Comments by karicob
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Posted on April 23 at 1:47 p.m.
Oh_its_you,
You are right, Mr. Monke is a wonderful man, one of the best in his field, and you will run him right out of his job requiring him to be the middle and high school principal. Middle School students are a FULL-TIME JOB, not to mention the management of staff, state-mandates, parents, activities, etc. Fergus Falls is setting themselves up to lose a quality individual...just because someone is good doesn't make it right to make their job unmanageable. This is not good for the kids, not good for the community, and definitely not good for the future of FF. Sad, but True. Until people realize that Education needs to be the #1 Priority in that community, you will continue to lose quality teachers, quality administrators, and lots of quality students.
Posted on April 23 at 11:18 a.m.
This is so sad to me. Being a graduate of Fergus Falls and now a principal myself, I truly can't believe the things I'm reading here. You have no idea what a principal does in a building and how critical it is with the needs of our students that there be a leader in the building consistently to address these. I live in a town of 3500 people and our community supported a 19 million dollar building referendum in 2001 to make our facilities wonderful for our children and now passed an operating referendum to ensure our students get the very best education in these facilities. It's so sad to me that Fergus Falls can't support their schools...a combined middle and high school for a town the size of FF is A DISGRACE!!! Shame on you all for not supporting education. This is a statewide problem...not a Fergus Falls problem. Support your schools and your students and quit bashing and blaming administration. Being a principal is a tough job but it is a critical job...we don't just sit in the office all day and collect a paycheck. Every part of the school is important...and cutting a high school principal is going to just cause more problems for the entire school. Daily Journal, this is not a good thing...support your schools.
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Posted on November 8 at 8:47 a.m.
Jeremy was a student of mine when he was in 8th grade, and I'm so proud to hear he has become such a remarkable man, dedicated to making life safer and bettter to those who don't always get the support they need. Way to Go Jeremy.
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