School Board Archives - Save Hanes Park

Blog Community Response Reynolds School Board

Throwback Thursday

“[RJR] Stadium Hearing Raises Questions of Cost, Fairness.” Sounds familiar, but this was the title of a Journal article that ran in 1986.

Blog Reynolds School Board Wiley

Campaign Value

Mediate June 3, 2019 No Comments campaign equity fair pay Stadium teachers value WS/FCS

There is so much wrong with this picture. This is a teacher at Wiley Middle School. He was outside the school this morning greeting parents.…

A RJR Home Field Advantage Facebook Post with an image of the Paisley/Lowrance school construction that reads: This is what happens when you don't have home practice fields! The fields previously used by our RJR Boys' and Girls' lacrosse teams are now massive construction zones for new Paisley Middle School. RJR coaches, parents and athletic staff scrambled to find new fields but they are further away, in poor conditions and with time limits. This is NOT RIGHT! Voice your concern at Board of Education meeting on Tuesday, Feb 13, 6:30 p.m. at Kernersville Elementary.

Fact Check School Board

Words Matter

Mediate April 25, 2019 No Comments access campaign equality equity Home Field Advantage RJR School Board Stadium WS/FCS wsfcs

For almost two-years, RJR Home Field Advantage has made Access and Equity their rallying cry in demands for a multi-sport stadium—but on what grounds?

Fact Check School Board

Blowing Smoke

Mediate April 11, 2019 No Comments agreement Building & Grounds School Board Stadium user WS/FCS

Our school board was elected to find answers and solve problems. Why are some members cranking up the smoke machine?

Reynolds School Board Wiley

Cost per Seat: $93,240

Mediate March 15, 2019 No Comments Ashley bond construction Cost Home Field Advantage Reynolds school Spending wiley

To get the Wiley gym onto the bond (and out of their way), stadium boosters convinced WS/FCS to take on the gym construction as a rebranded STEAM classroom addition. Per seat, it’s three times the price of the average school expansion.

Community Response School Board

Equality, Equity, or Exploitation

Mediate January 30, 2019 No Comments

Words like access, transparency, equality, and equity have been swirling around projects on the school construction bond. Usually, this would be a welcome and expected…

School Board

Taking Advantage

Mediate January 26, 2019 No Comments advantage benefit bias board of education children coach commissioners conflict of interest county election fairness favor football high school recent representative Reynolds RJR school transparency unfair wife wiley

Meet two of our new school board members who are leading on decisions despite a clear conflict of interest. It appears their loyalty to Reynolds…