Councilman files discrimination suit against BOE WTH?

Ok Councilman David Burkette has filed a discrimination lawsuit against the Montgomery County Board of Education. Oh let me mention that he works for the Montgomery County Board of Education as a Teacher. This right here .... OMG what is this man thinking this is his 4th time filing lawsuits against his employer yet he is still employed. Mind you he has been teaching for over 20 years and is also getting supplemental income from the City of Montgomery as Councilman. In my opinion I think that this is a selfish senseless act of stupidity on Burkette's side because so many individuals are out of work. If you have been discriminated against so much why are you still working there? Why have you only contacted EEOC only on one case? Everyone should have been contacted Southern Poverty Law Center, AEA, US Commission on Civil Rights, etc if it were me. This seems like a woman scorn type of deal. You have an individual who states that he has been overlooked for many positions because of his age and color. "Montgomery City Council­man David Burkette, who is also a public school teacher, has filed a race-and-age discrimination lawsuit against the school sys­tem -- the fifth lawsuit (and the fourth against the school sys­tem) that he has filed in federal court since 1993. Burkette, who represents District 4 on the City Council, has filed a lawsuit in federal court claiming "employment discrimination," saying the sys­tem's hiring practices violated his civil rights. The lawsuit notes that Burkette, who is 53 years old and black, is in a "pro­tected class" because of his race and age.
The lawsuit, filed on Oct. 29, is the fourth lawsuit claiming discrimination that Burkette has filed against the Montgom­ery County Board of Education. He was hired in 1990 and has held some coaching positions during that tenure but has been turned down for several other coaching and administrative jobs for which he has applied.
Burkette contends in the lawsuit that he has been over­looked for promotions despite his winning coaching record and his educational back­ ground, which includes a bachelor's de­ gree, a mas­ ter's degree and an educa­ tional special­ ist degree in educational leadership.
"It's too po­litical. It's a good ol' boy net­work where you're not able to advance," Burkette said."

Burkette says that this is "too political" its a "good ol' boy network " well oh my. I wonder if he feels like this about his additional position as a Councilman which is really a "good ol' boy network". Just view the voting records all in favor before the clerk counts ayes vs nays hands up. How many times have I gone to the meetings and this good ol' boy network vote in favor of their pet projects and unconstitutional demolitions of property? How many times do you ask them a question and they look like a deer caught in the path of headlights on high beam?

Burkette needs to be ashamed of himself because to me this is a conflict of interest at best. Let's see you have a City Councilman who will have the option to vote on giving the Montgomery County Board of Education $25million Bond to construct a new school in a few weeks and now he's suing them. He works for the Montgomery County Board of Education!?@$! This is the type of lunacy we citizens have to contend with trying to sort out the reality of their foolishness. Get to work on policy items that are going to push Montgomery in a positive equal environment for all.

If he is not qualified for a position based on their job description he should not want to sue for compensatory damages, legal fees etc. If he is boss enough to file a complaint he should pay for his own attorney fees. It may just be a case where he was not what the Principal or Administrator wanted at his or her school. If he give the ego thing a rest he may see that he was not hired or promoted because he was not QUALIFIED. It could also be that the hiring official may not have felt that his SECONDARY JOB AS CITY COUNCILOR may cause a conflict in his Primary Employers position.
The race card does not need to be pulled when not needed. It is such an unfortunate incident that our City Councilor feels over and under looked when he probably was looked directly at and given consideration of his additional job which may conflict with the Primary Job. This is why our children are failing because the idiosyncracies of the adults.



Reference
http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/article/20101117/NEWS01/11170381/Councilman-files-discrimination-suit-against-MPS

Welcome to the City of Montgomery County Board of Education

Welcome to the CITY of Montgomery COUNTY Board of Education. Who does the Board of Education belong to, the City or County? Before I start I must say that I am a proponent of Education and Educating our Children for if it were not so I would not be a member of the PTSA or attend Board of Education meetings on a regular basis having no children. I digress...let me get back to the Montgomery City Council Meeting October 5th, 2010. I was on the agenda to speak in reference to NEW BUSINESS ITEM #2 which reads: "2. Resolution urging the Montgomery County Board of Education to proceed with the construction process to build an east side high school. (Sponsored by Councillor Pruitt)."

This comes directly from the Agenda, however, Pruitt asked that this item be pushed back until the first meeting in December. I got up to speak at the podium and in regards to this item. I started off by giving, "Why I oppose the Resolution urging the Montgomery County Board of Education to proceed with the construction process to build an eas side high school. The reasons are as follows:

