Past VWSD board members communicate out in opposition to convention journey – The Vicksburg Post

Former Vicksburg Warren School District (VWSD) Board of Trustee members Sally Bullard and Jan Daigre spoke on the finish of the VWSD assembly Thursday relating to convention journey by board members following the current public upheaval over a convention in Hawaii. 

Bullard shared her feedback with The Post. The stay stream of the varsity board assembly was turned off and didn’t embody feedback by Bullard and Daigre.

Bullard mentioned she and Daigre felt compelled to talk publicly as a result of their insights as former board members make them uniquely certified to oppose a “misspending of public funds.”

“Thank you to the board and superintendent for allowing us to appear tonight,” Bullard mentioned. “As former board members, Jan and I are right here in opposition to the board’s vote to journey to Hawaii. Choosing an costly convention vacation spot like Hawaii sends a message of ambivalence. Your fiscal accountability to our district ought to have despatched up a giant purple flag when this was even placed on the board docket. As former board members, we acquired the required hours of continuous training with out out-of-state journey.

“Whether anybody likes to voice it or not, Warren County is a poverty district. We have homeless kids. Children with meals insecurities. And our district and group will really feel the cuts to advantages for these most in want. Our children and households will really feel the cuts to SNAP furthering their meals insecurities.

“Parents and youngsters in our colleges spend hours promoting sweet, cookie dough, washing automobiles, and so forth. for them to take part in sports activities, choir, drama, band and cheer. Would the board go door-to-door to lift cash for his or her out-of-state journey?

“I do know this can be a thankless place and terribly underpaid. But when we’ve got board members spending tens of hundreds of {dollars} for journey to conferences or commenting on touring the world, we imagine you might be out of contact.

“Couldn’t the board use this money to fund a food backpack program? To stock uniform closets? What about passing a policy to limit the dollar amount the board can be reimbursed yearly? Not to travel at the pleasure of the district. Thank you.”

The Mississippi School Board Association (MSBA) states that college board members should full 12 hours of continuous training inside six months of being newly sworn into workplace and after that, keep six hours of continuous training yearly. According to the MSBA’s web site, these hours should be carried out or permitted by MSBA. They are presently providing a coverage convention in Flowood, Mississippi Sept. 23-25. The web site states that as much as 9 persevering with training credit could also be earned at this convention.