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      <![CDATA[Point taken. "Massacre" was an historical reference from Watergate days, connoting the swift and unexpected dismissal of people by an imperious (and in the case of Watergate, if not this school board, embattled) leader.<br>
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From Wikipedia: "The Saturday Night Massacre was the term given by political commentators[1] to U.S. President Richard Nixon's executive dismissal of independent special prosecutor Archibald Cox, and the resignations of Attorney General Elliot Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus on October 20, 1973 during the Watergate scandal.[2]"
        
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    <author><![CDATA[HyperboleMuch?]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[68 layoffs is a massacre? Really?
        
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      <![CDATA[I am politically conservative. I don't believe in BIG Government.
        
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      <![CDATA[This abrupt termination of valuable workers is outrageous! That parents are left without counselors and without time to say good-bye and receive referrals to further services is cruel and unethical.
        
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      <![CDATA[It sounds as if the Wake County School System Administrators could have benefited from some personal Project Enlightenment counseling for themselves.<br>
I think Lynne Johnston's question for them, "Ask yourself what you are modeling about adult-decision making and human dignity for the next generation?" was quite poignant.<br>
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Many of these professional employees have devoted years of their lives, even decades, dedicated to this important project (the important word here is "dedicated") and they deserved respect for their years of dedication, and the project itself, if it had to be eliminated, at least deserved to be ended on as positive a note as possible and with appreciation.
        
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      <![CDATA[Project Enlightenment is a valuable resource for Wake County families. I think that it is short sighted to close down this center which serves many families seeking assistance with the very difficult and important job of raising children.<br>
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As far as the means of dismissing the employees:  it seems unnecessarily abrupt, especially after their years of service to the children of Wake County.
        
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      <![CDATA[Unfortunately, Michael Evans - WCPSS Chief Communications Officer - is more than happy to focus on termination policy rather than provide a response to the many parents and children impacted by the termination of all parent services staff from PE. I imagine that the "senior management group" to which Evans refers consists of Donna Hargens and Marvin Connelly.
        
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      <![CDATA[Welcome to the real world, ladies and gentlemen. Not much difference in the way you were laid off from the way I was laid off after 24 years for a private-sector employer last year.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Bob Geary, Indy Staff Writer]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Ironic -- a nice word for it -- that with all the gnashing of teeth by the new school board majority about economically disadvantaged kids in the Wake schools, their low achievement levels, and the achievement gap between how the "have kids" and the "have-not kids," that Project Enlightenment takes the first big budget cut of the year. <br>
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P.E. is a program that's all about helping ED kids and their parents get ready for school in the pre-K and kindergarten years.
        
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          <a href="http://www.indyweek.com/indyweek/Profile?oid=1224655">Bob Geary, INDY Opinion Columnist</a>]]>
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