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Alliant University's San Diego campus could be sold
Oh, but just ask Ed Brand - he and 'certain' members of the board were/are willing to feed our students to Alliant - the plate he would use would be a paper plate vs silver. Hope all of the Brand peeps are getting those resumes in order - soon we will be singing 'turn out the lights your party is O V E R!!!!!!!— October 16, 2013 5:50 p.m.
Sweetwater school district's real estate deals gain momentum
shirleyberan - to have lived as long as your brother has and with Gods good grace longer, isn't it a shame - the legacy he will leave? Any of those apartment buildings have new solar on them? Hmmmmm 2014 is just around the corner - he can drive off into the sunset to spend his days with Hassey continuing to allegedly hang out overlooking Blacks Beach.— October 14, 2013 1:38 p.m.
Sweetwater school district's real estate deals gain momentum
It appears Ed Brand sees himself as somewhat of a real estate mogul. Too bad his past history has left property either growing weeds or upside down, to the tune of millions. With so many schools needing work, with parents being expected to pay more and more, with teachers being asked to go three years without a raise, with employees out of pocket benefit costs soaring hopefully any and all real estate profits will be put back into our District. 3% reserves, have any of you bothered to research what districts our size SHOULD have? What reserves do other Districts in our area have, like Chula to name one? Surely Ed Brand and Jim Cartmill will not be brasin enough to return to the ploy of purchasing more property like they attempted to do a few months back. Brand does NOT need a cushy new office on the east side, the board members can trouble themselves to drive ALL the way over to the west side for our board meetings, and transportation is fine where it is. Beware of Ed Brand, Jim Cartmill and Arlie Ricasa when it comes to real estate deals - these three brainiacs are the ones we can thank for being SOOOOOO upside down on the L Street property! - we are talking millions!!!!!!— October 13, 2013 6:45 p.m.
Unreasonable search of Olympian High School students?
JulianAsange - the actions of the board and super speak for themselves. Ed Brand is on a spending frenzy, I can only imagine what the months ahead have in store. The Board, well lets put it this way, if it were not for the questions of Lopez and the community the board meetings would be over in an hour - our Board tuned out along time ago.— October 10, 2013 3:38 p.m.
Unreasonable search of Olympian High School students?
What many are failing to consider is the fact that BACK IN 2007, yes 2007, when we, the taxpayers first voted in Prop O fire alarm upgrades were on the drawing board as a priority. Then in 2009 the board voted to send the project to DSA where it sat UNTIL the channel 10 story. IF The channel 10 story would not have aired when it did - the DSA time frame would have lapsed and we would have had to pay all over again - but hey, it's only money! Too bad important issues move slowly - yet overspending on things like IPADS and shopping for a new building for a District Office and Transportation Lot are on the 'get 'er done NOW' directive by Brand. February can not come toooo soon. I am told that even if the board members are only found guilty of misdemeanors they can not serve in a public office for three years. One way or another - time for them and Brand to go.— October 10, 2013 9:15 a.m.
Unreasonable search of Olympian High School students?
Lalucha - OUCH! your words are to the point and eloquently stated. these two young ladies deserved far better, especially from adults that they are taught to respect. common core, not educated enough to speak on it as of yet, but i am working on that! ha ha what always seems to amaze me is the lack of respect our district seems to show teachers. you all went to school, are educated and yet the district continues to, with each year, bring in a new 'super fab' consultant to teach you how it should be done. hmmmm, if they are so good at it, why aren't they in front of students? why is there a new better than the last expensive program pushed each year????? just wondering. i believe that many administrators are like teachers, moving to the mandates of brand's directives. they like most of you, have mortgages to pay, kids to clothe, and taxes to pay. truth be told the majority of them are secretly rooting for all of us. get rid of the board, get rid of brand - yet when brand brings up a name like, for example, anniej they cry 'hang her from the highest tree' - if only he knew. let me be the first to say 'welcome back, and I THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR THE STUDENTS YOU STAND BEFORE EACH DAY. hey, brand is doing what brand does best TRYING TO INTIMIDATE!!!! silly brand, does he not realize bigger and badder have come before him, to no avail. i believe that the students deserve ALL of the tax dollars we pour into the state and fed treasury that are earmarked for education, not a small percentage. but let there be no mistake i long for the day when suhsd is finally in the hands of a board that represents the community in a positive way, then anniej will fade into the horizon. this is october folks, with the first of each month the trial grow closer, as do the elections for the new board members. there is a new day a comin', happy days will be here again!!!— October 7, 2013 9:13 p.m.
Unreasonable search of Olympian High School students?
JmBrickley - no, it was 'h e double l'— October 6, 2013 7:08 p.m.
Unreasonable search of Olympian High School students?
oneoftheteachers - the three you mention above have been targeted as well. The five are committed to restoring integrity to the name SUHSD. Why Jim Cartmill continues to allow this is quite confusing. One would think of all persons he would be the one who would stand up and put a stop to this. Not quite understanding why he would become so upset over the use of the word 'hell' yet stand idly by and not only watch but apparently condone Ed Brands wrong doing. But then I am assuming that he, Jim Cartmill, believes, like the majority of the community, that what Ed Brand is doing is wrong. Perhaps in Cartmills world it is only wrong when someone, other than a friend, is doing it. Thank goodness my friends are friends for all of the right reasons, they do not/ will not/ have not taken pause to tell me when I was wrong. When this is all over, when all of those witnesses have spoken and the truth is learned - when it is on every TV channel, every paper, every radio talk show - how will Jim Cartmill answer to the question WHY? then— October 6, 2013 2:50 p.m.
Unreasonable search of Olympian High School students?
Parents of both female students should have been called prior to anyone's person or belongings being searched. I have no doubt that there was talk of the search spreading as teenage news does. Put yourself in the place of these two high school girls - to be even considered as a potential suspect would have dramatic negative effects on ones reputation, not a good thing. I know Paynes' daughter - like her older sister a stellar person - but why would she be anything but - both parents are caring, loving, educated professionals and heavily involved in every aspect of their children's lives. There is no mention of an apology by Wahib, certainly it was called for. They 'looked' innocent?, if that were the case why were they searched?, because they 'looked' black? What if the alleged thieves would have been described as Latina or white? Would every female Latina, every white teenage girl been picked up and searched? I think no.— October 5, 2013 12:58 p.m.
Mar Vista Middle School on the cheat?
Qar - I forgot one entity that needs to change - the adults in these students lives. Parents believing that teachers and administrators can do it all need a wake up call. Little do they realize time and effort now reap major rewards for the child later in life.— October 2, 2013 8:03 a.m.