Comments on: Our Children Deserve Better

By: Concerned Parent

Concerned Parent — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:02:43 +0000

When a principal can tell a parent that his secretary was to busy to type a two line letter to send home to the parents to let them know that the FINAl report cards where wrong ” What is this saying about the professionalism of Mr. Felix Durant?” especially when he is not a native Virgin Islander and could care less about the native born chikdren of the Virgin Islands

By: Concerned

Concerned — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 13:06:37 +0000

Children should be responsible to clean up after themselves. I believe that the schools should have a cleanup day at the end of the school year and have the students clean the school. This would instill a sense of responsibility and they would be vigilante in maintaining a clean environment. Remember, it is the Government footing the bill to educate the children in public school. Therefore, something should be given back. We should not be relying wholeheartedly on the Government to fix every ailment! However, when a fixture is broken, it is up to the institution (which ever school it is) to make sure it is immediately fixed. This would prevent further problems that eventually lead to dilapidation.

By: k.k.

k.k. — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:01:59 +0000

What school did Governor deJongh’s two older children graduate from? Where does the young one go to school?
Need to know ANYTHING else?

By: Sojourner Truth

Sojourner Truth — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:11:32 +0000

We are asking our children to show respect to a system that continuously disrespects them. No administration has addressed the poorly maintained, run down, outdated physical conditions of the schools. No one has addressed the overcrowding of the classrooms. No one has addressed the incompetant teachers and poor curriculum.

When you stuff any creature into an overcrowed, dirty, boring, venue it will respond like a crab in a barrel. No one working together, all just scrambling to get on top.
Can we really blame our children for becoming “rats in the race”.
We call them “our future” and discard their needs like an unwanted “past”.

By: Busted

Busted — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 11:06:25 +0000

OldFart: When there is no enforcement you have what we have today. Governor after governor continue to hire people at $85k to sit around in Gov House and other agencies doing nothing that benefits the territory. At the same time, schools like CHS end up with 1 custodian paid $20k. When we start putting strong principals in the lower grades, keeping the campuses clean, issuing detention for littering on the campuses, arresting parents for trespassing on school grounds and enforcing basic laws in this territory, this fiasco will end. A lack of enforcement of rule and law leads to the lawless territory we find our selves in right now. And, just as previous Governors, deJongh has brought nothing but lip service as he has failed to address the structural flaws of our Government.

By: holy smokes

holy smokes — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:41:26 +0000

well let me inform you MR. MORGAN agian it is your FRIEND GOVERNOR JOHN DE WOLF who has this government the way it is, he has hired so many crminals in this government starting with the ST.THOMAS ADMINISTRATOR. second,it took DE WOLF over a year or more to find a education commissioner.OLD PEOPLE SAY when yo pick pick pick yo pick sh– so that is exactly what we got.and finally don’t blame all the parents blame those who makes the laws they have a great deal to do with what is happening in the VIRGIN ISLANDS TODAY.

By: OldFart

OldFart — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:15:33 +0000

continued….
What do you think deJongh should do to fix the schools? Hire more janitorial staff? Until the students and parents care about education there will be no solution.

By: OldFart

OldFart — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:00:27 +0000

I have several friends who teach in public schools on stx. They all point to the same problems; the students do not respect their teachers or school property. This is not the students fault. It is the fault of the student’s parents. In our politically correct world teachers are no longer permitted to discipline students, the parents are informed that their child is causing problems in school and they do nothing about it.

Another problem is that there are not enough funds to buy supplies or to maintain the schools. This is a problem in many government departments. The VI government is overstaffed. We have too many government employees. All of the money is going to pay salaries. I am told that in the school system there are too many administrators who really do not do much except collect their pay checks. VI law makes it almost impossible to fire someone so the problem goes on.

Did Turnbull our “Education Governor” solve the problems in the public schools? I don’t think so. What do you think deJongh

By: bb

bb — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:20:32 +0000

Bathrooms at every public school I been to look like this, but I bet not the restrooms at Government House. Why are we not directing some of this stimulus money into improving our schools?

By: Pandora

Pandora — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 04:14:10 +0000

Those of you who want to blame the students are in complete denial as to the physical state of our public schools.

The adults are to blame – not the children.