The posts on this blog's comment section have become more interesting than my own comments. There is a world of information in the Anonymous data base that needs to be in the public-information kitty so that citizens can assess how their schools suffer from a complicit board and attorney and a corrupt administration.

Here's one below that ties ends together in language as abstruse as Faulkner (whom I'm reading right now). I believe Anonymous cites the the first hint I got of the Faliero affair from a teacher quote on The Wall, as I recall. I also suspect him to be the spouse of the principal who had an affair with Faliero's coach husband right in the midst of the students. That's worse than the Faliero and Hart ROSSAC canoodling.

I have called a Tribune guy who is the "team leader" of the woman Kalfrin who wrote the band-director story. I understood her voice mail correctly, she covers "daycops."

She is absent and said to call her "team leader," Howard Altman. Mr. Altman was in a hurry but said he would call me back; I asked that I instead call him. Mr. Altman, a newspaper guy of 25 years, has promised to educate me on the ethics of the newspaper business.

I did get in one question: What criteria were needed to print a story about sex. Mr. Altman said that such stories usually involved a crime, although he said other news sections might have different standards. I asked how the school-band-leader-too-many-phone-calls-to-a-student incident that the Tribune reported involved a crime.

This is the point at which Le Altman had to run. Don't be paranoid. He seemed like a forthcoming guy. If not, I will determine that when I call him back to resume my education on press ethics. I will address him then as Professor Altman. I am sending Professor Altman this blog URL so that all data are on the table.

Meanwhile, keep those comments coming. I am getting an education in the seamy side of the school board and administration. Some community paragons they are. lee



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A comment on “in favor of fair play”’s post of 6:21 pm:

My, my what a pale pail of purgative pickles we have pickling.

Before my discussion, let’s review the “facts of the case”. “Facts” being the tangible statements made, not a judgment of the contents of the statements.

For those who are follow-the-link challenged, we can start with the initial statement that brought this to light in this arena.

Exhibit A: The original article

Tampa Tribune
Published: November 22, 2007
Texting Puts Teacher In Bindy VALERIE KALFRIN,

TAMPA - The Hillsborough County School District does not know the contents of more than 500 text messages a suspended Plant High School music teacher sent to a student, but found the behavior inappropriate anyway.
The school board on Tuesday suspended John Sinibaldi, 46, without pay pending his dismissal.

During the 2006-07 school year, he sent more than 525 text messages to one student during and after school hours, which the district in a letter said "went beyond the acceptable standards, scope and sequence of your responsibilities as a classroom teacher."

School district spokesman Steve Hegarty said there was no police investigation into the messages, which, according to the letter, were sent to a member of the high school band. Sinibaldi's phone records showed the frequency of the messages but not the content, Hegarty said.

"It doesn't matter at that point what the messages are. The frequency of the messages was a concern," Hegarty said.
Sinibaldi also ran afoul of the school board by allowing a middle school student to participate in the high school's band program, despite being directed not to, the letter states.

Reporter Valerie Kalfrin can be reached at (813) 259-7800 or vkalfrin@tampatrib.com.


Exhibit B: The comment that started it all:

Posted by ( cshultz110 ) on November 22, 2007 at 1:06 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
luvpercussion

You are completely correct! God forbid the truth come out. It is all politics, just ask Jenifer Felairo and Mark Hart (Opps, I forgot that affair was covered up . . . I am sooo sorry!) he, he Amazing how he just "left".

Folks, I have been in this district for 11 years and know for a fact that it IS a good ole' boys system. Lots of corruption and politics.

To give you an idea (and yes, this is first hand knowledge), I was a band director and took a leave of absence last year after my now ex-wife had an affair with a promonent school board members now ex-husband. (Yes, they were both cheating on each other. [Was this the coach, Faliero's husband, who cheated on Faliero with the principal, your wife? If so, did your wife lose her job like Hart lost his? If not, why not?] See previously mentioned) After getting my act back together and returning from my leave, I was shocked to find that no principal would hire me.

Not because of my performance, but because nobody wanted to touch the situation since it delt directly with a school board member and the politics it would involve. That is our school board folks!!! I can't wait for Mr. S to be obsolved of this accusations.

Shame on the parent who is a teacher trying to play the system to get what they want. [What is the name of this parent?] That should be the real headline: "How a teacher uses politics to ruin anothers career and how the school board helps them to do it."

Exhibit C: Deposition that speaks to the specific word “affair”.

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Now for comments on “in favor of fair play”’s post.

First, the reader must use the same standard to determine the credibility of “cshultz110” and “in favor of fair play”.

Unless one has further information outside what has been presented, we are left with what is there. Each writer provides some content in attempt to validate their posit.

“Cshultz110” claims to have first hand knowledge by his indirect relationship with the person of interest. “In favor of fair play” uses the person of interest’s political party, support of “others in power”, level of education, religious beliefs, and economic and family status as an apparent measure of stature.

One may find interest in the choice of words in “others in power”. A common theme among the other comments on this blog frequently calls out the issue of power related to the school administration. This choice of words in some odd way may give credence to concerns about how that power works among the group of “others”.

“In favor of fair play” asks that the “attackers” lay off and let the person of interest do her job. This gives rise to remembrance of the time earlier in the year of 2007 when the person of interest was allegedly absent from several school board meetings. An accurate record of the truth of how many board functions were missed may be able to be obtained if one needs it. One of the major duties of “doing one’s job’ of a school board member is voting on items in a school board meeting. Just sayin’.

“In favor of fair play” proposes the threat that the person of interest will quit if the “nasty and petty accusations and innuendos” don’t end. Readers may have heard of vain arrogance, but to use this type of tactic to thwart public critics may be the epitome of same. Straight off the playground of self absorption, perhaps.

“In favor of fair play” states that whoever the person of interest chooses to be with is a private matter. This may be more applicable if the alleged events involved a soccer dad or perhaps someone in the same church. However, since the parties of interest both held jobs within the school system, and even “in favor of fair play” relates incidents that occurred within the hallowed halls of the ROSSAC bastion or wherever the staff is located that was used to “get him to leave her alone”, it does become public concern.

For those who understand the “authority and power” of the public school system, one would have thought that this full authority and power would have exhibited itself immediately after the “cshult110” comment, as is customary when the public school system deals with public critics.

For those who were around to watch the Doug Erwin annihilation, they would recognize the pattern of retaliation to anyone who dares to shed light on the inner workings of our public institution. Unless there is something in progress that has not come to light yet, one could almost assume that the “powers to be” may want this issue to quietly go away. Which brings one to wonder why “in favor of fair play” would use this venue to write a “teeny-bobber” letter. I find it ironic that “in favor of fair play” would use a blog that they discount so much.


I wonder if the “others in power” will ferret out who "in favor of fair play" is.

Or better yet, maybe it is one of them.

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