http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C130O3....

Test scores have not risen under Thompson in Rockford. High school scores have gone backwards. Elementary tests underwent a major overhaul which gives the false impression gains were made because educators took credit to advance their careers. Most school districts in Illinois outperformed the gains that Rockford made, making Thompson a below average superintendent in Illinois. Unfortunately, the Collier school district is under the impression that Thompson improved test scores in Rockford as if he's Superman and that is not true. Collier is already paying for his plane ticket under these false assumptions and could end up hiring him based on fraudulent test score gains, costing the district more millions during the length of his contract and those he brings in. Do you think it will be fair that more of your employees will lose their jobs based on the false perception of academic improvement when in reality the tests were made easier?

http://www.chicagotribune.com/busines...

stupidinrockford, ENOUGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Go sing that crap somewhere else. You obviously have an ax to grind. Tell the whole story ---- did you have a run in with Thompson? Did you work for him? Did he kick your a_ _ ? You've told the story over and over and over and over again!

Not that we don't want to hear it, but once is enough!

Guy hasn't even been hired here yet and he is already in trouble... sign of things to come? LOL

He's not in trouble. He's willing to risk his current job to come to Collier. Now that takes guts. Let's hire Thompson now. We need a man like that.

Thompson at School Board Meeting in Illinois:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C130O3...

More and More facts are coming out concerning the items Thompson is taking credit for that truely is not his! We are on the verge of getting what we deserve! HOW SAD!

Bring him in, if that's what you want to do. Give him specific, measurable goals, and hold him to performing. Do an audit, and identify the waste and corruption. He fixes things, he stays. He doesn't fix, he goes.
No lifetime contracts. And no more Collier lifers. Dan White and Ray Baker were enough.
When the military promotes higher level officers, they are transferred to another command. Fresh eyes spot the crooks and the malingerers and weed them out without hurting "old friends".
Same thing should apply to CCPS.

Right Bananas, if he is as good as he says he is, he should be willing to prove himself to the District first. Granted he should be given a fair and equitable contract but not one that lets him walk all over the school district without some type of action that can be taken if he doesn't perform as he should. A contract needs to be written so the taxpayers, staff and students are not at risk to pay out a ton of money if he doesn't work out. I don't get it with these Superintendent and high staff positions who don't remember that the reason they were put in those positions was to work for the schools, staff, taxpayers, and most of all the students. They get in those positions and just do what they want and think we are suppose to sit back and take it. That is tiring and old, not to mention costly not only in dollars, but in so many ways.

Great job with the e-mails NDNs. Are you serious that you did that this way? Yes we all know that e-mail is public record, but now you have not only printed th emails in the paper but also the full names of citizens, private e-mail addresses, and sometimes their phone number. In this day in age anyone could record the names, addresses, phone numbers or any other information and they could do harm to thier homes, make inappropriate phone calls, etc. The least you could have done was cross out the contact information. You could have left the name for validity I suppose, but anything else should have been marked through. It is terrible you would do it that way. Sad but true, Business people could even use this information to solicit business, put them on mailing list, or e-mail list and then they will start receiving tons of unsolicted e-mails, etc. Once again, thinking helps.

NEWS RELEASE – “PUBLIC INPUT SOUGHT AND WELCOMED”
You are invited to ask a question of Collier County Public Schools’ Superintendent Candidate Dennis Thompson. There are two opportunities for you to do so:
• Dr. Thompson, visiting Naples on August 13th and 14th, will guest on a special edition of the eConnection TV program, to be videotaped at Noon on Monday, the 13th. Questions, to be posed by host Carl Loveday, are now being accepted via e-mail at eConnection@collier.k12.fl.us.
• Dr. Thompson will be the guest of honor at a Public Forum planned for 7:00 to 9:00 pm the evening of Monday, August 13th. You are cordially invited to attend the forum to be held at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Administrative Center (behind Barron Collier High School). WINK-TV News Anchor Lois Thome will be the moderator, asking questions that you wish to ask of Dr. Thompson. You may send your question now, via e-mail, to input@collier.k12.fl.us. Questions will also be accepted the evening of the event, prior to the start of the forum, as well as during the first half-hour of the forum.
You are also invited to attend or view the School Board interview of Dr. Thompson at 5:30 pm (time certain) on Tuesday, August 14th during the School Board’s Committee of the Whole Meeting. As always, the meeting will be televised live on The Education Channel, cable 20.
For those who cannot attend the Public Forum, it will be televised live on The Education Channel – 7:00 pm on Monday, August 13th. And, the eConnection program will be shown on the channel at 8:30 pm on Friday, August 17th, Monday, August 20th, Wednesday, August 22nd, and Friday, August 24th.
To learn more about either public input opportunity, call the school district’s Communication & Information Office at 377-0180; or send an e-mail to info@collier.k12.fl.us.