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Michele, Still Want To Ban Books In NC? | caffeinated rage
Michele Morrow has mentioned banning books in North Carolina if elected to public office. She was part of a group that filed a lawsuit to remove titles from libraries in Wake County before her unsuccessful run for the local board of education. Her wish to remove books that she deems "obscene" through her Christian Nationalistic…
This Teacher Knows That Michele Morrow Would Not Make Schools Safer In North Carolina | caffeinated rage
When I think of Michele Morrow's promise to make schools the safest buildings in the state, I am reminded of all that she actually has fought to remove from schools. Guns are not one of them. She has fought to remove books. She has fought to exclude marginalized people. It brought to mind this recent…
It’s Not The Porn Allegations, The Girl Scout Cookies, Or Owing The State Thousands Of Dollars – It’s This. | caffeinated rage
A grown adult has every right to frequent a legit business - unless of course you still owe them money. And sure, it does not look good to have the Girl Scouts sue your family over what could only be assumed as cookies. And there is that misrepresentation of finances with a kayak store has…
Apparently Schools Have Operating Rooms & Fresh Cat Litter Despite Being Underfunded And Understaffed | caffeinated rage
As a public school teacher here in North Carolina, I do not have the time nor the resources to perform even a small amount of the actions that I am often accused of doing by politicians who want to dismantle public education. And I would love to know where the operating rooms on campus are.…
Timothy and Philip’s Ideal Job Description Of The North Carolina Teacher | caffeinated rage
Seems that this state has a lot of classroom vacancies. And if you want to be one of the lucky candidates for any of these positions, remember that there are some “unwritten” but very apparent qualifications that need to be met before our lawmakers want you teaching our kids. 1. Have A Fear Of Calling Students…
Michele Morrow Makes Mark Johnson Look Overqualified For State Super | caffeinated rage
Remember him? He went on to run for Lt. Gov. on a platform to expose the “Deep State”. Remember when he cast himself as a champion of public education fighting against evil, unseen forces in a quest to bring effective, urgent, and positive change? Here are some more reminders of the incompetency of Mark Johnson. Johnson…
I Am The Parent Of A Special Needs Public School Student & A Public School Teacher – Michele Morrow Should Never Be Our State Superintendent. | caffeinated rage
Maybe first look at this video of the GOP nominee for state superintendent for NC’s public schools. https://www.youtube.com/embed/iA_zKb5mwmc?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent Her use of the “R” word is not the topic of this post. You can make your own judgement call about how she expresses herself and how she labels special needs students. But I will comment on…
You Want Cameras In Each Public School Classroom & Bathroom? | caffeinated rage
Not sure if Michele Morrow’s wish for security will go over well. Cameras in certain places on school campuses are a great tool have. Too many cameras in all places on a school campus is not a good idea. It’s more like a dystopian measure. There are other actions that could be enacted to allow…
Still Haven’t Stepped Foot In An NC Public School, Michele? | caffeinated rage
Every time Michele Morrow talks to groups of voters, just look and see the makeup of the crowd and the places where she speaks. But not yet has there been a picture of Michele Morrow in one of her recent campaign stops where she is touting her work in public schools or among a group…
What Catherine Truitt Said About “Endorsing” Michele Morrow | caffeinated rage
"I can tell you wholeheartedly… if [Morrow] were to ask me to endorse her, the answer would be no.” That's a heckuva statement. "Wholeheartedly." Coming from the incumbent concerning the nominee from her own party, I respect that Catherine Truitt put people over party. https://twitter.com/i/status/1828808497900798089 I wish this had come out earlier - even before this…
What J.D. Vance Said About Childless Teachers | caffeinated rage
Might want to hear this one. https://twitter.com/i/status/1828524227508453492 Those here in NC who support Vance as the person-in-waiting who might have to step in as leader of the "free world" might need to make sure that teachers in NC make enough to actually support families with children. Otherwise, they are supporting a man who supports the…
Just A Reminder That Righteous & Reactionary Anger Is Not The Best Qualification To Run For State Superintendent | caffeinated rage
If you really looked at the platform of many of the candidates in who ran for school boards and in this and the past election cycles, many of their reasons for running stem from a lack of satisfaction in how the pandemic was handled in our schools. They yell about learning loss and mental health…
Timmy, Why Didn’t You Expand The Vouchers? | caffeinated rage
Maybe there is an apparent answer. Remember when this woman ran for office on a platform of being pro-public schools? For someone who was as accomplished an educator as she was, her move to a party that is forever embracing the dismantling of public education was rather sadistically ironic. When Tricia Cotham switched parties, she gave…
