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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>
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<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> </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>
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<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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