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Posted on 11/25/2012 3:53:24 PM PST by Morgana
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Jorea Marple was carrying out numerous recommendations from the much-discussed audit of West Virginia's public schools system when she was fired as superintendent, by Board of Education members eager to signal to Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin and the Legislature that they supported the extensive review of education spending, policy and organization.
Those board members have cited the need for change when explaining Marple's ouster, in light of struggling student performance. At least one member, Gayle Manchin, has commented further.
"My viewpoint was, we should all embrace this audit and garner from its findings and recommendation that would help us make the changes that needed to be made," Manchin told The Associated Press last week. "My personal opinion is that wasn't necessarily the way it was received at the Department of Education."
Manchin added that some at the department have welcomed the audit. She also said she recognized that some of its recommendations were being carried out under Marple.
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Nothing to see here move along, move along.
Was this the woman who said she was going to crack down on home schoolers? Seems she should have worried about public school students rather than home schooling students.
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