To Millionaire wrote on Feb 17, 2010 9:08 PM:

" Sounds like you have a case of sour grapes. Truth hurts doesn’t it? So instead this is how you choose to respond because the truth had been exposed. Is this the best you’ve got? You are the one that is worthless. Don’t you know that these comments have no credibility now that the evidence is exposed? Whine, whine, whine…got any cheese with that? I don't think the guy is suing for enough after all I've seen. And don't worry, the District has to have insurance to protect themselves when they are sued. Any Moran knows that. "




Millionaire wrote on Feb 16, 2010 9:21 PM:

" It is incredible to see that Pettit is suing for 2.5 million dollars. The nerve of the man, to think he would ever make that amount of money in his lifetime (he is not worth one red cent) and doing this to the pain of our children. How will this affect our schools? You can just imagine! I can tell you anyone who supports Pettit is supporting a man that NEVER had intentions of doing right by our kids,he is by far the biggest crook but what's worse is the previous Board, Danny Ortega, Art Estrada and Gloria Varela stuck us with this loser. They should be the ones to pay for this crime. "




Alright already wrote on Feb 16, 2010 8:41 PM:

" To answer your question about where this information can be found... If you search the local papers (WMIcentral) you will see all the problems that happened in Whiteriver. Most of these are similar if not the same issues that occurred here. Yes Mr. Pettit did get an award in the beginning of his term, but just because you get one good thing it does not outweigh the other accusations. Yes change is hard and scary but Mr. Pettit was judged on many other problems. It takes some looking to find the information about what happened at Whiteriver, and I hope you take that time to be more informed. "




outsider wrote on Feb 11, 2010 8:42 AM:

" Hoyak, Pettit, Borane... blah blah blah. feel sorry for you taxpayers but more sorry for the kids. Power struggles between these "adults' is not benefiting your children. you take out one person, hate Hoyak, put in "cocaine borane" which by the way has more money than God and is "only" charing the district $1 more than the contract is worth, come one! he should be donating to this district that "promoted him, gave him a job" enabled him to build his empire "




Alright already wrote on Feb 9, 2010 6:16 PM:

" This is the big question for Again and everyone else who brings up Whiteriver. Where do you get your information? When searching back to that time there is nothing there. In fact Pettit got a big pretigious award there. Are some of you making this up? Be more specific or find some other excuse for hating him. A good Superintendent is going to make some people upset, because change is hard and sometimes scary. "




Again... wrote on Feb 8, 2010 11:49 AM:

" This is exactly the same thing that Mr. Pettit did when he was in Whiteriver. For everyone who says all of these problems, was Mr. Hoyack in Whiteriver? It is very interesting that the Whiteriver school board and the community had the same complaints as what happened here. It would seem to me that the problem is Mr. Pettit, not the different districts. I am extremely happy that Mr. Pettit is gone and can no longer harm this district. I would not wish this mess on anyone, as I am sure Whiteriver felt the same way. May Mr. Pettit not be hired as the Superintendent for any other school districts, and possibly have the same things happen as the last two districts. The citizens must put the children first and do whatever it takes to make sure everyone working for the district is doing the same. If something happens to the children and it is not taken care of by the principal, then the parent needs to go to Mr. Borane. If Mr. Borane also doesn’t take care of it then the parents need to go to the school board. If the board chooses not to do anything about it then the parents should go to the state. As a parent I feel it is very important that we don’t give up or back down when it comes to our kids. There are some VERY shady things happening at one middle school that could amount to a teacher and principal losing their jobs and bringing a lawsuit onto the district. When are the employees going to report what is going on at their schools? I plead as a parent that Mr. Borane you go and spend time at the different schools, and speak to the employees that work there. I think you would be very interested to hear what some of them have to say. I, as a parent, have overheard employees speaking and was appalled by what is going on. It makes me consider moving my children out of the district. "




Concerned wrote on Feb 7, 2010 12:26 PM:

