This is just a select few mind you, of the hundreds I am sure they have received.
 
http://www.al.com/opinion/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/opinion/118630349332036 0.xml&coll=2
 
HOOVER HIGH SCHOOL:  
 
Incompetence, jealousy at work
 
Thirty years of my career in education were spent in Hoover schools as a teacher, elementary school principal, high school principal and director of planning for the new Hoover school system. I feel qualified to express anger and sadness that this outstanding system is being controlled finally by politicians rather than by educators.  
 
The jealousy factor behind all the happenings here has become a destructive element that undermines Hoover schools' operation. Qualified administrators deal with diagnosed jealousy in-house, never in a public forum.  
 
The success and national attention earned by Hoover High School's football program are subject to slander by those who feel threatened by success. Mediocrity becomes a standard. I do not know coach Rush Propst personally, but his personal life has never seemed the problem in years past.  
 
Hiring an outside noneducator to publicly investigate the nonrenewal of a principal and the personal life of a coach has caused the Hoover school system to bear the jokes of wags. Jealousy and administrative incompetence have disgraced a wonderful school system. Retirement is relief.  
 
Jo Ann H. Pritchett  
 
Montevallo
 
We're accountable for our actions:
 
As a 1997 graduate of Hoover High School, I have been intrigued, to say the least, by the recent soap opera surrounding my alma mater. While it's hard to really know who's telling the truth in this situation, we all should be reminded that whether we are coaches, principals, school board members, parents, fans or employees, we all must be held accountable for our actions.  
 
Furthermore, we all should understand that actions do have consequences and that any unethical behavior catches up with us in the end. That alone should make us think twice the next time we are tempted to do wrong.  
 
Brian Blackwell  
 
Lincoln, Neb.
 
Students have heard the gossip:
 
When did Rupert Murdoch take over at The Birmingham News? I'm wondering if the Hoover High School officials who are so concerned with shielding the Hoover seniors from "adult controversy" are the same ones who were so willing to share their dirty laundry with News staff writer Erin Stock. If so, they're the biggest hypocrites I've heard of in a month of Sundays.  
 
Don't be deceived.  
 
If there's anything of substance to the saga, the seniors already have all the facts, have heard all the gossip and are way ahead of their purported moral defenders.  
 
Adults are so naive. This pronouncement comes from an adult.  
 
Fred Holmes  
 
Homewood  

 
 
Must put students ahead of football:
 
I graduated from Hoover High School this past May, and I am utterly disgusted by what is going on at my alma mater. Within the past year, the superintendent, the assistant superintendent and the principal of my high school all have been fired, without due process in my opinion. Why has this happened?  
 
The answer lies in the fact the aforementioned people stepped up and called football coach Rush Propst out on some questionable actions. No one can dispute the fact Propst knows how to win. But do we really want to win at all costs when we see how it can destroy a high school that was recently named one of the top schools in the nation?  
 
This decision ultimately lies in the hands of the school board. And I believe it is time for the board to step up and make a decision in the best interest of the students instead of what is best for the revenue of the football program. Because the students are the ones who should matter the most.  
 
Kyle George  
 
Hoover
 
 
 

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=rush+propst&ie=UTF-8& scoring=n
 
Click here for a compendium off published Rush Propst articles.

Jo Ann H. Pritchett  never had these problems while she lead BerryHigh School as principal. She is right a true educator that is a leader is not in control but idiots on the school sboard are making bad choice after bad choice.  

Quote from Bucsfan on 08/05/07 at 10:30am:

 
Agree, but look who she had as a football coach.

Quote from Carmen Sandiego on 08/05/07 at 9:36am:

 
These two bother me.  Perhaps I am misreading or misinterpreting them.
 
Mrs. Pritchett writes that Coach Propst's "personal life has never seemed the problem in the past".  Does this mean that the allegations were known in the past?  Is she willing to excuse the behavior?
 
And regarding Mr. Holmes' comment, if the seniors have all the facts and are OK with all the facts then perhaps the adults that object to the facts have done a pretty sorry job in teaching the seniors what facts are good and what facts are bad or perhaps Mr. Holmes needs to get his facts straight.
 
Or perhaps I am misreading his quote.
 

Lament where do attend high school at?

Quote from radar49 on 08/05/07 at 3:50pm:

 
 
Typical let someone else do his talking.  What high school he is from will tell his motive.

Quote from Bucsfan on 08/05/07 at 4:35pm:

 
What is your motive?  Do you think Lament called radar49 and asked him to repond?  That is really reaching.
 

Quote from JBH on 08/05/07 at 6:41pm:

 
I am not trying to be thick here, but I do not understand your post.  Is it directed at me?  I read Lament's post and I hope that I understood what he was saying, maybe not.  Anyone who has read Lament's post I believe knows that he can hold his on and needs no help.  I did not understand why it mattered which school he attended, so I asked.
 
 

Thanks JBH.  I felt like I knew from his post also.  He is a breath of fresh air.