Podcast appearances and mentions of billy townsend

Shelley and guest commenter Lakeland's civic journalist, Billy Townsend opened the phone lines and held a Talk Back Town Hall, letting our listeners guide our discussion on State Politics, DeSantis' cronyism and grifting, Richard Corcoran's "bust out" job on New College, Polk County, and more..

'Public Enemy Number One' and Former Polk County School Board member, Billy Townsend returns to talk about current events...  Male domination / Toxic Masculinity. Ukraine / Russia / Putin. Book-banning.  https://billytownsend.substack.com/

Who's interested in POWER? Public Enemy Number 1... Writer, Historian, and Former Polk County School Board member, Billy Townsend, lends his perspective on politics in Lakeland (in particular the Mayoral race between Mayor Bill Mutz and Saga Stevin). https://billytownsend.com/

Devin went on a bad date in high school that Angers the Texan even further. Mike leads a July 4th Teach the Teacher that ends with a bang. Lastly, we have part 2 of our interview with Billy Townsend where we discuss the ongoing societal changes and how they could be implemented into the classroom. 

We are heading back into the ring this week for another teacher wrestling event for the ages. We discuss Mike's weekend back on stage performing comedy. And we have a very important guest on the show, Billy Townsend, a school board member that is going to discuss with us the options for reopening schools. 

Billy Townsend is back with a new episode focusing on school testing. Head's Up: he is not an fan of standardized tests, but he shares his insight and research as to why. And they will cause you to take pause. Many of you may not agree with this position, but I urge you to listen to this as it is informative and detailed episode that will certainly enlighten you. Billy, a Polk County School Board Member (Florida), is passionate about ensuring students are the focus of education. He takes deep dives into various aspects of education that seem inequitable, does extensive research, and shares his findings on his  website, www.billytownsend.com.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/user?u=31725704)

Billy Townsend, Polk County School Board Member, joins us to discuss the different school configurations and the pros and cons of each. Having spent hours doing research on schools in Florida, Billy brings a wealth of knowledge for all of us to think about as we begin to understand and choose the school that will benefit our child the most. If you'd like to learn more about his quest to understand the education system, visit his website at www.billytownsend.comSupport the show

Polk County School Board member Billy Townsend provides his take on school safety and the long-term issues that face the school district. Notably, he says, the real power of a local school board in the face of state education policy supremacy is to take a stand and refuse to follow through on orders he says will hurt schools.

Polk County School Board member Billy Townsend provides his take on school safety and the long-term issues that face the school district. Notably, he says, the real power of a local school board in the face of state education policy supremacy is to take a stand and refuse to follow through on orders he says will hurt schools.

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