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  • The Donald Patton Public Apology Countdown Day Fourteen

    Yawn. Just apologize ya bully! I’m too tired tonight to come up with something witty Read more

  • Shellshock: The Naveed Baqir Files, Part 13

    Nobody does it alone. Money laundering, that is. Dr. Naveed Baqir had many accomplices in his endeavors. Exceptional Delaware has obtained documents that kicked off a rather easy investigation by this reporter that sheds further light on Baqir’s network. In 2020 and 2022, AVM Consulting received a total of $59,000 in federal funds for professional… Read more

  • The Donald Patton Public Apology Countdown Day Thirteen

    Good evening Donald. I hope you don’t have triskaidekaphobia. Cause it is Day 13 since I found out you took away my First Amendment rights. But I’ll take that public apology any time now. As I’m sure you know by now I’m not going to stop putting up these daily posts. And like Forrest said,… Read more

  • My Challenge To The Christina Education Association: Go On Strike

    All summer long the Christina Education Association (CEA) has been very quiet about the Christina Board of Education putting Superintendent Dr. Dan Shelton on an unspecified leave of absence. While I know many teachers are outraged by it, the only public things the CEA has done was write a letter to the Delaware Attorney General’s… Read more

  • Next Christina Board Meeting Postponed To September 11th

    The next Christina Board of Education meeting has been postponed from September 10th to September 11th. The reason for this massive shift is a rather simple reason. The Delaware Primary is on September 10th along with a certain Presidential candidate debate (if it happens). It makes sense. The district did, however, completely cancel a Board… Read more

  • The Donald Patton Public Apology Countdown Day Twelve

    Since April I’ve been wondering the same thing. How do you sleep at night Donald? The things you accuse Dan Shelton of- they are the very things you did yourself. Your record (and we both know exactly what it is) isn’t clean at all. Even though no one can ever see it because it disappeared… Read more

  • Welcome Back Teachers And Students!

    It’s that time of year again. Hopefully you are all relaxed and refreshed. Buckle up because it’s another year of kids learning. Try not to let the politics and craziness outside of the classroom creep in. To all those dealing with the cell phone bans I will pray for you. Parents and community members- go… Read more

  • The Donald Patton Public Apology Countdown Day Eleven

    Artificial Intelligence can be a frightening thing. Since we never know if Donald Patton is speaking as one or four, I tried to imagine if the Christina 4 were one person. This was the result. Now I really need that public apology before I lose any more of my mind after creating Louveeddonethea. Read more

  • Delaware Depts. Of Justice, Education, Elections, General Assembly & PIC Play Hot Potato With Constituent

    Well, we know various entities in the state of Delaware have been playing kick the can all summer with the Christina Board of Education. As I suspected, they have just been passing it on to other departments or commissions to deal with the issues. It seems like they don’t want to do anything. That is… Read more

  • Margie Lopez Waite: A Walking, Talking Conflict of Interest

    Editor’s Note: I wrote this piece for Delaware Liberal last week and it appeared on their blog on Wednesday, August 21st. I wanted it to breathe for a while on there before reposting it here. The comments on that post are amazing! I highly recommend checking them out! I wanted to post it here because… Read more

  • Why Governor Carney Can’t (And Won’t) Do Anything About The Christina Board

    All summer long, people have been wondering why no one in the state of Delaware seems to be able to do nothing about the dysfunctional Christina Board of Education. At the top of that list is Delaware Governor John Carney. For Carney to do anything he would be put into a very tough spot. He… Read more

  • The Entire Christina Saga In One Post

    I’ve put up a truckload of posts about the ongoing Christina saga since I started reporting again in early June. It can be hard to keep track of it all. Between Patton, Baqir, Shelton, Lou, Manley, Moriak, Smith-Tucker, Trauth, Bob A, the Delaware DOJ, the Delaware Dept. of Elections, the Delaware DOE, Secretary of Education… Read more

  • The Donald Patton Public Apology Countdown Day Ten

    Bet you had a hell of a week Don! Between your attorney saying sayonara, to you having to Google Game of Thrones and realizing, “Crap, I’m Joffrey!”, and all those posts I put up. Not to mention having to give a crap about students and teachers returning to school. And I’m sure some calls, emails… Read more

  • Breaking News: Christina Attorney Accuses Patton Of Playing “Game Of Thrones”, Quits

    Exceptional Delaware has obtained documents concerning the ongoing battle between the Christina School District’s attorney and Board of Education President Donald Patton. James McMackin has immediately quit as the district’s counsel. In a war or words this morning, McMackin responded to many falsehoods leveled against him by Patton. This board tends to shift from weaponizing… Read more

  • The Patton-Hegedus FOIA

    In late June, Christina Board member Doug Manley submitted a FOIA request to the district pertaining to events from what is known as “The Hegedus Incident”. Sources have told me, during a Principals meeting at the district, Donald Patton choked Andy Hegedus. According to sources, Patton received a reprimand that should have been in his… Read more

  • The Donald Patton Public Apology Countdown Day Nine

    Today is the day The Maurice Pritchett Senior Academy. You know who should be there and is far more deserving of a public apology than myself? Superintendent Dr. Dan Shelton. While Governor Carney will hog the spotlight on this, Dan did a lot of the necessary work to get this done. This will be a… Read more

  • The Donald Patton Public Apology Countdown Day Eight

    What in the world? Why the heckfire is YF Lou showing up in this series? Because good old YF is a Patton sympathizer. This pic was taken by one of our Delaware citizen Exceptional Delaware photographers at the Middletown Peach Festival Parade. You know, it was an incredibly rainy day. As well, YF was most… Read more

  • The Emails & Messages About Naveed Baqir: Child Abuse, Sex Abuse, Fraud, & Intimidation

    For well over a month, I have been in contact with several members of the Muslim community associated with the Masjid Isa Ibn-e-Maryam, the Tarbiyah School, and Dr. Naveed Baqir. Many readers have wondered how I came to know so much information that is not public. This is how. These are people who are in… Read more

  • DE Secretary Of Education Dr. Mark Holodick Weighs In On The District/Charter War You Probably Didn’t Know About

    Behind the scenes in Delaware education, traditional school districts and charter schools have been disagreeing about a portion of funding for three years. In some respects, I am still catching up on things going on in Delaware education after a blogging absence of pretty much four years. I’ve been hearing the rumblings for months now.… Read more

  • The Donald Patton Public Apology Countdown Day Seven

    Good morning Mr. P. I thought I would do my daily post a little bit early today. If I catch you off guard, my bad. I don’t know if you were planning on apologizing to me today. It’s been one week. One week since you robbed me of my freedom of speech. Stole my voice.… Read more