What would you do to save your school? Or could you care less? Like a displaced Cosmopolite in a Cafe', many in Florence now regret having no alma mater. So what if your school is still open, but the Thanksgiving turkey isn't the only thing on the fast approaching chopping block?
There's long been talk of closing Waterloo School. Would a state football championship help keep it open? Sadly, in this state, the answer might just be yes. So how far would you go to get that state championship? Or in other words, what's a little illegal recruiting if it fills a pressing need?
If you have information or comments on current antics at Waterloo School, please contact us.
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Across the river we have the booming school district of Muscle Shoals. Recently, we read an article by one educator advocating the proposed property tax increase and noticed several flaws in logic. "Flaws in logic" is the nicest way we can put it, but several of our readers have used much harsher words. "Liar" seems to have sprung to the minds of many Muscle Shoals citizens.
To say we've been bombarded with rebuttals to a certain principal's defense of a 31% tax increase (67% if you must), would be putting it mildly. We have enough material to blog on for days, even disregarding the comments concerning the principal's "manly parts."
So let's get started:
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