Tag Archives: Education

Lies, Dammed Lies, and Statistics

It was recently been reported that the unemployment rate in Chesterfield County is currently reported in September to be 2.8%, down from 4.0% in July.  Sounds great.  But it is not the true story. According to the S.C. Department of … Continue reading

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Failure in the Chesterfield County School System

This is a recent letter to the editor I have submitted to The Link.  Let’s see if they will publish it. Letter to the Editor: A couple of weeks ago, Mr. Robert Monnie wrote about the results of recent testing … Continue reading

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Building an Empire, Destroying a School

I have been following the slow destruction of Northeastern Technical College for the past six years.  I wrote this letter to the editor of The Link about one aspect of the decline, namely creating new campuses without real purpose except … Continue reading

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