Another Lebanon Voice Speaks Up

This is what I've been waiting for - no, not this person specifically in this format - but something like this:

After making the decision to decline running for re-election to the Lebanon School Board, I thought it inappropriate to become involved, at least for a time, with the workings of the new Board.

However, it is impossible to sit by and watch a vocal minority destroy the many accomplishments of your past school boards in putting the Lebanon School District on track to be innovative in programs, rigorous in expectations and relevant in curriculum. The current proceedings of the Board have caused further embarrassment to this community and all citizens need to be aware of current activities and be supportive of the work prior to July 2007.

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But for many in our community who haven't recognized the real importance of what is going on in our District, it is time to become informed and see how far we have come in our education system. The outside world looks in and sees, simplistically, a dysfunctional Board which flops around at meetings, trying to “get” each other, and this view becomes, for that outsider, the “norm” for our whole community. We, together, have accomplished much and we can't afford to keep being the laughing stock of public officials in this state. Prospective businesses read about these public antics and wonder why they would want to come to our community.

McHill is nice, so his taking folks to task is very polite. It's fitting of an attorney, former school board member, and upstanding citizen.

Still...