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School district's response raises more questions
SSTRIDE success does not reduce bullying.
Crestview and Choctaw's engineering programs may be "great" (as opposed to what, "exceptional"?) but what does that empty statement have to do with a kid getting beat up by another kid?
If my child's safety on the bus depends on Niceville's IT studies, I'm formally requesting the Chinese take over our infrastructure.
What does IT have to do with bullying?
International Baccalaureate at Choctaw — nothing to do with bullying.
CHOICE Institute may be filled with many "excellent" (like to know who made that assessment) certification programs, but I fail to see how that nebulous comment has anything to do with bullying.
You guys in the entire leadership of the Okaloosa school system need to wake up to the fact your schools exercise infringements on student rights and you need to quit avoiding the issue with the smoke and mirrors comments you cite as "proven results."
They don't "prove" anything … Especially not when a kid can't defend another kid getting the snot kicked out of him without suffering some penalty.
John Q. Baker
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Reality show may help find Kristy Jean Rogers
Go to the Facebook page for the reality show "Cold Justice." They will help solve this, but they have to be asked by law enforcement.
Misty Leigh Barnes
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2014's crime was more significant
At least this year is better than last year — with a shooting, a homicide, a justifiable homicide, a child abduction that involved a nationwide manhunt, (and) two police officers shot in the line of duty.
I remember wondering what was in the water in Crestview last year at this time! I guess it's perspective.
Y'all are lucky to have Chief Taylor. I wouldn't have done his job the past two years, or now, for twice what y'all pay him. Nothing is worse than trying to straighten out someone else's knot.
Loree Arrington
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City can do better than Mardi Gras
I (went) to Mardi Gras many years ago, and I saw nothing there that indicated any kind of family-oriented benefit, other than maybe throwing some candy from floats like any other parade. What I did see, though, was some of the worst drunken debauchery you could ever imagine.
It’s always about the mighty dollar and how it might benefit us financially. That’s what they said about the lottery and education, yet there is still never enough money to fund education.
That’s what they said about alcohol, and you can’t even count anymore the number of lives that have been lost through irresponsible drinking.
We’ve yet to see how the legalization of marijuana is going to adversely affect our society. I am expecting the worst, because it is a drug that makes one useless and irresponsible. We already have plenty of that to deal with, without people getting high every day.
If the city wants to create more for families to be involved with in the city of Crestview, they can do much, much better than bringing in Mardi Gras.
Chris Faircloth
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Supporting Mardi Gras in Crestview
•Yes, it would be great for (the) downtown area. Shirl Griffin Long
•Would love it. Bonnie Clary
•Yes, it needs to be done. Trish Fulton
•Just do it. Ray Heath
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A future psychologist's view
We went to the theater to see "The Kingsmen" and saw the people standing in line for "50 Shades."
As a future psychologist, I was concerned at the amount of people who were standing in line to see it lol.
Melissa Kennedy-Shaffer
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No interest in the flick
Absolutely did not see it, nor do me and the hubby have any interest in such things…
Anna Marie May
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This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: HUBBUB: School district's response raises more questions, 2014 crimes more significant