<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body dir="auto"><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">Courtesy of the Boise Weekly at:</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "><br></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "><a href="http://www.boiseweekly.com/gyrobase/blogs/Post?id=CityDesk&year=2012&month=09&day=25&basename=boise-school-board-flunks-luna-laws&mode=print">http://www.boiseweekly.com/gyrobase/blogs/Post?id=CityDesk&year=2012&month=09&day=25&basename=boise-school-board-flunks-luna-laws&mode=print</a></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "> </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">-------------------------------------</div><div><h3 class="postTitle" id="a2735675" style="text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 20px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; "><font size="3"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Boise School Board Flunks Luna Laws</span></font></h3><p style="text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 1.12em 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Calling the Students Come First reforms "a power grab" and "interference in local control," the Boise School Board met in special session Tuesday afternoon to turn their thumbs down on the three controversial propositions, commonly known as the "Luna Laws."</span></p><p style="text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 1.12em 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"I'm going to call them what they are: the Luna Laws," said Board Member Rory Jones. "And not the name he gave them," "he" referring to Idaho Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Luna. "These laws represent a huge threat to the quality of education in Boise schools and schools throughout Idaho."</span></p><p style="text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 1.12em 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Jones' motion, which was backed by a 6-0 vote, encourages Election Day voters to reject the Students Come First package, which strips collective bargaining with the teachers' union, requires online learning, and a new pay-for-performance system for educators.</span></p><p style="text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 1.12em 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"This isn't pay-for-performance," said Board Member Janet Orndorff. "It's a salary distribution system. Through this system, even an ineffective teacher could get a bonus and the teacher of the year could get no bonus if he or she isn't at a so-called qualified school."</span></p><p style="text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 1.12em 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Dr. Troy Rohn, another board member, is also an educator at Boise State.</span></p><p style="text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 1.12em 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"I have 10 years experience with online learning and I can tell you that it isn't rewarding for me or students," said Rohn. "There's no data to support that online learning enhances writing, reading or analytical skills."</span></p><p style="text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 1.12em 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The three propositions will appear on ballots statewide on Tuesday, Nov. 6.</span></p></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">-------------------------------------</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><img src="cid:213205B5-F175-40A8-8190-01171DD24A06" alt="image.png" id="213205B5-F175-40A8-8190-01171DD24A06" width="270" height="94"><br><br>Seeya at the polls, Moscow, because . . .<div><br></div><div>"Moscow Cares"</div><div><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com">http://www.MoscowCares.com</a></div><div> </div><div><div>Tom Hansen</div><div>Moscow, Idaho</div><div><br></div><div>"We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The college students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."</div><div><br></div><div>- Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)</div><div> </div></div></div></body></html>