Reformers aren't the angry ones, the union mob and other agitators who continue to stir things up are the angry ones as they have proved at school board meetings where they tried to shut the new board down with their uncivil behavior to excuse fraud and theft from the taxpayers to protect one of their unethical own. No, reformers are not angry, they're rightfully disgusted. By covering up fraud, like in the case of fired former Spt. Carter, and the "adult-centered" political games currently being played by old guard supporters to substantially disenfranchise the district's voters, all Volzke does is enable this garbage. If you want anger, just go to Volzke's Blackboard that panders to the irrational ravings and anger of special interests and the shrill enemies of reform. These are the angry ones who have spit in the face of the voters and who remain one of the biggest "spitball" problem in the district.

Beyond the Blackboard must be doing it's job "pushing the buttons" of the angry agitators. These hysterically defensive posts are typical of the bullies who are trying to hijack our top-performing school district. Read the truth for yourselves at Beyond the Blackboard.

Nice try, pm, and "Good Loard" back atcha. Your points work only if you ignore the twenty years of old guard Fleming era corruption that abused students and taxpayers and nearly bankrupted the district before the new trustees took over, the multi-billion dollar state budget crisis that the new trustees walked into, and the declaration of war the union and its special interest friends inside the district declared against them almost the very day they took over - the main reason for the continuing disruption in the district and the reasons Volzke continues to ignore. It's nice to push the reset button and ignore history and the real issues to make your point, but that kind of comment should be saved for Beyond the Blackboard where it belongs.

Good lord, ronnie and Marie! The entire district's been turned upside down in the last two years -- replaced, reduced, restructured, recalled and relinquished to your "reform" effort. Move on from the past and start addressing the problems "reform" has created. New readers, welcome -- the truth is at Beyond the Blackboard. And, obviously, the truth makes these two angry.

If you're one of the union or staff special interest types or one the co-opted, PTA suck ups at CUSD, and couldn't give a rat's behind about the unethical and illegal behavior by CUSD that has screwed the kids, parents and taxpayers for years, then Beyond the Blackboard is for you. For years, Jonathan Volzke has shamelessly served up the Kool Aid, pandering self-serving special interests and district apologists who just can't get enough of Volzke's and their own spitball fighting that has kept this district in the dark and in turmoil, rather than dealing with legitimate concerns about well-known corruption straight up that would actually help the kids -- concerns that were uncovered by parents who were concerned about their children's education; concerns that were confirmed by the OC grand jury, the OC DA and other investigations, repeatedly; concerns that were exposed in spite of the dishonest attacks by special interests and distractions like Beyond the Blackboard that has yet to see any district corruption it couldn't excuse or defend.

It sounds nice to relegate legitimate concerns over financial waste and corruption to throwing spit balls and adult-centered fights, but these legitimate concerns are at the heart of years of district failures that cheated the kids for years. Volzke is as partisan as the status quo corruption apologists who populate his ridiculous blog with the most uninformed and biased garbage around. Volzke has been part of the problem for a long time, conspicuously covering up some of the most egregious offenses by the corrupt creeps at CUSD. Beyond the Blackboard may be good entertainment, but it certainly isn't a good source of information when it comes to the important issues at CUSD - that is, unless you want those issues skewed in ways that would make the New York Times blush.

Congrats to Johnathan Volzke and his crew for this much deserved recognition. Their blog, along with the newspapers they publish, provide a great service to the South County readers. This is a much better choice than last year's selection - some old guy in Costa Mesa who tries to do it all himself. Wait a minute! That's me! Oh, well...

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The cry baby politics in this district by all sides in the political arena has made it vary difficult to make this large scale orginization improve the education of children and advance in improvements to facilities.