Once again the Canfield Board has not failed to disappoint in its predictablity. I don't know how anyone can say that the hiree "proved" himself in the stakeholder interview on Tuesday. Once again, the Board thinks it can snooker the public with fairy tales of collaboration and respect for the wishes of the community. In the end, the decision to hire Mr. Geordan appears to be based on the protection of the status quo in the Canfield schools. Mr Geordan was very adept at speaking in the same warm, fuzzy, vague language used by Board members and seems to really covet the Canfield job because of the excellent reputation and achievements of this district. I am sure that the lure of an overly-inflated salary and benefits package did not do anything to diminish Mr. Geordan's enthusiasm for the Canfield job, either.
Try these articles for a start...no one wants to just read results. Give some color and background to your articles! And Craig....the Vindy has done a disservice to John, but these articles are great!
@craig...you are absolutely right! The vindy has consistently left out results, spelled names incorrectly or unexplainedly completely left out individuals who qualified for districts from this area from other very small teams (Jamie Stahl from Berlin western reserve). John swam great races, and fortunately for him he received great news coverage from the Warren Tribune! The Vindicator should take hints from the Tribune, the Akron Beacon Journal, the Cleveland Plain dealer, and sportsink.com. All of these news sources understand and appreciate the hard work, dedication, and accomplishments of swimmers.
All of the kids who swim in this area deserve better!
I will lift up a prayer for this woman and her grieving family. This poor woman has been tortured the last year of her life. She lived in fear and dread of what could happen....and it did. She was not protected by our judicial system and that is both sad and frightening.
Miss Piggy....bitterness, malice and vindictiveness are not attractive qualities. You have done so much for your argument in defense of the softball coach. We all feel so much warm and fuzzier now that we have read your contributions to this blog.
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. Winston Churchill
Deal with it Walter, Miss Piggy and Wolfie.....your feeble and misguided attempts to defend the actions of an administration that protected an abusive coach and the illegal and unethical practices of the Canfield school administration, AD, and BOE will fail. Wrong is wrong....no matter what decade you grew up in.
Mspiggy... All of those Board meetings and after meeting dinners with Wolfie have influenced your thinking. Not surprised you spew the same rhetoric. Ignore the facts and spin the issue into something it is not. After all, it's all about the spin and not about the kids.
It does not take a coaching miracle to win a state title when you have talent already in place on a team. Girls who played together for years, and who knew each others moves and skills. If jack the ripper was a coach and won the state chamionship with a team he coached, would you excuse his behavior too?
Wanna talk about life lessons,huh? How about the lessons taught to the girls by the AD, the BOE, the Super, and the coach? All actions permitted and excused indicate a total disregard for sportsmanship, coaching ethics, coaching professionalism, and the laws of ohio. So permission of bullying is tolerated in Canfield....why am I not surprised.
Blame parents, blame kids, shirk responsibilty and accountability of school personnel and coaches....blah, blah, blah. Tout the excellent schools that in fact leave a lot to be desired on so many levels. Moan about school levies and make threats to parents. Take things away from the kids and make things inconvenient and expensive for the parents. Protect the tenure of crappy teachers, and the overinflated salaries of the rest. Make sure the super, treasurer and financial manager get rewarded for their crappy administration of the district.
Taxpayers expect respect and careful consideration and deliberate actions with respect to how tax dollars are spent. Too bad if you don't like it if we disagree with your cavalier spending and outdated educational thinking. Does it feel better to discount everyone as a whiner? That's gotten old too.
Put the kids first, respect the parents, protect the integrity of the school district....stop burying your head in the sand and open your eyes to the chaos and wrong that is of your own making!
Not surprised you would miss the point Walter. This is not only about coaching. Abuse of authority, abuse of the public's trust, deception, lack of respect for the law, violation of the basic principles of education, etc....to just name a few violations.
Mental and emotional abuse and threats to a high school athlete are ok with you? See how you'd feel if it was one of your kids. I guess you would not be so nonchalant about it and so judgemental.
And it is not an issue of school funding....thats what the canfield super and boe want you to believe. They have been fiscally irresponsible with taxpayers money. Period.
The canfield schools now are not like they were in past. Ask any alumni with kids currently in the district.
If you dont have kids in school now, you are CLUELESS. You are clueless, walter.
Official: Canfield superintendent finalist ‘proved himself’
Once again the Canfield Board has not failed to disappoint in its predictablity. I don't know how anyone can say that the hiree "proved" himself in the stakeholder interview on Tuesday. Once again, the Board thinks it can snooker the public with fairy tales of collaboration and respect for the wishes of the community. In the end, the decision to hire Mr. Geordan appears to be based on the protection of the status quo in the Canfield schools. Mr Geordan was very adept at speaking in the same warm, fuzzy, vague language used by Board members and seems to really covet the Canfield job because of the excellent reputation and achievements of this district. I am sure that the lure of an overly-inflated salary and benefits package did not do anything to diminish Mr. Geordan's enthusiasm for the Canfield job, either.
