A "Gong Show" World

Tough - to address education issues when the local discussion continues to be focused on Unitary Status - Superintendent wise to have stayed out of the headlines on this one - (note today's Jackson Sun story didn't include her photo) - but Dr. Zambito has a narrow window to express her educuation vision and call his community to action - Within months she will be on her way to transitional status as this Board of Ed prepares for the next superintendent. - County Commission this week has put Unitary Status back on the front page for two days - but unfortunately has done nothing to resolve the conflict this discussion represents. - With Medina booming, private school enrollment at 20%, a public school enrollment that doesn't increase despite Jackson-Madison County's growth - signs point to a decay from which this Unitary Status discussion continues to divert attention as it re-fires all the old conflicts. - If we are not careful, when either side eventually wins this one, there's going to be little left of what used to be community education in Jackson-Madison County.....College basketball tonight - Lambuth at Union - should be fun....Sports - DiamondJAXX tickets (individual) go on sale March 1st.....Oscars - Harris Poll - 20% of us pick "Letters from Iwo Jima" - 13% favor "The Departed" - 13% favor "Little Miss Sunshine" - 8% pick "The Queen" - 4% "Babel" - To highlight that there is no clear pick this year - 20% think none of the nominated are really this year's best motion picture - and 21% answered "not sure" when asked to pick the best.... This weeks ratings show that more of us watched the American Idol tryout rounds than the regular rounds that actually pick the American Idol - It's a "Gong Show" World!!!!