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Donovan wrote on 9/27/05:<BR>
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1) If a person lives with their child in Viola for<BR>
example, they are taking the bus, not walking to<BR>
school. So sidewalks, crosswalks, traffic lights, etc<BR>
that in control of the city, would not be relevant.<BR>
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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.<BR>
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2) In the rare incident a parent lives walking<BR>
distance to a school, but outside the city, the school<BR>
district can provide crossing guards, security guards,<BR>
and if need be, a bus.<BR>
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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. <BR>
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3)Prevention of harassment of a child, or bullying,<BR>
regardless of the reason is also within the confines<BR>
of the school.<BR>
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So you suggest students who may face bigotry or hate crimes never leave the school grounds?<BR>
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Donovan wrote on 9/27/05:<BR>
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"My point was that Rose does not live in Moscow. It would be just<BR>
down right rude for me to go to the city of Troy,<BR>
being a Moscow Resident, and yell at the city council<BR>
members, or bitch about their policies in public if I<BR>
do not live there, especially without disclosing my<BR>
residence outside the city first."<BR>
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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?<BR>
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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?<BR>
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Ted Moffett<BR>
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