" The community needs to stand up and make sure that the house gets cleaned. I think that the entire school board needs to be replaced and also the people that work for the district. People like Mary Good, Leanne Marston, Carrie Towland, Lupe Acosta, Martine Muecke, Denise Evans, Nick Schuerman, and anyone else that has caused this district to be in the shape it is now. What is the point of the office of school improvement! It is a waste of money, and then the board approved many to get 10,000 on top of their normal wages! What happened to budget problems? Another HUGE waste of money is the district coaches. They aren't in the classrooms ever, isn't that what they should be doing? They come and go when they please, getting to work mid-morning, taking a couple hour lunches, and then leaving before 2:00. They get paid a teacher’s salary for that? Then my sister who works at the main office told me that one coach is getting paid over 65,000 because when they drew up the contract they put down the wrong figures! Why is this district wasting money with any decisions they make! Then they are talking about possibly making cutbacks because of the budget? Who ever made these mistakes needs to be let go or fired. This community needs to clean out everyone and start over fresh. "




To Come on wrote on Feb 6, 2010 7:43 PM:

" I agree that we do need to work together and make the school district a better place. Not only for our students but also the staff. How can the teachers focus on the children if they are dealing with other things? There are still good things going on in the district, Paul Huber Middle School did a drive for Haiti. I do find it very interesting though that some teachers did not allow their students to participate in the drive. My daughter’s class Ms. Jenkins was one of a few that was encouraged not to bring anything in. Why as a teacher would you tell the students to not care about others? Other than that I feel it was good to try to get the students involved in caring for others. To the teachers that did not allow the students to help, it is proven that what goes around comes back around. "




Come On Second comment wrote on Feb 4, 2010 8:21 PM:

" I have no problem not putting my name; I along with many others need to have a job. I have seen retaliation happen for making a simple comment in this district. Am I spineless yes, but I also have to do what is smart at the time, and now that means keeping my job. One thing that does bother me is people who don’t work for the district, possibly don’t have a reason to fear anything not putting their name. Do I agree with everything either side has done? Not at all, I even think that cleaning house would be a very good thing. How are the people who have their opinions ever going to think that either side has the staff and kids at heart if they feel the way they do now, thoughts justified or not? Will some people ever give Mr. Pettit or his people still employed at the district a chance? What about the people that thinks negative of the board? Much trust has been lost in this district and in this community. I trust no one that I work with. Is that sad? I think it is very sad, but it will take time for the staff to feel comfortable again when they are at work. I know many coworkers who don’t feel good about being there with all that has occurred and things that have continued to occur. If it seemed like I was one sided, I do have feelings like others. They aren’t really one sided but mixed. Do I know everything that occurred? No, I also don’t think any of us will ever know everything that happened. One thing I won’t do no matter if I am on one side or another is say nasty things about the school board, or Mr. Pettit. I don’t think that it is right, or moral to judge either side when none of us know what occurred. I apologize for my strong wording in the last comment, but one thing I should convey is that every comment that is made doesn’t allow the staff, district and community a chance to rebuild. If you as a taxpayer feel strong enough next time they have an election run for a position on the board. It is very frustrating to people who work in this district to her so many people making nasty comments, but do they show up at the board meetings? What about the different events at the individual schools? There is very little support from parents and others from the community it becomes frustrating. I had less than 25% of the parents for conferences, and that was high compared to other teachers. If this district and this community is going to survive and rebuild everyone needs to work at it and be ready to put in the time. I understand that the community is stressed by everything that has happened, but so is the staff that works there every day. To: Huh- am I nuts? To be honest to continue working for this district many have said I am. I hope they are wrong, I love Douglas. To: OK- I explained why I didn’t put my name. I did not say that the paper was a joke; just that they should only post comments that have names. That would cut down on people writing things they didn’t mean or want other people to know they said. To: Join the crowd- I explained why I didn’t put my name am I a coward yes, but at least I will be an employed one. If there is one thing I don’t think is correct no matter where a person stands on what happened it would be stating downright mean things. I don’t really care who you make the comment about. Do you think Mr. Pettit and his kids like reading/hearing the negative comments, or how about the members of the board and their families. If you would like to express concern personally I think fine, but is saying mean things productive? Really? I know it is not, and can tell you it just brings down the staff members that are trying to get the communities children a good education. Just food for thought, I personally will not be making any other comments. Just remember Karma will catch up to everyone at one time or another. I understand frustration, trust me, I do. My request is why we can’t turn all the frustration and negative into supporting our kids and becoming more active with the schools they attend. Once again I am sorry for the way that I appeared in the last comment, but hearing ALL negative is ruining this district, and consequently our children. Why not show all the people in Arizona that saw the negative stories how we turned things around and are better for it. Let show them how Douglas really is, and that we can come together and do positive things. I would love to hear something positive come out on the news about Douglas. I am tired of the negative about the schools, drugs, and other negative things. We are proud to be from here, let’s show others why! "




