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Letters from the Issue of December 20, 2007

Continued from page 1

Published on December 19, 2007 at 1:30pm

Hanukkah celebrates freedom from slavery. Now that's something to celebrate.

Ivan Bial

Weston


Terminating the Principal

For management shenanigans: Francisco Alvarado, in "Students Get the Shuffle" (November 29), did some excellent reporting on a situation that is appalling and should be resolved as quickly as possible. Teacher Patrick Williams should be reinstated, and principal Valmarie Rhoden should be held accountable for questionable fiscal practices. What mechanisms are in place to hold principals who are in the red accountable? When this happens in the private sector, it is often cause for CEO termination.

Jim Albert

Miami


Clarification

Francisco Alvarado's December 6 story "Sermon on the Mount" excluded an important fact about Miami Beach Planning Board member Matthew Adler's vote on a proposed referendum to limit development on Mount Sinai Hospital-owned real estate. On August 16, the Miami-Dade Ethics Commission found Adler did not have a conflict of interest though his father is vice president of Mount Sinai's board of trustees.

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