Vote NO $90 Million School Bond May 1

09/20/2019

Noticing there was no mention by the Aiken Standard of the Settlement Agreement between our school board and Sean Alford shortly after the news on his leaving the Aiken County Public Schools, we put in a FOIA request for it. Media lawyers and government lawyers know such settlements are public record and the media usually gets very prompt, if not immediate, access to such records. Not this time.

So we requested it and posted our request on-line and linked it to the Austin Rhodes Show FB page. Suddenly, we notice yesterday the Aiken Standard is reporting on it but is still not providing a copy of it for the general public.

We are. You can download and read the entire Settlement Agreement and his original Employment Contract at our link below.

Here’s the Settlement Agreement The Aiken Standard Took So Long To Report On! Posted September 20, 2019 Written By WTPA CARE Admin Noticing there was no mention by the Aiken Standard of the Settlement Agreement between our school board and Sean Alford shortly after the news on his leaving the Aike...

09/12/2019

OUR COMMUNITY IS BEING TORN APART. PLEASE STOP THE GOSSIP!

Has Sean Alford been falsely maligned, or has he broken the law?

We won’t know what led up to his resignation until the Aiken County Public School Board takes a VOTE to request the SC Attorney General and SLED come in and conduct an INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION of all the facts behind Superintendent Sean Alford’s sudden resignation. They need to vote!

Meanwhile, “[u]nder no circumstances shall a court approve sealing a settlement agreement which involves a public body or institution.” Rule 41.1(c), SC Rules of Civil Procedure

“…we do not believe the fact that a settlement agreement contains a confidentiality provision gives authority to the District to ignore the provisions of FOIA.” Letter to Chair Beaufort County Board of Education, Beaufort, South Carolina, November 7, 2007, Attorney General Henry McMaster

We The People Aiken Committee
Debbi Nix, Chair
Email [email protected]
Ph 803-215-3540
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Email or call these board members below and insist they vote to have an outside investigation conducted by the South Carolina Attorney General and SLED. Thank you.

Mr Jason Crane
District 2 (Representing Attendance Areas 5 and 1)
Phone: (803) 979-6093
Email: [email protected]

Mr Keith Liner
Board Chairman - District 4 (Representing Attendance Area 2)
Phone: (803) 279-0238
Email: [email protected]

Mr Barry Moulton
District 5 (Representing Attendance Area 2)
Phone: (803) 343-9571
Email: [email protected]

Mrs Sandra Shealey
District 1 (Representing Attendance Area 4)
Phone: (803) 564-5341
Email: [email protected]

Mr Brian Silas
District 3 (Representing Attendance Area 3)
Phone: (706) 831-0177
Email: [email protected]

Mr Dwight Smith
Board Vice-Chairman - District 6 (Representing Attendance Area 3)
Phone: (803) 215-1717
Email: [email protected]

Board Members Resigning

Mr Tad Barber
District 8 (Representing Attendance Area 1)
Phone: (803) 439-6559
Email: [email protected]

Mrs Rosemary English
District 7 (Representing Attendance Area 1)
Phone: (803) 648-1126
Email: [email protected]

Mr Ahmed Samaha
District 9 (Representing Attendance Area 1)
Phone: (803) 646-5738
Email: [email protected]

09/10/2019

09/09/2019

As the media are apparently not going to publish it We The People Aiken just submitted a lawful Public Records request (FOIA) of the Aiken Public Schools for a copy of the school board's Settlement Agreement with Superintendent Seth Alford. Along with our request we submitted a 2007 Attorney General's opinion by then Attorney General, now Governor, Henry McMaster, demonstrating the public's right to have a copy of this Agreement. (They are both found on our link below.)

We will post on this site and boost on FB the minute the district provides it to us. Meanwhile, Like and Share this post across the county.

~Debbie Nix, Ph 803-215-3540

Records Request of Super. Alford’s Settlement Agreement Submitted To School Posted September 9, 2019 Written By WTPA CARE Admin After several days of media silence We The People Aiken has submitted this lawful request of the public records of the Aiken County Public Schools, for a copy of the scho...

06/04/2018

Is this driving the violence in Aiken Public School?

04/29/2018

When asked in a February public meeting about student discipline Superintendent Alford said, "We're not here to punish anybody". Meanwhile, they want millions of dollars of this $90 million bond proposal to spend on safety/security. But with this attitude toward proper punishment of class-disrupting student conduct, will he really use this money for safety/security? They clearly didn't use the $100 million portion of the $800 million bond targeted for safety/security in Broward County, FL and look at the tragedy it caused there.

Is safety/security being used as a fear factor to get supportive votes? We're not buying it. Texas schools have started a low cost Guardian Plan. We should look into that. Vote NO this Tuesday!

Broward County student journalist Kenneth Preston published the findings of an in-depth investigation on Thursday that uncovered damning evidence proving Broward County school officials slacked on school security in the years leading up to the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb....

04/28/2018

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04/27/2018

WHAT OVERCROWDING?

Has any overcrowding been created by poor management, bad re-zoning and busing policies and the reduction in the use of portables? This should be looked into as it certainly isn't because of the rapidly increasing square footage the district has per 1,000 students. Challenges at Midland Valley High School could be met with the use of portables and the "8% bonding" program to fund needed additions.

04/25/2018

We are in a sprint run to mobilize as many NO voters as we can thru May 1, to stop this wasteful school building proposal and massive property tax increase! But we need financial resources to get our message to Aiken County voters! Please make your most generous donation that you can online or by postal mail below. Thank you. ~Debbie Nix

Donate To Our Fight Now! Posted April 25, 2018 Written By WTPA CARE Admin We are in a sprint run to mobilize as many NO voters as we can thru May 1, to stop this wasteful school building proposal and massive property tax increase! But we need financial resources to get our message to Aiken County vo...