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<DIV>The DN did a good job of covering the debate between Shirley and
Darrell. The Trib much less so. </DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=moscowcares@moscow.com
href="mailto:moscowcares@moscow.com">Moscow Cares</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, October 11, 2012 5:19 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">Moscow Vision 2020</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] Forum Held on Idaho School
Reforms</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">Courtesy of today's (October 11,
2012) Moscow-Pullman Daily News.</DIV>
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size=3><SPAN>Yes or no on Idaho school reforms</SPAN></FONT></H1>
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style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">Teachers and students across the state
are waiting on voters in the Nov. 6 election to decide the fate of laptops,
bonuses and bargaining rights.</SPAN></P>
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style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">The League of Women Voters held a forum
on three referendums to education reform laws passed by the Legislature and
signed by the governor in 2011. The forum, structured like a debate, had
speakers urging yes or no votes on the propositions.</SPAN></P>
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style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">State Rep. Shirley Ringo, a Moscow
Democrat and member of the Idaho Education Association, spoke against the
propositions and argued the Students Come First laws did not consider the
opinions of educators.</SPAN></P></DIV>
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style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">Darrel Deide, former Caldwell, Idaho,
school superintendent and chairman of the Idahoans for Choice in Education
political action committee, represented the state Legislature's position on the
new laws. He called this year's election the most important education election
in the history of Idaho.</SPAN></P></DIV>
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style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">Proposition 1 refers to legislation that
limits negotiated agreements between school boards and teachers and ends the
practice of renewable contracts. Deide said a yes vote would help "weed out
under-performing or unsatisfactory teachers."</SPAN></P></DIV>
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style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">Ringo argued there was not a need for
this reconstruction, calling the idea that teachers are impossible to fire "the
big lie." She said public school teachers do not have tenure in the sense that
university professors do, but instead have continuing contracts that involve
yearly evaluations.</SPAN></P></DIV>
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style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">"I suggest we recognize Proposition 1 for
what it is, a punitive measure designed to dismantle the Idaho Education
Association," Ringo said, calling out the Legislature for not providing the
support teachers require. "I don't buy the notion we have as many bad teachers
around as some people might imply."</SPAN></P></DIV>
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style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">Proposition 2 refers to legislation
establishing merit bonuses, rewarding teachers who hold hard-to-fill positions
and for student achievements on standardized tests.</SPAN></P></DIV>
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style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">"Let's be clear, this measure is not for
the schools. Merit pay has no effect on the quality of teaching," Ringo said.
"It's not for the teachers. They didn't ask for it."</SPAN></P></DIV>
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style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">Ringo was concerned many deserving
teachers would be left out in the merit pay plan, with only 25 percent eligible
for the leadership bonus.</SPAN></P></DIV>
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style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">Ultimately, Ringo said the new bonus plan
was not adequate because it did not ask for teacher input.</SPAN></P></DIV>
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style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">"We want local control. We want
transparency. We want our teachers involved in the decision," she said. "The
people who are affected by such a plan should be involved."</SPAN></P></DIV>
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style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">Calling the current salary plan "simply
not fair," Deide recalled his experience as a superintendent and interacting
with teachers who were equally qualified, but not equally
efficient.</SPAN></P></DIV>
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style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">"Not every teacher is performing equally
in a school, and we need something to address that," he said.</SPAN></P></DIV>
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style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">Proposition 3 concerns technology, asking
voters to approve or reject requiring online courses for high school graduation
and providing laptops to every high school student.</SPAN></P></DIV>
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style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">Ringo said she recognized the need for
technology advancements in education, but did not condone the plan laid out in
the Students Come First law because of how it was decided upon.</SPAN></P></DIV>
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style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">"Superintendent Luna's actions on this
issue speak volumes about his style of leadership," she said. "This is a huge
decision for Idaho. The enormity of it demands plenty of input, but we got a
decision hatched behind closed doors."</SPAN></P></DIV>
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style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">Ringo asked voters to reject the
proposition and bring technology to schools with a different plan, saying any
plan teachers do not buy into will not succeed.</SPAN></P></DIV>
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style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">Deide said the plan had support from
education organizations and politicians and encouraged community members to pass
the proposition to avoid moving backward.</SPAN></P></DIV>
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style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">"The state is making a commitment to move
forward in technology," Deide said. "Are we going forward? Are we going to adapt
and adopt? Or are we going to move backward? When we vote Nov. 6 that's the
choice we're going to make."</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>Seeya at the polls, Moscow, because . . .</DIV>
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<DIV>"Moscow Cares"</DIV>
<DIV><A href="http://www.MoscowCares.com">http://www.MoscowCares.com</A></DIV>
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<DIV>Tom Hansen</DIV>
<DIV>Moscow, Idaho</DIV>
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<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>
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<DIV>- Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)</DIV>
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