Old Cumberland High School, ca 1936
George Reid, the representative from my district here in Cumberland County, has refused since June 12 of this year to answer simple questions about the operation of the schools.
When contacted, he told me then, and in an email, that we should talk to James Thornton, Superintendent of Schools. I told him that he had it backwards, that he worked for me, and Jim Thornton works for him and the rest of the board members.
This did not move Mr. Reid to answer my questions, so here we are in public. Mr Reid was told that if he didn’t or couldn’t answer the questions, we would both go over his head in the school board, and take our case public. He doesn’t know how to retrieve email from his spam filter, so I doubt he will get the email I am going to send with the link to this article.
If I ever do get any answers from Mr. Reid, I will ask him about that policy that ensures alternative energy and energy-saving devices will be integrated into any future construction of school buildings. Not to mention the LEED standard. $33m + for new schools, no alternative energy features. I am still shaking my head.
We will pay for this, more than we needed to, for the next 30 years in this community.