HEY COME ON wrote on Feb 2, 2010 1:21 PM:

" why don't you post your name too? "




Join the Crowd wrote on Feb 2, 2010 10:40 AM:

" In response to "COME ON", So you must also be spineless, cowardly and gutless because I didn't see your name included with your comment. Your comment also is very contradicting because you sure seem "one sided" to me. "




OK.. Come ON wrote on Feb 1, 2010 8:56 PM:

" Interesting... You went on a nice little tangent about putting name's on posting and how the Joke Dispatch should put names, yet you would not put yours?

So, then you must be on the Hoyack side of the sword?? Rules for everybody else but your self (or wife)? "




Huh wrote on Feb 1, 2010 7:03 PM:

" To "COME ON", what are you nuts? Where is your name? Comical. "




COME ON wrote on Feb 1, 2010 10:38 AM:

" I agree with “To: Anti-Hoyack” I also am tired of people making comments when they don’t know what is really going on. I work for the district and don’t even know all or both sides. I do know that Mr. Pettit has twisted things to try to make him look good. For instance, Mr. Pettit saying that he didn’t know why they wanted to not renew his contract or to reassign him to home is not true. That is not true because he has told many people what he did. One thing that I have noticed is there are tons of comments saying nasty things about Mr. Hoyack. People who dislike Mr. Pettit and the things that he has done choose not to make comments because we are better than that. If you don’t know everything from both sides than you shouldn’t comment. If you do want to make a comment then put your name, by not putting your name makes you appear spineless. If you and the others really meant what you wrote in your comments then you would have no problem saying your name. I think that the newspaper should not allow comments unless you put your name. So if you are NOT a spineless, cowardly, and gutless then type another comment even if it just states your name. "




Unreal wrote on Jan 31, 2010 4:51 PM:

" To the person who responded to “Anti Hoyack”: since you have admittedly acknowledge that you do not know the whole truth in this matter, yet you think it is important enough to ask Anti Hoyack to now consider the human feelings of others, perhaps you should have kept up with what has been going on. You would see that few responding to the numerous stories have actually considered anyone’s human feelings. Since the report has been posted, it is obvious that at least four key employees that gave statements ever considered the human feelings of the superintendent, or their own professional responsibility for following the district rules. What they reported to the investigator has to be some kind of ethics problem. They knew when they were telling the investigator “their side”, which when the investigator looked, carried no evidence, that somehow there would be enough dirt dug up that they would help Hoyack get rid of his enemy. So why don’t YOU, whether YOU agree or disagree with someone, like or dislike them, also please keep in mind that Anti Hoyack has every right to be anti and promote ways to get rid of any elected official that conducts themselves so poorly. Interestingly, when and if Hoyack and company are ever actually gotten rid of, I would bet it will be more humane and ethical than the way Hoyack got rid of Pettit. And what did the final report say? Pettit did nothing wrong. (Except, perhaps, he failed to suck up to Hoyack and look the other way when Hoyack’s favorite school where Hoyack’s wife sits on the PTSO and volunteers, was breaking the ELL law). "




anonymous wrote on Jan 30, 2010 9:17 PM:

" This is what happens when others allow one man (Hoyack) to become so powerful! "




To Anti Hoyack wrote on Jan 30, 2010 8:59 PM:

