Washington County Educator Writes The Governor
If you think Millry, AL is small, (population 546 in 2010) then go a few miles west of town to the Aquilla community. Its the kind of place that are sprinkled across the state. You know, you see one of those little green signs with a name, but nothing more. This was...
Evaluators Slammed Washington County Charter Application
All charter school applications must be evaluated by a qualified entity before action by the state charter school commission. From the outset, this was done by the National Association of Charter School Authorizers based in Chicago. Today it is being done by the...
Washington County Charter School Fiasco Gets National And International Attention
As we all know, news travels fast in this high-tech world we all live in. Even if it is news coming out of rural Washington County, AL. Dr. Diane Ravitch is in New York City. A former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education, she is founder of the Network for Public...
Is There Life After Sweet Tea?
Like most deep-friend southern boys, I like sweet iced tea. Like it a lot. Never one for coffee, I have gulped down gallons and gallons of sweet tea, morning, noon and night. A nectar of the Gods so to speak. Regardless the weather outside, nothing beats a tall...
Josh Moon Exposes Washington County Charter School Debacle
Just as I did, John Moon with the Alabama Political Reporter, got a whiff of the stench coming from Washington County and started asking questions and digging. Josh is a veteran investigative reporter with a track record of exposing wrong doing. You can see his...
The Rape Of Washington County
If you are looking for peace and quiet and not many neighbors, my advice is to head for Washington County, AL. The first county north of Mobile County and bordered on one side by Mississippi and the Tombigbee River on the other, the last census showed only17,629...
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