The logic here escapes many |
Vodcast viewers may remember my recent conversation with education genius and Marion superintendent Dr. Glen Fenter https://youtu.be/n-AL8pRfXXQ?si=KfT4iJE5d-ShhHro. We keep something like a stream-of-consciousness text thread going, as I do with the FFF Fam. Fenter could become an honorary member of the Fam, as he is a former student of my parents from their early days in education at Charleston Public Schools. They were hired by his father, then superintendent Guy Fenter, and a school board that included Gov. and U.S.-Senator-to-be Dale Bumpers. The ties that bind us are as strong as our shared roots in Franklin County.
Part of our most recent exchange was my lamentation over this district's fallen political state since the days of Bumpers; its ability to constantly break my heart by electing people with Rs by their names regardless of any other credentials. Most recently this happened in the special election to replace the late state senator Gary Stubblefield.
Adam Watson, exemplary husband, father, and Charleston farmer instrumental in keeping the governor's prison project at bay, ran as an independent in a tireless, honest campaign. He lost to Republican Brad Simon, who was endorsed by the governor who some people say they no longer trust or support because of the prison.
Fenter alerted me to an interesting tweet recently put out by Bentonville schools:........