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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Donnie,,,,,,Don't call me Suzy....And don't
presuppose my answers or my intent....</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=ringoshirl@moscow.com
href="mailto:ringoshirl@moscow.com">Shirley Ringo</A> ; <A
title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, July 12, 2007 6:28
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020]
conciliation</DIV>
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<DIV>I think if we want to see who is biased here we should ask Shirley Ringo
and Suzy Hovey if they can think of anything the MSD has done wrong in the
last ten years, and if so what?</DIV>
<DIV>They cannot answer this question. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>They were both Moscow High School teachers and in way capable of being
unbiased. Not to mention that Representative Ringo gets much of her campaign
funds from teachers, MSD administrators, and there supporters. She could not
be publicly critical of MSD and still expect to get her campaign
contributions. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>The conciliation committee is headed by mostly unbiased people that want
to see the students do well. I don't think that the current MSD administration
can survive if we want to see an improvement in the quality of education and
the success of students. I think this conciliation idea is a good idea for
saving education, but a bad idea for the MSD administration because it
demonstrates their inability to lead and make the best decisions for the
students. They make decisions for what is best for themselves, not students.
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<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>MSD, specifically, puts extra money in the pockets of a few
administrators, and selected teachers. It does not put money into vocational
training, or into attracting new, quality teachers that are trained in the
areas that we need the most, such as special education, science, and math. An
untalented lazy teacher with a MA in History and 15 years of sitting on
there ass is going to get paid more than a badly needed and gifted
science teacher. This is wrong because it is the children that
suffer. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>MSD also was horribly dishonest with the public with the last levy to
build a new high school. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>MSD does not have the credibility with the public to run and win another
election with a 2/3 vote. And that is the real reason why they resist the
conciliation, and instead use smoke and mirrors by trying to get the public to
concentrate on attacking Gerry Weitz personally and trying to blame him for
their missteps and inappropriate actions for the last decade. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Best,</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Donovan</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><BR><BR><B><I>Shirley Ringo <ringoshirl@moscow.com></I></B>
wrote:</DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Visionaries:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I endorse the specifics of Sue
Hovey’s response to the conciliation petition. The 1995 document Gerry
Weitz waves around is from a deputy attorney general who was then serving in
the State Department of Education. It was not an official opinion of
the attorney general. In fact, it pointed to a need to clarify the
law. I wonder why nobody considered dealing with it then. I
believe Ann Fox was then State Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Did this deputy attorney general share his thoughts with her? I have
been in the legislature since 1999 (with the exception of 2001-2002).
Nobody mentioned any concerns to me about the indefinite levy law. I
would certainly have joined with others to take clarifying action. I
assume nobody raised the issue with Trail or Schroeder,
either.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">I join others who are eager to see the lawsuit
against the MSD settled as soon as possible.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">I also see some people of good will who have little
understanding of the history of the issues and the history of the
individuals involved.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Conciliation? Really? Prior to Weitz
filing the lawsuit, DeMeerleer delivered a letter to the Moscow
District. The gist of the letter was that if the District would
invalidate the most recent levy and run it again, then there would be no
lawsuit challenging permanent levies dating back fifteen years.
Essentially, the so-called “conciliation” asks the district to do just
that. Hmmm. Perhaps I am having a slow
day.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Shirley Ringo<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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