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<div>I can't speak to all of your questions about Dr. Weitz. He does have a histroy of being active with the schools. In past years he had been very active on the school board. I believe he did advocate very strongly at that time for vo-tech. He also had a strong hand in the creation of the alternative school.
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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 27/11/2007, <b class="gmail_sendername">Paul Rumelhart</b> <<a href="mailto:godshatter@yahoo.com">godshatter@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">I'm sorry, but the proper legal channels for adding more vo-tech<br>programs in the Moscow School District do not include suing said
<br>district over the validity of a levy that passed earlier this year. I<br>don't know what those channels are, but I'm pretty sure that the levy is<br>a completely separate issue from them.<br><br>Has Dr. Weitz tried the more common sense route of involving himself in
<br>the machinations of the school district in whatever way a private<br>citizen is able to in order to effect change? Has he made a proposal?<br>Has he done the research and come up with a plan for adding these<br>classes? Has he presented it to the right people? Has he come up with
<br>funding for this plan? Has he tried to make his voice heard in the<br>right places? In short, has he done anything other than trying to<br>strong-arm the district by bringing a lawsuit?<br><br>Paul<br><br>Donovan Arnold wrote:
<br>> Joe,<br>><br>> You wrote:<br>><br>> "If Weitz wants a vo-tech program he'd be better off asking me to put<br>> forth the<br>> case for vo-tech -- for a fraction of what he's paying his lawyers and
<br>> with a<br>> greater chance of success since then the MSD won't think that they are<br>> being<br>> blackmailed"<br>><br>> If you feel you can provide such a service, what is stopping you? You
<br>> aren't holding out on the kids just to spite Weitz are you?<br>><br>> How can it be blackmail if he is using the proper legal channels, and<br>> winning?<br>><br>> Best,<br>><br>> Donovan
<br>><br>> */Joe Campbell <<a href="mailto:joekc@adelphia.net">joekc@adelphia.net</a>>/* wrote:<br>><br>> Donovan,<br>><br>> What does the law suit have to do with the lack of a vo-tech program?
<br>><br>> If Weitz wants a vo-tech program he'd be better off asking me to<br>> put forth the<br>> case for vo-tech -- for a fraction of what he's paying his lawyers<br>> and with a
<br>> greater chance of success since then the MSD won't think that they<br>> are being<br>> blackmailed. Folks don't respond well to blackmail.<br>><br>> --<br>> Joe Campbell
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