For the past 15 years, I’ve served Galveston as a volunteer public servant. I’ve been a city council member, a wharves board trustee and a member of the city’s planning commission, industrial development committee and redevelopment authority.
I also was a founding member of the Lasker Swimming Pool Committee.
School Board District 1A has 3 candidates for the school board position. We are lucky to have choices and residents with various backgrounds willing to serve. It would be helpful to voters if the newspaper and the EEHDA would list all candidates and their qualifications when they do an article announcing candidacy instead of listing only one candidate and not writing an article announcing the candidacy of others. I’m sure all 3 candidates will be allowed to write editorials like this one as the newspaper tries to be fair, but only one candidate received an article announcing candidacy in both the EEHDA newsletter and the GDN.
How about it GDN and EEHDA? Will you write an article on the qualifications and experience of the other 2 candidates?
I the first place, this is not an article produced by the newspaper staff, as you well know, having written dozens of guest columns over the years. In the second place, I can't think of single time when the paper wrote about only one candidate and failed to cover others equally. We will, as always, write a story about all the candidates in this race before early voting begins in about two weeks. We also invite the other candidates to submit guest columns was Beeton was canny enough to do.
I used to watch and listen to Elizabeth Beeton when she was on the Galveston City Council. She always did her homework, and she kept the others on their toes. Plus, being an attorney didn’t hurt, for she knew the laws and ordinances that were passed before.
One time I sent an email to my Council person and to Elizabeth Beeton about the monthly water bill to an unoccupied house. She was the only one who answered me. I appreciate her knowledge, skills, commitment, and her communications.
And regarding EEHDA, we published the article in the August Newsletter before the other candidates had announced. There will be an article in the October Newsletter with all three candidates commenting on why they are running. Questions like this can be easily handled with just a simple phone call or email.
Thank you Michael for responding. I absolutely know this is not an article but an editorial which I stated in my comment. I was referring to a previous article - not this editorial - as I specifically stated in my comment that all 3 candidates were able to write an editorial and I’m sure all candidates are canny enough to do so.
The article (not an editorial) was about Ms Beeton resigning from the GWB and announcing her candidacy for the school board position. I haven’t seen anything in the newspaper about the other 2 candidates. This is an important election and I would like to see the other 2 candidates have equal opportunity to promote their credentials which you have stated the newspaper will do. I’m glad.
I have asked the EEHDA the same question as an announcement was made for Beeton in the August newsletter, but no announcement for the other 2 candidates was made in September newsletter. The EEHDA is supposed to address all 3 candidates in its October newsletter.
Candidates include Terri Burchfield who has a doctorate and has years of experience in education and Kelly H who has a financial background and parents that were educators. I will not attempt to spell Kelly's last name. Funny enough, all three candidates live on Ball Street.
Jeff or C. Patterson, thanks for posting Kelly’s name. Both Elizabeth and Kelly announced before the August EEHDA newsletter. But only Elizabeth’s candidacy appeared in the EEHDA Newsletter in August. Neither Kelly or Terri’s candidacy appeared in the September newsletter, and since the close for applications was August 16th, to be fair, the 2 other candidates names should have been included in September. Hopefully, the candidates will be appearing in October as stated to give voters the options.
Sorry, I didn’t respond earlier, but was busy with grandkids and didn’t see the post.
I have had several family members and friends that left teaching. The reason given for leaving teaching was consistent across the group though they taught different grades - respect and or discipline. At the lower grades the students were manageable but the parents were when engaged belligerent. And in the up grades the student adopted their parents attitudes and became disruptive and belligerent.
Since disruption and belligerence are student and family orient problems they are beyond the "teaching" realm of improving. Those problems can only be handled only by the administration's ability to set standards/rules across the entire district without any partiality and or exceptions.
An items that would instill group unity and suppress the tendency to act out as an individual and would not be perceived as partiality like uniforms and or a visible id badge
Here is a sample of the position/arguments on standard school uniforms
The most common argument against school uniforms is that they limit personal expression.
It can help create a sense of belonging and unity, which can help form a school community. Research has found that students who were forced to wear a uniform, in comparison to those who did not, were found to listen significantly better, had lower noise levels and lower teaching waiting times.
It would be illuminating to the voters if the candidate would not only give their bio information and also identify what is the specific items that they want to put forward that will directly affect the student body across the district with an improvement to the attention to learning and conduct.
P.s. required Physical Ed would burn calories, reduce obesity and soothe vitality to be acting out.