I am getting an incredible feeling of deja vu.
May 10, 2012 at 10:11 a.m. permalink suggest removal
Canfield relays, swimmers place high at D2 meet
Dear Vindy:
Try these articles for a start...no one wants to just read results. Give some color and background to your articles!
And Craig....the Vindy has done a disservice to John, but these articles are great!
http://www.tribtoday.com/page/content...
http://www.tribtoday.com/page/content...
http://www.tribtoday.com/page/content...
http://www.tribtoday.com/page/content...
February 25, 2012 at 10:51 a.m. permalink suggest removal
Canfield relays, swimmers place high at D2 meet
@craig...you are absolutely right! The vindy has consistently left out results, spelled names incorrectly or unexplainedly completely left out individuals who qualified for districts from this area from other very small teams (Jamie Stahl from Berlin western reserve). John swam great races, and fortunately for him he received great news coverage from the Warren Tribune!
The Vindicator should take hints from the Tribune, the Akron Beacon Journal, the Cleveland Plain dealer, and sportsink.com. All of these news sources understand and appreciate the hard work, dedication, and accomplishments of swimmers.
All of the kids who swim in this area deserve better!
February 25, 2012 at 10:36 a.m. permalink suggest removal
Mooney’s Joe Boniface advances to state swim meet
The vindy coverage of swimming is atrocious. Learn to spell names people!
February 19, 2012 at 8:25 a.m. permalink suggest removal
UPDATED: Police seek stalker as suspect; Canfield murder victim identified
I will lift up a prayer for this woman and her grieving family. This poor woman has been tortured the last year of her life. She lived in fear and dread of what could happen....and it did. She was not protected by our judicial system and that is both sad and frightening.
February 8, 2012 at 3:17 p.m. permalink suggest removal
Canfield replaces girls softball coach
Miss Piggy....bitterness, malice and vindictiveness are not attractive qualities. You have done so much for your argument in defense of the softball coach. We all feel so much warm and fuzzier now that we have read your contributions to this blog.
January 30, 2012 at 9:09 a.m. permalink suggest removal
Canfield replaces girls softball coach
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.
Winston Churchill
Deal with it Walter, Miss Piggy and Wolfie.....your feeble and misguided attempts to defend the actions of an administration that protected an abusive coach and the illegal and unethical practices of the Canfield school administration, AD, and BOE will fail. Wrong is wrong....no matter what decade you grew up in.
January 28, 2012 at 9:49 a.m. permalink suggest removal
Canfield replaces girls softball coach
Ms piggy
You are clueless
January 27, 2012 at 3:51 p.m. permalink suggest removal
Canfield replaces girls softball coach
Mspiggy...
All of those Board meetings and after meeting dinners with Wolfie have influenced your thinking. Not surprised you spew the same rhetoric. Ignore the facts and spin the issue into something it is not. After all, it's all about the spin and not about the kids.
It does not take a coaching miracle to win a state title when you have talent already in place on a team. Girls who played together for years, and who knew each others moves and skills. If jack the ripper was a coach and won the state chamionship with a team he coached, would you excuse his behavior too?
Wanna talk about life lessons,huh? How about the lessons taught to the girls by the AD, the BOE, the Super, and the coach? All actions permitted and excused indicate a total disregard for sportsmanship, coaching ethics, coaching professionalism, and the laws of ohio. So permission of bullying is tolerated in Canfield....why am I not surprised.
Blame parents, blame kids, shirk responsibilty and accountability of school personnel and coaches....blah, blah, blah. Tout the excellent schools that in fact leave a lot to be desired on so many levels. Moan about school levies and make threats to parents. Take things away from the kids and make things inconvenient and expensive for the parents. Protect the tenure of crappy teachers, and the overinflated salaries of the rest. Make sure the super, treasurer and financial manager get rewarded for their crappy administration of the district.
Taxpayers expect respect and careful consideration and deliberate actions with respect to how tax dollars are spent. Too bad if you don't like it if we disagree with your cavalier spending and outdated educational thinking. Does it feel better to discount everyone as a whiner? That's gotten old too.
Put the kids first, respect the parents, protect the integrity of the school district....stop burying your head in the sand and open your eyes to the chaos and wrong that is of your own making!
January 27, 2012 at 3:47 p.m. permalink suggest removal
Canfield replaces girls softball coach
Not surprised you would miss the point Walter. This is not only about coaching. Abuse of authority, abuse of the public's trust, deception, lack of respect for the law, violation of the basic principles of education, etc....to just name a few violations.
Mental and emotional abuse and threats to a high school athlete are ok with you? See how you'd feel if it was one of your kids. I guess you would not be so nonchalant about it and so judgemental.
And it is not an issue of school funding....thats what the canfield super and boe want you to believe. They have been fiscally irresponsible with taxpayers money. Period.
The canfield schools now are not like they were in past. Ask any alumni with kids currently in the district.
If you dont have kids in school now, you are CLUELESS. You are clueless, walter.
January 26, 2012 at 2:57 p.m. permalink suggest removal