" To "Anti Hoyack", if you feel so strongly about this "movement" you would like to see happen, why not share who you are rather than hide behind "anti hoyack"? You ask for help in removing him from the board and community but don't offer any information on how to contact you or your identity. I do ask however that you really think about what you are posting for others to read. Whether you agree or disagree this someone, like or dislike them, please keep in mind that they are human with real feelings. To say that people hate him was uncalled for. Not claiming any side because I don't know the whole truth in this matter, I do see him being active in the community where others are not. And he does not hide behind a nickname when he has such strong feelings as you have. Just a thought... we all should stop throwing rocks when we all live in glass houses. "




Handwriting on the wall wrote on Jan 30, 2010 6:51 PM:

" So basically, three board members just got rid of a superintendent for personal reasons and in doing so they cost the district THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, violated open meeting law, public records law, ethics, and your districts policy by working with disgruntled employees, and each other. They are responsible for creating a dysfunctional organization, given they wouldn’t let the man (hired to run the district) DO HIS JOB. The attorney general needs to clean house with the board and reinstate the superintendent. How much is the community and district going to continue to take from these three members? How much longer will community members pretend and not acknowledge what really happened? Until the three responsible for creating the mess in the first place are off the board how will the district ever move forward? Petit was never given a chance. "




curious wrote on Jan 30, 2010 6:31 PM:

" I don't know if she read emails, but she had cameras installed and wanted things run her way. Never mind that she had no idea what was right or wrong as long as everyone listened. If anyone stood up to her, then she wanted them punished. Everyone was afraid of her. "




Not surprised wrote on Jan 29, 2010 3:12 AM:

" Did the last superintendent read e-mails too? How long has this been going on? "




nobody wrote on Jan 28, 2010 6:35 PM:

" This admin is not much different from the last - self serving, selfish and crooked. "




Tax Payer wrote on Jan 28, 2010 10:57 AM:

" To Anti Hoyack: Try the City Clerk for information or the Cochise County Voters Office in Bisbee. I am with you ! Hoyack should be removed, costing us taxpayers so much money, nothing about teachers, students,Cochise College and especially the citizens and taxpayers of this community. All this to defend his wife Alvina! Wow... "




Curious Cat wrote on Jan 28, 2010 4:12 AM:

" It makes me wonder if there were open meeting law violations when the previous Superintendent was ruling the roost. There was a lot of yelling at employees back then. This Board President never intervened then. "




disappointed wrote on Jan 26, 2010 6:47 PM:

" I can't believe you have had no comments on this story for a whole week. Talk about editorial censorhsip. I will cancel my Douglas Dispatch subscription. That is the hard copy. You may as well not print it for the sad reporting you do. The only thing worthwhile is the obituaries and local sports but at once a week it isn't worth it. I'll go read it at the library if I need to. "




Really Confused wrote on Jan 26, 2010 11:45 AM:

" I am wondering whether the employment contract Mr. Petit has with DUSD#27 has a clause whereby the school board can opt to relieve Mr. Petit with or without cause, with pay, while releasing him from his duties as Superintendent...if there is such a clause of releasing Mr. Petit, why was it not exercised at the onset of this controversy rather than playing the game of power which has ensued between an unwitting character (Mr. Petit) and the school board President, Mr. Hoyak and the unruly crowd of supporters of Mr. Hoyak. Seems to me alot of drama could have been avoided. "




taxpayer wrote on Jan 24, 2010 6:59 PM:

" The Cost is approx. $51,000 to have Mr. Pettit be home. But we parents have requests from the the Middle school for copy paper, and paper towels for the students. How's that...Mr. Hoyack. Are you going to help the school and with what money that so wrongfully spent!!!!!! "




Anti Hoyack wrote on Jan 23, 2010 12:41 PM:

