ever be as professionally unethical as to put together a notebook filled with false information to try ruin a person and mislead state and federal authorities. Rather than hide sexual misconduct like what Ms Graham did concerning Rocky Hanna, Richard Corcoran opened an investigation when issues came up. Time for corrupt unethical Hanna to step down before he is investigated. He will only be investigated by FLDOE because the Leon School Board continues to empower a superintendent who has a proven track record of unethical behavior, who is also a known bully given that his “hit list” has become publicand was used to hurt named individuals both personally and professionally. Welcome a new education sheriff to Tallahassee. Time to act on the corruption that is within eyesight of the Florida Department of Education.

By: News Maven

News Maven — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 03:29:00 +0000

Rocky & the teacher’s union must be mad as a hornet’s nest at this appointment.

Good.

By: Vernon

Vernon — Tue, 18 Dec 2018 22:47:02 +0000

Doing a search for the right person for the job is ok…as long as you hire someone committed to charter schools, and vouchers for private schools giving parents a choice to move their kids to a better performing school and holding failing schools accountable. Hiring someone with this mindset is more important than anything else, or nothing will change. When you hear anyone say an “education background” is needed or they’re disqualified means they are against giving you the choice to give your child the best education you can find, and want to keep all the controls in administration. Educators in administration do not want to lose students to private schools…even if they’re getting a poor education, because they would lose some of their funding.

It would also be great to have 80% or more of school funding spent in the classroom, and less on administration. Does anyone know what the current ratio is?

By: BillieAnne

BillieAnne — Tue, 18 Dec 2018 18:01:38 +0000

In reply to Catherine Baer. Catherine, Leon voters should put the Superintendent position up for a votefor an appointed Superintendent but the political machine that is behind the corruption of Rocky Hanna would not allow it. A national search for Leon Schools will not happen as long as Hanna controls the School Board and he is allowed to use "hit lists" to get rid of people.

By: Hank

Hank — Tue, 18 Dec 2018 17:35:16 +0000

In reply to Catherine Baer. Rocky Hanna should have disclosed the truth that he purposely mislead the FBI costing taxpayers over $600,000. Pam Stewart and the Leon County School Board turned a blind eye to the unethical behsvior and conspiracy that brought Mr. Hanna into office. I hope Mr. Corcoran looks into every detail and construction deal of the Hanna administration. Did anyonge get "favors" for the forced use of Acaletics math that D and F schools used and paid over $30,000 per school? How about the lack of leadership jamming iReady down the throat of teachers. Go Corcoran, Go!

By: Catherine Baer

Catherine Baer — Tue, 18 Dec 2018 17:01:00 +0000

The Commissioner of Education position which draws a $276K paycheck should have a national search conducted to find a qualified person with education background and not a politician who is receiving political payback.

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 18 Dec 2018 13:16:43 +0000

This should serve notice to Rocky Hanna that school failure, or rather your failure of instructional leadership along with the lack of understanding that eminates from your political appointees Gillian Gregory and Alan Cox have failed. Mr. Hanna you have cost taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars with your admitted politically driven proven false notebook designed to”dirty” up the former superintendent. We all hope that the Commissioner of Education opens an immediate investigation into your unethical behavior as an educator, your denial of charter schools and your “hit list”.