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GISD and Galveston's children are blessed to have someone of Beeton's caliber, proven experience and Integrity volunteering to serve.
School Board District 1A has 3 candidates for the school board position. We are lucky to have choices and residents with various backgrounds willing to serve. It would be helpful to voters if the newspaper and the EEHDA would list all candidates and their qualifications when they do an article announcing candidacy instead of listing only one candidate and not writing an article announcing the candidacy of others. I’m sure all 3 candidates will be allowed to write editorials like this one as the newspaper tries to be fair, but only one candidate received an article announcing candidacy in both the EEHDA newsletter and the GDN.
How about it GDN and EEHDA? Will you write an article on the qualifications and experience of the other 2 candidates?
I the first place, this is not an article produced by the newspaper staff, as you well know, having written dozens of guest columns over the years. In the second place, I can't think of single time when the paper wrote about only one candidate and failed to cover others equally. We will, as always, write a story about all the candidates in this race before early voting begins in about two weeks. We also invite the other candidates to submit guest columns was Beeton was canny enough to do.
I used to watch and listen to Elizabeth Beeton when she was on the Galveston City Council. She always did her homework, and she kept the others on their toes. Plus, being an attorney didn’t hurt, for she knew the laws and ordinances that were passed before.
One time I sent an email to my Council person and to Elizabeth Beeton about the monthly water bill to an unoccupied house. She was the only one who answered me. I appreciate her knowledge, skills, commitment, and her communications.
And regarding EEHDA, we published the article in the August Newsletter before the other candidates had announced. There will be an article in the October Newsletter with all three candidates commenting on why they are running. Questions like this can be easily handled with just a simple phone call or email.
Jeff Patterson
Thank you Michael for responding. I absolutely know this is not an article but an editorial which I stated in my comment. I was referring to a previous article - not this editorial - as I specifically stated in my comment that all 3 candidates were able to write an editorial and I’m sure all candidates are canny enough to do so.
The article (not an editorial) was about Ms Beeton resigning from the GWB and announcing her candidacy for the school board position. I haven’t seen anything in the newspaper about the other 2 candidates. This is an important election and I would like to see the other 2 candidates have equal opportunity to promote their credentials which you have stated the newspaper will do. I’m glad.
I have asked the EEHDA the same question as an announcement was made for Beeton in the August newsletter, but no announcement for the other 2 candidates was made in September newsletter. The EEHDA is supposed to address all 3 candidates in its October newsletter.
Candidates include Terri Burchfield who has a doctorate and has years of experience in education and Kelly H who has a financial background and parents that were educators. I will not attempt to spell Kelly's last name. Funny enough, all three candidates live on Ball Street.
Hejtmancik. As did the board member they are replacing.
And all three are members of EEHDA; for those that don’t know, that is the East End Historical District Association.
Jeff or C. Patterson, thanks for posting Kelly’s name. Both Elizabeth and Kelly announced before the August EEHDA newsletter. But only Elizabeth’s candidacy appeared in the EEHDA Newsletter in August. Neither Kelly or Terri’s candidacy appeared in the September newsletter, and since the close for applications was August 16th, to be fair, the 2 other candidates names should have been included in September. Hopefully, the candidates will be appearing in October as stated to give voters the options.
Sorry, I didn’t respond earlier, but was busy with grandkids and didn’t see the post.
Great credentials and experience in your bio.
I have had several family members and friends that left teaching. The reason given for leaving teaching was consistent across the group though they taught different grades - respect and or discipline. At the lower grades the students were manageable but the parents were when engaged belligerent. And in the up grades the student adopted their parents attitudes and became disruptive and belligerent.
Since disruption and belligerence are student and family orient problems they are beyond the "teaching" realm of improving. Those problems can only be handled only by the administration's ability to set standards/rules across the entire district without any partiality and or exceptions.
An items that would instill group unity and suppress the tendency to act out as an individual and would not be perceived as partiality like uniforms and or a visible id badge
Here is a sample of the position/arguments on standard school uniforms
The most common argument against school uniforms is that they limit personal expression.
It can help create a sense of belonging and unity, which can help form a school community. Research has found that students who were forced to wear a uniform, in comparison to those who did not, were found to listen significantly better, had lower noise levels and lower teaching waiting times.
It would be illuminating to the voters if the candidate would not only give their bio information and also identify what is the specific items that they want to put forward that will directly affect the student body across the district with an improvement to the attention to learning and conduct.
P.s. required Physical Ed would burn calories, reduce obesity and soothe vitality to be acting out.
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