• It’s not a fiscally responsible resolution
• Once the BOE has the money to construct a new school who will fund the salaries of the Teachers and so forth
• The Mtg BOE is in need of a Line of Credit is the City of Montgomery going to do that also to keep them out of the red
• So IF the City is going to fund a new school and provide a line of credit can the city get adequate number of School Buses for the children to ride to school 2 to a seat instead of riding while sitting in each others laps ask for more School Patrols?
• If the City is going to fund this new school can we give money to the BOE to recruit those teachers back who were pink slipped for them not having enough money to keep them?
• Which fund will this money come from and is it enough to leave extra money for the capital improvement fund to at least get some grass cut on the areas that need it particular West Montgomery Exits off of major Interstates as well as the Southern Blvd,graffiti clean up task force, street sweepers, ditch on Braeburn repaired behind residents houses that was supposed to be fixed prior to Mr. Cook’s death, lawn bags provided to residents of the City to help the Sanitation Dpt because it takes them too long to put the leaves in the back of the truck when it would be cost efficient to have the residents bag their own leaves put them on sidewalk and charge for extra bags? That extra money could help you decrease giving the Sanitation Dpt. $15000 for Postage in the 2012 Fiscal Year
  
• What Bank will the City be using for this line of credit and Bond issue?
• Who is responsible for tracking each districts spending and is this a matter for Public Record?

Well Mr. Larkin began speaking and told me in essence that it is our duties as citizens to take up this matter. Then he goes on to ask me about prorations and if I knew what that meant. I told him not to insult my intelligence. To make a long story short this is not about prorations, this is not about an east side school this is about being Fiscally Responsible and to use $25 Million dollars to fund the Board of Education is NOT. If our Councilmembers would keep it real with the citizens they know that they would not have any support. So they try to circumvent around the issue at hand, the City of Montgomery wasting money for a school that would not have teachers or staff to be placed there because according to the Montgomery Board of Education a (County entity) is looking for a line of credit to keep its budget in the black. After the meeting in an ongoing debate with Pruitt who I think is OK but not looking at this through the eyes of repayment. Pruitt says that there needs to be a school on the east side because there has not been one past Vaughn Road in years. He also stated that the Board of Education has money. OK if they do let them use it to build not take out a bond issue which has to be repaid by Me and other Citizens of the City of Montgomery. I was at the Board of Education Meeting when the Elton Dean and the Todd Strange (yes, I said the Elton and the Todd) were there presenting a joint effort of answering the Superintendent's letter and call for help in building another school on the East Side. Rev. Nettles applauded the effort. I however did not because as I looked at the perplexed Board Members who audibly were unaware of the written request for assistance from the Mayor and Commish from the Superintendent led me to believe that only those three amigos knew what this particular Board of Education meeting was about. So the Super, Mayor and Commish along with the Board Members adjourned to the backroom to discuss what had happened before our very eyes. So I again say, if backdoor deals were going on then why should the City involve itself in it? The Montgomery Board of Education spent roughly $300000 on a DeJong study that they admitted did not follow the recommendations regarding the repairs listed from the study but they again are paying over $100k for another study from DeJong to perform another study. So I say why, why do we citizens have to keep paying for studies when we know what is going on, money is being wasted on studies. Teachers have been pink slipped and buses are overcrowded. Students ride 3-4 to a seat and they want to build another school? Why? We need to repair the schools that are in ill repair first and let it all be handled through the Board of Education. Pruitt said that the County Commissioners are working on building a school in Ramer because I asked why not let the County handle it. It would behoove Mr. Larkin to attend Board of Education meetings before trying to insult the intelligence of those who do. It would be lovely for the City Council to do their duty of performing the legislative aspects of the council and stop intermingling governmental agencies when the City is becoming more top heavy creating unnecessary positions. I hope that this is not forgotten and I implore individuals of the City of Montgomery to not urge anyone to do anything. Why is the City of Montgomery urging the Board of Education to take this money? Something is not right about it and I'm gonna keep fighting for the City to handle the City's business unless they want to invite the Superintendent and County Commissioner in a roundtable discussion to let the citizens know the urgency of a new school.

Reality Strut

When we dance and laugh and congratulate leaders of the flock doing “pastor struts” I want those who say, “yeah, he’s out for the community blah blah blah” to be in the Soul Train line to the Board of Education requesting that those 600+ Montgomery County Educators be given their jobs back. Can we get a Re-Hire Strut on that issue? Because if we don’t think that the Enough is Enough when 600 Educators are terminated when is Enough, Enough? And if you think that Stop the Violence appearances at Night Clubs is the answer I want more appearances at Board of Education Meetings, City Council Meetings and County Commissioner Meetings not only from our pastors but from the supporters of those who think that dancing and engaging in buffoonery is the answer to all our problems and the parishioners who listen to the pastors. I also like the song, Pants on the Ground but if I don’t tell the youngster why, and listen to them explain to me why they think it is OK I will just be engaging in song and dance. Why the Violence? I don’t know let’s get the answers from the youth. Oh, I forgot we don’t listen to them because they don’t know what they are talking about. I digress let me go back to the strut and the increase in Violence especially with our youth in the city of Montgomery. Guess what? When those 600+ jobs are cut and if you don’t know that the classrooms are already overcrowded with 30 students get a grip when the class size increase to 40-50 students per class. If you think violence is up and our youth learning is down wait until the job loss affects your child, niece, nephew, cousin, sister, and brother yet all our Future, educational attainment. There will be an increase in violence no matter the school size because the class size is what matters. Everybody ready to do the Reality Strut? Let’s dance.