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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I don't claim any of it is necessary for a college
degree. That isn't my point. I will say; however, I enjoy working
with the faculty members in my area, both in the public school and the
University, because they are articulate, skilled writers, and good
thinkers. Possibly you need to broaden your circle of acquaintances.
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Additionally, I do believe people who are really
fine writers, and you are, are sometimes arrogant in their comparison
of their skills to those of others. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sue</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=editor@lataheagle.com href="mailto:editor@lataheagle.com">Kai
Eiselein, editor</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=suehovey@moscow.com
href="mailto:suehovey@moscow.com">Sue Hovey</A> ; <A
title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> ; <A
title=donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com
href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com">Donovan Arnold</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 30, 2007 9:29
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] School District
Math</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Having worked on campus for six years, I can unequivocately
state:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Nahledge and yusage of gud gramer speling and punktuashun
are not needed for a colege digree.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Most of the time, I didn't know whether to laugh or cry at
the lack of writing ability by both faculty and students.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=suehovey@moscow.com href="mailto:suehovey@moscow.com">Sue Hovey</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> ; <A
title=donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com
href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com">Donovan Arnold</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 30, 2007 9:19
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] School
District Math</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Donovan makes
a comparison one hears only too often today regarding the levy and its
purpose. That's the pull between vocational and other education.
His figure of 80% non college bound and 20% college bound is skewed for a
number of reasons, but it isn't my purpose to mess with it. I would
simply ask:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> What part of an academic
education should those not college bound forego? A good grounding in
math? So many vocational-technical careers are based in
mathematic principals. Being a good writer--one who uses literary
conventions (spelling, punctuation, grammar) correctly, in order to
communicate effectively in an increasingly interactive world? An
introduction to good literature and the mental stimulation it
provides? A sound knowledge of basic scientific principles, and
the theories on which they are based? A knowledge of the history, not
only of our country, but the history and cultural underpinnings of current
nations and the governments which preceeded them? Foreign
language? Art? Music? Are not all these offerings
equally important and vital to the proper education of all our
students, regardless of the career paths they choose, sometimes after
heading down one path only to find they really want to be somewhere
else? </FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> It concerns me when people
begin to make significant distinctions among students and
their intellectual needs, based on educational
plans that could tie them to lifetime career paths they may
later find did not prepare them for the life they really want to lead.
The best education for students is one that gives them ample
preparation to sieze the opportunities which appeal to them in their 20s and
30s and not be limited by the choices they made, or even worse, those
that were made for them, when they were 15 or 16. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>Sue Hovey<FONT
size=+0> </FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com
href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com">Donovan Arnold</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=vpschwaller@gmail.com
href="mailto:vpschwaller@gmail.com">Glenn Schwaller</A> ; <A
title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, May 29, 2007 9:36
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] School
District Math</DIV>
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<DIV>Dr. Weitz is not only correct about the lawsuit because it is
stealing from the public, but he is also correct in bring attention to the
notion that the School District doesn't want to spend money and resources
on the 80% of students that will not be college graduates and will be
working a vocational job. Is it fair to spend 80% of the pie on 20% of the
kids? I think not. MSD is practicing discrimination. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Best,</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Donovan</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>PS. The poor nutritional value of school lunches are another
example of poor decisions being made by the public school system to
prepare children for a quality life. <BR><BR><B><I>Glenn Schwaller
<vpschwaller@gmail.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
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page 7B, Tuesday May 29<BR><BR>Apparently the Whitepine School District
has "proposed to increase its<BR>School Lunch Prices by an amount that
exceeds 105% of the fee charged<BR>last year. The proposed increase of
25 cents per meal is 9% above the<BR>105% of the fees charged the
previous year." Huh??<BR><BR>2006-2007: K-6 $1.75 7-12 $2.25 adult
$2.75<BR><BR>2007-2008: K-6 $2.00 7-12 $2.50 adult $3.00<BR><BR>My
abacus tells me this reflects a 14.3%, 11.1% and 9.01%
increase,<BR>repsectively. So the grade school kids are subsidizing the
adult<BR>lunches?? Whoa Vizzies! You were right! When Weitz roars, it's
the<BR>kids who'll pay!<BR><BR>But wait! The proposed increase is "9%
above the 105% of the PREVIOUS<BR>year". This means the 2005-2006 school
lunches were 85 cents, $1.10,<BR>and $1.34 for K-6, 7-12, and adults? So
THIS years' lunches exceed<BR>LAST years' lunches by 105%, (holy crap!
and you're complaing about<BR>gas price increases??) And NEXT years'
lunches will exceed THIS<BR>years' lunches by 9% (or is it 11.1%? or is
it 14.3%??) So what's<BR>the "exceeds 105% of the fee charged LAST
year"?? Or is it 9% of the<BR>105%, above the 105% of the last year
before the previous year??<BR><BR>Was this written by one of the razor
sharp legal minds that penned the<BR>current levy language?? Possibly
they were educated by
a<BR>less-than-stellar-can't-be-bothered-with-lesson-plans-yet-unionized-and-tenured<BR>math
teacher who, in the wake of budget cuts, couldn't POSSIBLY
be<BR>replaced by a young, over-achieving but mere 1st year
teacher?<BR><BR>No, never mind. I'm sure it's all legal and
arithmetically correct.<BR>Hey, 14%; 9% - it's all the same eh? Just one
of those "minor<BR>nit-picky" discrepancies that happen in these
complicated district<BR>documents.<BR><BR>Ever
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