[ale] DeKalb County School Board candidacy announcement

[Jim Kinney]

He is running. Current chair of the budget committee.  The same group
having issues with finding a 'missing' $69M.
He's been a near consecutive board member for the past 30 years.
On May 24, 2012 9:46 AM, "Charles Shapiro" <hooterpincher at gmail.com> wrote:

> So what do you know about this guy, Paul Womack?  Is he running again?
>
> -- CHS
>
> On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 5:58 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
> > It is with no small degree of impending community and personal
> > responsibility that these words are written. As I have been involved with
> > the lives of many people over the more than 2 decades living in DeKalb
> > County, involved with the upbringing of my own children, involved with
> > education both of myself, my wife and my children and the children of
> > others, I know solidly that there is little else we do as adults that has
> > more importance than to prepare the next generation for the world they
> will
> > inherit from us. To this end I have worked with the graduates of DeKalb
> > County School System at Georgia State University, Emory University and
> > Georgia Perimeter College  as an instructor of physics and astronomy. I
> have
> > seen first hand many of the strengths and weaknesses of our county school
> > system both in the students I have taught, my own children, their friends
> > and the children of friends as well as in my interactions with school
> > officials and teachers over the past 20 years. I have weathered the
> > divisiveness of power during a fight for school control that resulted in
> > forced faculty changes and parents pulling their children from the
> school to
> > avoid recriminations from the teachers that won. I have been compelled to
> > act on behalf of faculty, students and staff when central office
> processes
> > had totally failed and health and safety issues were putting all school
> > members at risk.
> >
> > As I discussed my views and convictions surrounding the DeKalb County
> School
> > System with my family and friends, I discovered a community of supporters
> > encouraging my greater involvement. As my resolve steeled with the rising
> > awareness of the work ahead, the circle of supporters widened. Speaking
> > briefly of intentions with parents, community people and teachers within
> the
> > school system has provided the final conviction that the level of effort
> is
> > recognized by more than just a few and I am not alone in willingness to
> work
> > towards the betterment of DeKalb County School System for the benefit of
> > all.
> >
> > To this end, I announce my candidacy for the DeKalb County Board of
> > Education District 4 for the General Election on November 6, 2012
> >
> > --
> > --
> > James P. Kinney III
> >
> > As long as the general population is passive, apathetic, diverted to
> > consumerism or hatred of the vulnerable, then the powerful can do as they
> > please, and those who survive will be left to contemplate the outcome.
> > - 2011 Noam Chomsky
> >
> > http://heretothereideas.blogspot.com/
> >
> >
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