Comments on: Report: $10,000 in AP Funds Supplemented Chiles High School Football Coach Salary

By: Enough

Enough — Fri, 16 Jun 2023 17:41:57 +0000

Pettis makes a lot of false claims. The man has been caught in his lies and caused a kid to die because of his negligence. All of these things could have been avoided if FHSAA would actually do their job and protect kids when school and coaches won’t!

By: Bjorn Rune

Bjorn Rune — Fri, 30 Jul 2021 19:15:50 +0000

The record speaks for itself in regards to Coach Pettis. He is not a very good coach questionable integrity highly overpaid. Much of the same has been displayed by Burgess not a very good leader questionable integrity highly overpaid.. I regret that my children went to that school, and had to deal with that administration ran by Burgess and his protectors. He is a pompous windbag and his ego precedes him. Chiles would be better served without either of them.

By: doucheblasio

doucheblasio — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 14:17:46 +0000

The Chiles Football Coach SUCKS!!!

By: Carlton Mayhew

Carlton Mayhew — Fri, 23 Jul 2021 17:22:31 +0000

Hmmm… I would bet my left kidney that this was part of a deal Pettis made to keep his own A$$ out of deeper trouble than he is already in. He sold out Joe Burgess. Joe does things honorably. But then again this is Leon County Schools and I bet Joe’s arm was twisted by the Bell’s to accommodate Pettis!

By: NE Mom

NE Mom — Fri, 23 Jul 2021 12:43:30 +0000

As a former Chiles parent- I was extremely frustrated at the way they insisted kids take AP classes and 100% discouraged (and repeatedly said my kid was not “allowed”) to dual enroll because my student was a “successful AP scholar”- this while other schools in town were actively assisting their students get dual enrollment credits. At that time I knew it came down to money- now I’m incredibly annoyed to discover how some of that money is used.

All this said- why is it that anything bad that happens at Chiles is NEWS while when bad stuff- really bad stuff- goes down at Leon we don’t hear about it?

By: Change

Change — Fri, 23 Jul 2021 02:45:50 +0000

Former player, I disagree. As a family member of a former player that did play, Kp is downright awful. He has built a culture of meanness, where coaches and players are hateful to each other. He lies to players and parents. He is a joke. I’m glad you had a good experience though.
Chiles Player- it is his responsibility when he says he is doing all of that to actually earn the extra money. He said that. Another lie. Also, the boosters bought all the snacks and drinks.

By: Truth hurts sometimes

Truth hurts sometimes — Fri, 23 Jul 2021 00:18:55 +0000

My son is a two year starter, the program is a joke, as are his coaching and motivational skills. I volunteered, I go to parent meetings, dealt with the “used car salesman” pitch every single time. One of the largest schools in the county, yet there is maybe 30 kids on the team, and that is only because they move up half the JV kids to make it look like we have kids

By: Former player (all 4 yrs)

Former player (all 4 yrs) — Thu, 22 Jul 2021 22:29:08 +0000

It seems as if the parents of the kids who don’t play will never rest. Kevin Pettis puts in countless hours to help develop players not just on the field but off the field as well. He is always going above and beyond to help each and every single player become as successful as possible. There aren’t any parents in the weight room/ locker room to see what they claim is happening. Every player is treated with respect. Just because your children aren’t playing doesn’t mean you should slander his name. Instead of being keyboard warriors you all should be making sure your kids are practicing so they get to touch the field instead of the bench.

By: ChilesLAX

ChilesLAX — Wed, 21 Jul 2021 13:22:19 +0000

Do you want this man coaching your kids?
Joe Burgess hired this man to work with children.

https://www.publicpolicerecord.com/florida/verobeach-jail/Pettis_David/2015-00001576

Tallahassee Reports, please find out why he was asked to leave Crestview too….$$$

By: ChilesLAX

ChilesLAX — Wed, 21 Jul 2021 13:17:14 +0000

This needs further investigation and attention from our Leon County School Board. Our boys quit this program in October 2019 when Kevin Pettis was ejected from a varsity football game for cussing out the referees on the field in front of the entire audience. We were embarrassed and did not want our kids playing for an unethical man who we found out online had been arrested several times. He earned a 5 game suspension for that behavior and he was very proud, boasting in the locker room afterwards, while Joe Burgess and Mike Eto defended him, helped him get an appeal and gave him bonus pay! This smells of corruption. Families don’t speak up more because this administration gets revenge in passive aggressive ways: gives kids bad schedules, bad parking spaces, on and on… anything they can do within their limits to make whistleblowers miserable, so most just transfer to other schools. Numbers don’t lie. The biggest school in town has the least number of kids playing football. And every other sport at Chiles wins championships!