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HIDDEN AGENDAS
Greetings from Fuddle River Schools. The board met this week for it's regular monthly meeting. Board member Fred Furnley expressed his concern that hidden agendas continue to sabotage the implementation of all board decisions.
He proposed that all district personnel be compelled to reveal their - until now - hidden agendas.
Board member Vernice Vicklestone (who has a high need for control and would like nothing more than to put the grandstanding Furnley in his place and take over the board) was the first to reveal her hidden agenda. She praised Furnley for his ideas and suggested that the board move forward to develop an implementation plan. Furnley (who craves attention and will do almost anything to get it so that he can take over the board) shared his hidden agenda and agreed with Vicklestone that an implementation plan was a good next step.
Ethel Beckel (who is more concerned about "process" than anyone on earth and always wants to be seen as the "fair one" because that will allow her to take over the board) expressed concerns that ordering district personnel to reveal their hidden agendas might be deemed an invasion of privacy. Ted Bonstrom (who is not a lawyer in real life, but likes to play one at board meetings to improve his chances of taking over the board) expressed his concern that the forced exposure of hidden agendas would result in violations of constitutional rights.
The board then heard from parents in attendance at the meeting. Cheryl Harden (who believes that the current board is loaded with fools and wants to run for school board so she can take over) expressed her support for whatever direction the board chose to take. Chip Kerbke (who would like for the board to focus on more pressing issues like football and the upcoming basketball season) offered that a kind of competition might compel district personnel to reveal their hidden agendas voluntarily. And Claude Plaget (who only attends board meetings for the free coffee, punch, and cookies) burped.
The board voted unanimously to continue their discussions of the hidden agenda issue in their next work session.
And that's it this week from Fuddle River Schools.
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