" What makes Chucky baby so untouchable???? How can we toss his butt out of his role in our district? I dont know either of these 2 people, but I know MORE people who hate him, than like him. Is there a petition the city needs to start? If anyone knows, help fill me in so we can start the process of removing Hoyack from our school district (and hopefully our city all together....he can care less about our city, he's tearing it apart at the root, our children). He's so spoiled, he can care less. This is why I will gladly take the head role on trying to get Chuck kicked out of his position. Someone give me some pointers on how to get this started!!! "




WTF wrote on Jan 22, 2010 12:32 PM:

" What happened to the long list of comments? Did someone squash this forum as well? "




Follow the Money wrote on Jan 20, 2010 8:02 PM:

" Maybe we should all withhold our Douglas school tax money until the Justice Department investigates the School Board and the County Attorney's office. After all this money is for student education, not for selfish adults to play games of revenge and then not be held accountable. "




Tax Filer wrote on Jan 20, 2010 7:09 PM:

" I will not donate any more money to DUSD until this board is changed. I don't care what the tax credits are. I will give it to another district if necessary. I really am upest over this colossal waste of money. It isn't funny or forgiveable anymore. I really do think it should be punishable. "




Happycamper wrote on Jan 20, 2010 5:00 PM:

" All I can say is that, "It's about time!" There's so much that people do not know, that's finally coming out...of the closet?? He did it to himself, too bad for his kids. We can take care of our own. "




Mother of children in Douglas Schools wrote on Jan 20, 2010 11:38 AM:

" Why can't they see that Hoyack is causing all this, not anyone else. He's the one who needs to be taken out of the board!!GET HIM OUT OF THERE!! Why is he being sued by Pettit?? Why isn't everything being said????? "




AdminLeave wrote on Jan 20, 2010 10:46 AM:

" At this meeting, I heard Pettit claim the point that a "hostile work environment" by it's very definition requires action taken against an employee having to do with their employment status and that the only person with a claim of being a victim of such an environment is him. I looked this up and I believe he was right in his statement. Mr. Cooper also did not find any examples of this in the District but noted that he was not investigating the board's actions.

Let us review this confidentiality piece. Chuck Hoyack asked for the investigation, Chuck Hoyack promised staff they could say what they wanted against Pettit anonymously - which would be illegal and against all personnel policy, Chuck Hoyack denied Pettit any chance to defend himself, Chuck Hoyack led action against Pettit to put him on administrative leave because of Pettit's "access to the report comprised the confidentiality promised to district employees"??? Well of course Pettit has access to the report! The report was on an action against him! What did you think would happen with the report? So Hoyack made a false promise to employees and now Pettit pays the price for it.
Yes, there is a Hostile Work Environment and responsibility for this lies squarely on the shoulders of Chuck Hoyack for his actions and personal vendetta against Pettit.

It would be a great thing for the District if the Board ever got SOUND legal advice from someone NOT involved in the investigation itself. I hope they do soon before this costs us even more money and also release the report already! "

Comment posters are responsible for the opinions they express and the accuracy of the information they provide. We urge comment writers to treat this as a public forum where manners matter. We encourage a collegial, non-insulting tone. All readers comments must be approved by our staff before posting to the Web site. They review submitted comments periodically during the day for offensive or off-topic content before posting. Be aware, in accordance with the Communications Decency Act and provisions upheld in judicial appeal, that you are responsible for comments posted on this Web site. The Douglas Dispatch is not liable for messages from third parties.

DO NOT POST:
* Potentially libelous statements or damaging innuendo.
* Obscene, explicit, or racist language.
* Personal attacks, insults or threats.
* The use of another person's real name to disguise your identity.
* Comments unrelated to the story.
* Personal Information (phone numbers, addresses, etc.)

Opinions, advice and all other information expressed in douglasdispatch.com's reader comments represent the individual's own views and not necessarily those of the Douglas Dispatch. The Douglas Dispatch does not endorse and is not responsible for statements, advice or opinions offered by anyone other than authorized Douglas Dispatch spokespersons.

Your thoughtful contribution to the online discussion is appreciated.

Name:

Email: (optional)

Comments:

Image Verification: (Case sensitive)   

View All Ads
Place an Ad

Jobs

View All Jobs

Homes

View All Homes

Autos

View All Autos