Letter: What value-added data can and cannot tell us

Letter: What value-added data can and cannot tell us

PAMELA L STEWART
PAMELA L STEWART
Letter: What value-added data can and cannot tell us

Pamela L Stewart
Commissioner of Education
St Johns, FL

Dear Editor and teachers:

As many of you know, we at the Department of Education have been fighting for you and for all teachers in an effort to maintain the confidentiality of teachers’ names and their individual value-added data.

Letter: Ready for Legislative Session to convene

JOHN E. THRASHER
JOHN E. THRASHER
Letter: Ready for Legislative Session to convene

Senator John Thrasher
St Augustine, FL

Dear Editor:

We completed the last committee week before we convene for the 2014 Legislative Session on March 4. I look forward to working with my colleagues in the Senate, and the House, to pass commonsense reforms for the State of Florida.

Letter: Response to Commissioner Stevenson

Letter: Response to Commissioner Stevenson

SAM LANSDALE
SAM LANSDALE
Letter: Response to Commissioner Stevenson

Sam Lansdale
Julington Creek Plantation CDD
Board of Supervisors, Seat 1

Dear Editor:

Recently St. Johns County Commissioner Cyndi Stevenson wrote an editorial concerning the affairs of the Julington Creek Plantation CDD. Some observers of this issue may welcome a County Commissioner getting involved, but I suspect others are concerned that Commissioner Stevenson is defending actions and behavior that may not be in the best interest of JCP residents or the tax payers of St. Johns County.

Recognition earned – not stolen by politics

800-HCN-ED-BOARD-LOGORecognition earned – not stolen by politics

Editorial
HISTORIC CITY NEWS

The community was exposed to the fraud, waste and abuses of the St Johns Cultural Council this week when it was revealed that the members of the Tourist Development Council had evaluated their performance at failing levels; earning only 55%.

Has Your Resolve Dissolved? Take Heart, says Cupid!

300-SUSAN-JOHNSON-COAHas Your Resolve Dissolved? Take Heart, says Cupid!
Susan Johnson

Statistics show that, after just one month, the resolve has dissolved for 36% of us who have vowed to make changes in the coming year. And, six months into the new year, that percentage has jumped to 56! When you consider that the number one New Year’s Resolution for our nation in the year 2014 was to lose weight, it might seem like we just don’t care enough about ourselves to stick with a new and improved health plan! But forget about statistics and take heart!

Guest: A focused platform race for city commission

RON BERBEN
RON BERBEN
Guest: A focused platform race for city commission

Ron Berben
St Augustine, FL

Instead of a general, all-encompassing broad brush platform approach, I am focusing on specific issues and concerns of every section of the City of St Augustine, its residents and businesses, from infrastructure and basic services to culture and historic preservation, incorporating many into each leg of his three-point platform.