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Hearty Applause
“How to give parents and teachers a bigger voice? I don’t know how when we’ve got a school board with an utterly overwhelming desire for secrecy,” said Sean Kilpatrick, adding that “time and time and time again,” the board has chosen to discuss business in private. “Things-that ought to be talked about in front of the public are handled behind closed doors in secret.”
As an example, he cited consideration of the recently constructed bus shop. “There’s NO QUESTION we needed it...But the public had no know ledge of what was planned. Every time a question was asked, the school board would say they couldn’t answer because it would compromise the bidding process (and then would continue considerations in executive session). And sure enough, they did compromise the bidding process! They had to do it all over again.”
The penchant for secrecy is one of the reasons behind his candidacy, said Kilpatrick, noting that nelson Lane, his opponent in the race, has repeatedly voted “to carry on the county’s business in secret. I’m opposed to public business in secret!” concluded Kilpatrick, winning the only sustained round of applause during the evening.
“Let the school board attend to school board business and let the superintendent run the schools,” Gilkey stated.
Continue In Zoning?
Lee Bird asked Konick if he would continue as zoning administrator if elected commonwealth’s attorney.
“That decision would be up to the supervisors,” Konick replied. “I’m their appointed agent to administer the zoning laws.” If elected, he said he would discuss the matter with the supervisors. “My recommendation would be that they look for some
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