Debunking 10 Common Electioneering Claims Made by Current Politicians Concerning NC’s Public Schools | caffeinated rage
When an NC lawmaker makes a claim about how well he has treated public education, the whole story may not be told – only a glossy version. In this season of electioneering, it is important to know that the biggest part of the iceberg is under the water level where most people do not look.…
One Thing I Have Learned From Michele Morrow: Beware Of Witches With Candy Bars | caffeinated rage
Beware of witches. That’s what I learned from Michele Morrow during her campaign. Oh, and candy bars are suspect as well. https://twitter.com/i/status/1773485991891730580 I wonder if Morrow ever reported any witchcraft to Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s squad of witch hunters? She can still issue a complaint on the Lt. Gov.’s official website. Please note that not a…
The Most Important Elections Are Not The Most Publicized Ones | caffeinated rage
Yes, the election for president, governor, state superintendent, and other high-profile elections are important. This is not to say that these seats do not hold great significance. They do. But local policies and local budgets are set and maintained by other elected officials who do not have public bandwidth to command your attention as much…
The Emperor (To Be) Apparently Didn’t Buy Any Clothes | caffeinated rage
This is becoming a more frequent discovery: Mark Robinson misusing or misstating financial matters. Problems with money have been more reported with Robinson and his wife. There has been wide coverage on his bankruptcies and unpaid taxes. There is the probe into his wife's non-profit. And just this week there was that report of the…
So, Would You Trust These People With An $11 Billion Budget For Public Schools? | caffeinated rage
There's Michele Morrow or there is Mo Green who has experience with large public school systems and other entities with large budgets. From CNN.com: As superintendent, Morrow would oversee the state’s public school system and help set educational priorities, manage the school system’s budgets, and work with the state’s Board of Education to set and…
Michele Morrow In USA TODAY – More Reason To Not Elect Her | caffeinated rage
If you have not seen Sara Pequeno's column this week in USA Today concerning Michele Morrow, it's worth the read. Pequeno asked Morrow about many of the videos/comments attributed to her in the past and while Morrow's answers attempt to again divert from the actual questions as usual, the fact that a national newspaper is…
On The State Health Plan? Well, You Might Want To Look At This. | caffeinated rage
Not the best of outlooks. Certainly not too surprising given the way this state has treated its social services and its employees. "The North Carolina State Health Plan may be unable to stay afloat by fall 2026, according to State Treasurer Dale Folwell. Why the state legislature is withholding the funds needed to keep the…
NC Doesn’t Have To Just Worry About Recruiting Teacher Candidates. It Needs To Worry About Retaining Current Teachers. | caffeinated rage
That “slide” above is from a 2019 presentation about the Teachers’ and State Employees’ Retirement System (TSERS) Retirement Planning. 2019 was before the COVID-19 pandemic. It would be interesting and predictably disheartening to question LEA HR directors about how many calls they are fielding from veteran teachers concerning retirement and early retirement requirements and possibilities. As…
Why Is North Carolina Funding More Than One State School System? | caffeinated rage
This is how a smaller piece of the revenue pie is funding public schools because money is being siphoned off to other “initiative” such as: Charter Schools Vouchers Tax Breaks to Corporations Sunshine Fund That Has Billions Go back a couple of decades. And about 57-62% of that budget would be directed toward public education…
You Can’t Put “Kids First” If You Put Teachers Last | caffeinated rage
Sen. Phil Berger and his cronies including people like Tricia Cotham have had over 12 years to “improve” our public education system. 12. The number of grades in a standard progression through a public school. Here are a few of the actions taken in those 12 years. 1. Teacher Pay Kept Well Below National Average 2. Removal…
When Is The Last Time Michele Morrow Ever Stepped Foot In An NC Public School? | caffeinated rage
It's a real question. Not rhetorical. In all of the (stock) photos on her campaign materials that might show a hint of the inside of a school building, there is no Michele Morrow. There are no anecdotes that have ever been communicated by Morrow that talk about meeting with any of her own children's teachers,…
The Latest Mark Robinson Video – “We Don’t Want” Federal Education Funds In NC | caffeinated rage
Laura Leslie's report for WRAL today uncovered a video of Mark Robinson saying that he would as governor deny federal education funds. In answering a question about federal funding, Robinson said, “That’s why we need to cut their money off. That’s why it’s important for us to be fiscally responsible with our education dollars, cut…
