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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Let me tell you what, a mile on crutches in no
picnic. I spent a year on the damn things as a 14-15 year-old. I can't imagine
what it would be like to have to do that in a wheelchair, because I had a ride
for the time I was in one.</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=jennifer@inlandradio.com
href="mailto:jennifer@inlandradio.com">Jennifer Ingalls</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com
href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com">'Donovan Arnold'</A> ; <A
title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, March 20, 2009 5:52
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] school
funding</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Why shouldn’t parents
of special needs kids have to pay if parents of “normal” kids have to pay in
your scenario? Here’s the thing . . . if I live two miles out of town, I have
no problem making my kid walk . . . unless he can’t. But I can’t afford to pay
for a whole bus in case all those parents of walking-able kids decide not to
buy into the bus program. Meaning no funds for a bus meaning no bus. That’s
why all tax payers—not just those who have kids—pay for busses, school lunches
for lower-income families, textbooks, resource rooms, and all the other things
that public schools provide. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Georgia color=navy size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia">Jennifer L.
Ingalls</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=navy><SPAN
style="COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> Donovan
Arnold [mailto:<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com</st1:PersonName>] <BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Friday, March 20, 2009 3:48
PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> vision2020@moscow.com;
Jennifer Ingalls<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re:
[Vision2020] school funding</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Jennifer,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">I think special needs is a different story. It
is not a matter of personal responsibility, but a matter of chance that
a parent be given an angel. Parents of children with special needs
should not pay anymore than any other parent of a non-special needs
child. But I disagree that walking a mile or two to school is child
abuse. In fact, I bet the bulging numbers of obese children would
decline if they went for a walk the days a year. Maybe we can even make
it a required job duty of obese gym teachers to escort them along the
way. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">But yes, I think it is fair for parents to
decide what they think is safe and cost effective transportation for
children. I don't understand why the taxpayer has to pay $180,000 for
big yellow polluting bus to go two miles as the most cost effect means
to transport anyone anywhere. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Perhaps maybe having the parents pay for a
public bus ticket, like they do in <st1:place
w:st="on">Europe</st1:place>. Or, collectively hire a transportation
company to do it, and the taxpayer splits the cost. Or maybe, they can
take the time out of their own day to drive their own children.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Best Regards,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR><BR>--- On <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Fri, 3/20/09, Jennifer Ingalls <I><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><jennifer@inlandradio.com></SPAN></I></SPAN></B>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR>From:
Jennifer Ingalls <jennifer@inlandradio.com><BR>Subject: Re:
[Vision2020] school funding<BR>To: "'Donovan Arnold'"
<<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com</st1:PersonName>>,
vision2020@moscow.com<BR>Date: Friday, March 20, 2009, 5:20
PM<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> . . .
oh, and for that matter, instead of paying for a bus, why not just let
the child walk to school? If I could get enough other parents to say
no to the bus, too, we just won’t have to buy one. Except that one kid
who is in a wheelchair . . . I guess he needs a bus. Oh well, we’ll
just let his parents worry about that,
huh?</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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Ingalls</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
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