The last regular meeting of the Mount Vernon Board of Education for 2009, held on Monday, included a presentation of “Distinguished Service Award” to outgoing board members Ian Watson and Steve Hughes.
About Me
- Sam Stickle (mountvernon1805)
- Mount Vernon, Ohio, United States
- AccountabilityInTheMedia.com was begun in 2009 to respond to inaccuracies in the media’s coverage of the John Freshwater and Mount Vernon Board of Education controversy. Since posting a response to The Columbus Dispatch editorial of January 7, 2009, “Teaching moment,” which was about Freshwater, I followed up with details from the state administrative hearing. Although I do have opinions about various aspects of the controversy— I support Freshwater’s right to have a Bible on his desk; I also support his right to due process—this website is not affiliated with Freshwater or any other party involved in litigation with the school.
3 comments:
I think it's neat how you write these stories. How long have you been doing this? Do you get paid for it, or is it only for your liking, or both?
Also, do you film the video clips?
Are Mr. Watson and Mr. Hughes MVNU personnel? I'm not familiar with them, but I wish them well.
Rebecca,
I’ve been writing the articles since January 2009—I did some videotaping related to the subject matter of this website starting in the summer/fall of 2008. (I’ve filmed the video that comes from the YouTube and Veoh accounts with the username “mountvernon1805.”)
I don’t get paid. The coverage I saw the media giving to the Freshwater controversy wasn’t always fair or accurate—so I started this website in order to provide additional details about the story.
The only member of the Mount Vernon Board of Education that also works for Mount Vernon Nazarene University is Dr. Margie Bennett.
Glad you like the stories.
Sam,
Well, that's really neat. It looks like you enjoy writing these stories and giving them full accountability.
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