[Vision2020] West Park Elementary ,
Russell and the alternative school
Donovan Arnold
donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com
Sat Oct 29 15:38:08 PDT 2005
Sunil,
You wrote:
"All of the children I know at that school (West Park)
are from Moscow, from the north end of town or the Ft.
Russell area, or close to downtown, or from family
housing on campus. None of them are from Viola."
I was not aware that you hung out with elementary
students at West Park. However, it was my
understanding from the principle of West Park
elementary that all the children from Viola are bused
in to attend West Park. I trust his experiences and
knowledge of the school over yours.
When I was a Senator, Family Housing was one of my
living groups for two years. One of their chief
concerns was the safety issue of small children, K-3,
walking around campus and crossing streets with
inexperienced college kids at the wheel. In fact, one
of their housing association president's fought an
effort to get the kids bused the short distant from
Family Housing to West Park.
Regardless, West Park is too noisy and small to meet
the current demands on the school. That property could
bring in a great deal of money that could be used to
build a better school.
You continue:
"I don't know if any of them share what Donovan
incorrectly ascribes to be my views about the
Taliban."
You are probably correct, I do not think that any
third graders at West Park would share your view of
the Taliban not being at least partially responsible
for aiding in the September 11th attacks on the US.
Take Care,
Donovan J Arnold
--- Sunil Ramalingam <sunilramalingam at hotmail.com>
wrote:
---------------------------------
All of the children I know at that school are from
Moscow, from the north end of town or the Ft. Russell
area, or close to downtown, or from family housing on
campus. None of them are from Viola.
I don't know if any of them share what Donovan
incorrectly ascribes to be my views about the Taliban.
Maybe he can clear that up.
By the way, Doug, do you live in Pullman? I'm not
asking because I plan to stalk you, or anything like
that.
Sunil
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From: Donovan Arnold <donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com>
To: keely emerinemix <kjajmix1 at msn.com>,
heirdoug at netscape.net, deco at moscow.com,
vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: [Vision2020] West Park Elementary ,Russell
and the alternative school
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 23:17:42 -0700 (PDT)
>Keely,
>
>Has anyone considered shutting down West Park,
selling
>or leasing the building, then using the revenue to
>build a larger elementary elsewhere?
>
>West Park is sitting on very valuable land. Few of
the
>children at that school as I understand, even live in
>the immediate area, which is mostly young college
>students. It is my understanding that most of them
are
>from Viola and elsewhere.
>
>Further, that tiny bit of land prevents expansion and
>requires the school district to lease nearby land for
>parking from the city and classroom space at UI for
>the Kindergartners .
>
>I also believe that the land used to house buses
seems
>like prime real estate. Is it not possible to sell
>that valuable land and purchase cheaper land
>elsewhere. Why should buses be on expensive real
>estate?
>
>These are just a few thoughts I had and was hoping
you
>could explain.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Donovan J Arnold
>
>--- keely emerinemix <kjajmix1 at msn.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > Looks like Doug took his belligerence pills this
> > morning . . .
> >
> > Focusing on "the student populations of Russell
and
> > West Park . . . " means
> > that the best thing for them MAY be remodeling the
> > two school buildings, or
> > building something new, or expanding one site.
It's
> > about schoolchildren,
> > not just school buildings. That seems pretty clear
> > to me.
> >
> > No, 4 million and 4.6 million don't add up to $15
> > milllion. Never said they
> > did. The 4 and 4.6 million in the spring was for
> > K-5; the defeat of the
> > bond means we will continue with K-6, and that
extra
> > grade requires more
> > class space. Russell is crowded. West Park is
> > crowded. Costs have
> > increased. The amount toward resolving the WP and
R
> > problems will be less
> > than $15 million, and the difference, if any,
would
> > be used to make other
> > major repairs/improvements to district buildings.
> >
> > I do not believe MSD is "bloated" and there's no
way
> > in hell (where such an
> > idea would have to originate) that we could do
away
> > with 50-75 teachers.
> > But your ignorance of public schools is rivaled by
> > your hatred of them, and
> > so I doubt you will agree, understand, or even
> > listen.
> >
> > As for "multiculturalism" and why I would prefer
> > that you not address me in
> > German -- words fail me, in any language. While
I'm
> > sure you're gloating
> > and guffawing, I can't imagine that anyone else
has
> > the slightest idea of
> > what you mean.
> >
> > Please consider this is my last attempt to engage
> > with you, unless you ask
> > me questions that spring from a desire to learn
and
> > not a chance to do a
> > smackdown on me or MSD. I've tried to be gracious
> > to you, but I am not
> > interested in causing you to stumble in your faith
> > by being an easy target.
> >
> > Let me know when you want to discuss things
> > maturely, with respect and an
> > open mind.
> >
> > keely
> >
> > From: heirdoug at netscape.net
> > To: kjajmix1 at msn.com, deco at moscow.com,
> > vision2020 at moscow.com
> > Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Daily News article
> > Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 12:16:46 -0400
> >
> >
> > From: Keely Mix
> > "... making the school populations of Russell
and
> > West Park the focus of a
> > bond levy (as opposed to a plant facilities or
> > supplemental or other levy)"
> >
> > Keely, WHAT does this mean? I know it's "about the
> > Kids", all of your
> > advertising and yard signs say that, but what does
> > it mean? "... a bond
> > might best meet the needs of the students at WP
and
> > R." You didn't answer my
> > first question, how does 4.6 million and 4.0
million
> > add up to 15 million?
> >
> > "... the root of his objections is his conviction
> > that "government schools"
> > are inherently evil and unworthy of his support" I
> > have never stated
> > anywhere to anyone that government schools are
evil.
> > You can have your
> > schools just manage the monies you confiscate from
> > the public better. You
> > don't need 12 students in each class at least get
> > back to the goal of 20
> > -25. (2230/175=12.75, 2230/22.5=100) do away with
> > 50-75 teachers and live
> > within your means you will have 3-5 million to
start
> > one heck of a building
> > savings account. Do away with high priced
> > adminstrators and you make 1
> > million more. MSD is BLOATED from the top down.
> >
> > "One other thing: I'll rejoice on the day Heirdoug
> > gets his enthusiasm and
> > information from someone other than Courtney's
> > blog," Who's to know that
> > maybe I gave Dale all of his ideas?!
> >
> > "... And, Doug -- I don't speak German, I speak
> > Spanish. We both speak
> > English and that would seem to be a good language
> > for us to communicate in .
> > . "
> > "This is amerika and we speak amerikan" Keely,
what
> > happened to
> > "Multiculturalism"?
> >
> > Keep on posting, you may start to make sense!
> > lemeno, Doug!
> >
> >
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