[Vision2020] [CORRECTED] School Board gives nod to March levy; Voters will determine fat

Tom Hansen thansen at moscow.com
Wed Dec 20 18:31:44 PST 2006


http://www.nsa.edu/admissions/costs.html

http://www.logosschool.com/admissions/Tuition.asp

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving
safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in
sideways, chocolate in one hand, a drink in the other, body thoroughly used
up, totally worn out and screaming 'WOO HOO. What a ride!'"

-----Original Message-----
From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
On Behalf Of J Ford
Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 6:10 PM
To: vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] School Board gives nod to March levy;Voters will
determine fat

Question: what is the tuition for a SINGLE student attending Logos?  For 
NSA?  Surely, $8k is a drop in th bucket compared to the amount the Logos 
students have to pay and yet their testing scores ARE DROPPING and the MSD 
scores are RISING!!!

Not to mention, but I will, that Logos is loosing students to the public 
school system.

No matter how you colour it, MSD is the better deal all around.  Vote YES on

the levy this March.



J  :]





>From: "keely emerinemix" <kjajmix1 at msn.com>
>To: heirdoug at netscape.net, london at moscow.com, vision2020 at moscow.com,

>tomh at uidaho.edu
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] School Board gives nod to March levy;Voters will 
>determine fat
>Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 18:05:33 -0800
>
>Ooooh, ooohh -- I know this one!
>
>Post Falls is one of a handful of districts statewide experiencing 
>phenomenal growth.  And the administration of public schools, particularly 
>in light of the confusion and occasional chaos surrounding No Child Left 
>Behind and various other changes in requirements, is vital to keep schools 
>doing what the State and the Feds say they need to do in areas of 
>curriculum, standards, assessment, reporting, special ed services, 
>nutrition, etc.  There are very real penalties for getting this stuff wrong

>-- and private schools like Logos aren't held to the requirements, with the

>dollars and other strings attached, that MSD is.  Beyond that, MSD voters 
>have approved previous levies for things like smaller class sizes, which 
>are considered to be beneficial to children.  It hardly seems fair to 
>penalize them for that.
>
>Private schools could spend $47.35 per student per year and teach whatever 
>they want, as long as their constituent marketplace foots the bill; public 
>schools have very little freedom in choosing what to teach.  Private 
>schools can choose to accept only higher-achieving kids, as long as they 
>don't discriminate against protected classes; public schools accept all 
>children and willingly do whatever they can to educate them.  Private 
>schools can operate with significant, near-seamless autonomy; public 
>schools are subject to tremendous control from stakeholders and the 
>government.  Last, private schools have the luxury of answering only to 
>their constituent families and choosing to not work with families they deem

>not sufficiently committed to the particular vision of the school; public 
>schools can't "opt out" of things that draw criticism when those things are

>mandates, and they can't dismiss children or their parents if they get 
>troublesome.
>
>Here's another way to put it:  there's no "bozo filter" operating in the 
>schools.
>
>I don't intend to spend another winter and spring defending MSD, as I did 
>two years ago -- but I will continue to argue that public schools are an 
>inherent good in society, and all of us in Moscow have particular reason to

>be enthusiastic in supporting them, because we have a school district that 
>stands head-and-shoulders above so many others.
>
>keely
>
>Please vote to support the levy increase --
>
>
>From: heirdoug at netscape.net
>To: london at moscow.com, vision2020 at moscow.com, tomh at uidaho.edu
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] School Board gives nod to March levy; Voters will

>determine fate of proposed $1.97 million increase
>Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 18:51:04 -0500
>
>Bill,
>
>Maybe you could explain to me your understanding of why it costs nearly
>$8,000/student here in Moscow. Did you know that  13% of that money
>goes to the adminstration of the school system? While in Post Falls the
>administration costs per student is 1/2 of that amount.
>
>
>lemeno, Doug!
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: london at moscow.com
>To: vision2020 at moscow.com; tomh at uidaho.edu; heirdoug at netscape.net
>Sent: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 4:20 PM
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020]  School Board gives nod to March levy; Voters
>will determine fate of proposed $1.97 million increase
>
>The health of the public school system is vital to all of us, whether we
>have children in that system or not (our daughter has graduated, so we
>do
>not).
>BL
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <heirdoug at netscape.net>
>To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>; <tomh at uidaho.edu>
>Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 1:33 PM
>Subject: [Vision2020] School Board gives nod to March levy; Voters will
>determine fate of proposed $1.97 million increase
>
>
> > Yes Tom, I could have said that. But it only effects the children when
> > one's children use the services of MSD. Mine don't!
> >
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