Yes, You Should Still Be Concerned About Project 2025 | caffeinated rage
It was reported on CNN.com today. For people who think that Trump's "disavowal" and "denial" of Project 2025 was proof that he is not part of its planning or has not endorsed it, then this may be worth looking at. https://twitter.com/i/status/1824068389796475049
Dear Rural Counties, Vouchers & School Choice Will Hit You Faster And Harder. | caffeinated rage
It's already happened to states like Ohio that funded voucher expansion at the expense of the public school system and made it possible for wealthier white families who already sent their students to private schools to get a "tax break" and receive a voucher to offset costs they already could handle. Kentucky is next on…
Thou Shall Not Bear False Witness, Michele | caffeinated rage
"Thou shall not bear false witness." One of the Ten Commandments. It means "do not lie." And Michele Morrow has been on record as someone who wants the Ten Commandments posted in public schools. And then we get this: In this interview, Morrow is questioned about a recently surfaced video in which she calls for…
Don’t Back Out, Michele! State Super Candidate Forum Coming Up. | caffeinated rage
Now we have the opportunity to have both Michele Morrow and Mo Green meeting for a discussion to be moderated by WUNC. If you want to register to be part of the livestream, then go here. Maybe they will ask Michele about her latest released video which she will probably deny ever happened. https://twitter.com/i/status/1823758951160406050
At Stake In This Election? The Return Of This Person. | caffeinated rage
Picking Betsy DeVos in 2016 as the Secretary of Education was like letting an arsonist loose in a drought-ridden forest and giving her gasoline and matches to play with. It was another terrible choice by President Trump and an indication that the privatization movement that already has a head start in North Carolina had a…
Michele Morrow’s Latest Video: Her Wish To Emulate Oklahoma’s State Super | caffeinated rage
If you follow national educational news, you surely would have come across Ryan Walters, the young firebrand of a state superintendent in Oklahoma. To say that he is a Christian nationalist would be accurate. His words and actions as the top education official in the heavily red state are well-known. Walters is the face of…
The Rotten Apple Running For NC State Superintendent | caffeinated rage
The use of a red apple as a symbol for public education is fairly well-known. And the use of the "Apple Card" for voting suggestions is a time-honored tradition for NCAE and affiliates to display endorsements of pro-public education candidates for local, state, and national elections. It is no surprise that Michele Morrow is trying…
A History Of Not Raising Teachers’ Pay In NC: 2006-2024 | caffeinated rage
Below is a table that tallies the top step salaries for teachers with a Master’s Degree in North Carolina without adjustment for inflation. It starts with 2006-2007 school year. Imagine being a teacher who starts in each of those years looking at the salary schedule to see what could be possible when you reach the…
A Teacher’s “Amazon Wishlist” For The NCGA | caffeinated rage
The fact that many teachers in this state (and others) have set up Amazon Wishlists is a strong indication of the NCGA’s unwillingness to fully fund public schools. The NC General Assembly has acknowledged the fact that teachers need fully funded schools and resources as well as the professional license to pursue what they know…
Michele Morrow: Calling For A Military Coup While Taking The Kids On A Field Trip | caffeinated rage
A new video has surfaced of Michele Morrow at the January 6th, 2021 insurrection. https://twitter.com/i/status/1822035965906497758 As reported by CNN.com: “President Trump is still president until the 20th,” Morrow said in the video streamed from her hotel room on the night of January 6, 2021. “So he can still invoke the executive order against voter fraud.…
Dear NC Teachers, You (And All Public Employees) Should Have Collective Bargaining Rights | caffeinated rage
It’s a special kind of cruel irony that the only state in the country with the lowest legal minimum wage, no collective bargaining rights, refused Medicaid expansion for decade, has loosely regulated vouchers and charter school expansion, has a school performance grading system that measures achievement over growth, and possesses the lowest corporate flat tax…
Kamala Harris’s VP Pick? A Teacher. A Public School Teacher. And A Coach. | caffeinated rage
From the Minnesota Governor's official website: "In addition to teaching social studies, Tim helped coach the Mankato West football team that won the school’s first state championship." A teacher. A Social Studies teacher. And a state championship coach in football. Just remember that a man who is trying to become governor of this state doesn't…
Dear Mark Robinson, Did You See What That “Weak Little Gymnast” Just Accomplished? | caffeinated rage
“I ain’t no little weak gymnast that quits when the going gets tough. My generation’s cut from a different cloth.”- Mark Robinson, 2021 Has Robinson been watching the Olympics or is he still filming commercials trying to portray himself as someone who totally contradicts the very words and actions that have defined his character since…