Pickerington Area Taxpayers Alliance

Reynoldsburg under control?

My family lives off the soon to be wider Diley. I moved to Pickerington schools because, as a teacher at Reynoldsburg HS, I know first hand what can happen to kids in that district. Fortunately, there was always St. Pius X in town, but that only takes kids to 8th.

We spent plenty of time in staff meetings (usually the ones we call ''Prime Time,'' but there's plenty of wasted effort in meetings after school as well) talking about how RHS is out of control.

There is no control at RHS and maybe we'll have a chance at it now. I'm worried about what will happen to the kids at Central.

Racial issues are a problem at RHS and I don't think Reeves ever played that card. He's just not known for getting anything of merit done. That made him ideal for RHS.

Teachers at RHS get suspended without cause, that's something started with our administration and had never happened before in all my years there. Many teachers have just given up caring about the school and I hope that does not happen at Central.

Ask anyone at RHS. They'll tell you the same thing.



By Mr. Wizard

Well, then, good riddance!

If, after years of earning the trust of the students, teachers and parents, Chuck Kemper feels no more loyalty to all of us than to leave in the middle of summer, with not as much as a ''Good bye'' to any of us, then we don't need him either. Maybe it's worth trading all of that for the big bucks.

I guess it was too much trouble to even return a reporter's phone calls, as he could have said his farewells through the media.

I really had him pegged wrong. Apparently so did a lot of other people. I didn't figure him to be the type, but I've been wrong before.

Let's just hope the students and parents at Watkins don't fall for his act.

Unless there's more to the story than anyone knows or is willing (or allowed) to discuss publicly.

Stick to the point, people.

Fact - Kemper's making LESS money than he was.

Not fact - There's a guarantee for what's next.

Fact - Nobody KNOWS this Mike Reeves guy.

Not fact - An actual search did not happen to take care of our kids.

Fact - Kemper is gone. My kid isn't.

Not a fact - Focusing on Watkins matters to Picktown.

CAN WE PLEASE TALK ABOUT OUR TOWN AND OUR KIDS? WHY WOULD ANY OF YOU CARE ABOUT WATKINS?