[Vision2020] Not a city resident

[Tbertruss at aol.com]

Donovan wrote on 9/27/05:

1) If a person lives with their child in Viola for
example, they are taking the bus, not walking to
school. So sidewalks, crosswalks, traffic lights, etc
that in control of the city, would not be relevant.

How many students at Moscow Jr. High and High School leave the school grounds 
for lunch hour crossing a city crosswalk?  I recall you complaining "loudly" 
about the plans for a closed campus at the proposed new high school, and now 
you appear to suggest students be kept on school grounds for safety, as I point 
out below.

2) In the rare incident a parent lives walking
distance to a school, but outside the city, the school
district can provide crossing guards, security guards,
and if need be, a bus.

MSD does not and would not provide crossing guards for all students who cross 
at crosswalks in Moscow, and this applies to students regardless of where 
their homes are located.  Moscow Jr. High and High School students cross 
crosswalks in Moscow every day with no crossing guards.  

3)Prevention of harassment of a child, or bullying,
regardless of the reason is also within the confines
of the school.

So you suggest students who may face bigotry or hate crimes never leave the 
school grounds?

Donovan wrote on 9/27/05:

"My point was that Rose does not live in Moscow. It would be just
down right rude for me to go to the city of Troy,
being a Moscow Resident, and yell at the city council
members, or bitch about their policies in public if I
do not live there, especially without disclosing my
residence outside the city first."

If you were a Moscow City Resident, most likely your children would be 
attending MSD, or some other school in Moscow.  If you did have children or 
grandchildren attending Troy High School by virtue of you living within the area that 
legally allows students to attend that school, though you live outside the 
Troy City limits, why should you not be involved in Troy City issues that could 
impact your child?

But yes, of course, if you were a Moscow resident with children in MSD, there 
are valid concerns about the appropriateness of complaining to the Troy City 
Council about how the policies of the City of Troy impact Troy students, 
though still, even in this example, there may be valid reasons in some cases to 
make comments to the Troy City Council.  What if students from Troy were coming 
into Moscow harassing and/or bullying Moscow students?

Ted Moffett
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