Welcome to the community development in support of Silver Street Elementary. We are citizens concerned with keeping and maintaining this community anchor and historic landmark.
Please feel free to express your thoughts and opinions about ways to benefit our community school.
I am not blaming any of you or accusing you of not working hard enough or doing all you can to fight the fight. I know how hard all of you work and how much you care and I am very aware of the amount of personal time, money and passion you contribute. My recommendation to change insurance to a high deductible, higher premium came from significant research which could significantly lower your out-of-pocket expenses - actually saving you money - as well as a significant chunk of the overall corporation's budget. Whether you heard it or not, my recommendation was to change insurance across the entire corporation which would also aid in retaining insurance for those that will be losing it in 2012. I didn't have time to go into plan details in three minutes, and as it was, I was unable to finish my statement. Please know that I care very deeply for all of you and would never make a suggestion that I didn't honestly think would actually be beneficial to you. I apologize to everyone and hope you know this was not a personal attack and I was not judging you of not trying or caring. I know better. I blame the school corporation for not doing all they can for you and all employees - - and quite obviously, their concern cannot be for children having done all of this during ISTEP (and we won't go into the depth of the negative effects their plan will have).
Again, I apologize and hope you now fully understand my intent and I promise you - I love and respect you all from the bottom of my heart.
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http://ourworldgus.blogspot.com/
Daft!!
First of all ...
it's "aghast" - not "a gasp", "don," not "dawn" and "clever" not "cleaver"!
You have got to be KIDDING me! Does he not receive the benefit of a nice neighborhood because people move INTO neighborhoods with nice schools? Or did he quit watching the news video he actually linked before the end?
Is he implying that everyone who lives in "the valley" is on government assistance? Newsflash! We pay full price for everything! Further, I have spent HOURS volunteering at that school for NOTHING - all to benefit my children and others.
I notice he's a nurse. Didn't I just hear of a lot of lay-offs at a couple of hospitals? Gee Gus, be careful of karma, buddy.
Free-flowing money never made it to Silver Street's steps.
There are currently no teacher lay-offs and I am unaware of any teachers teaching half-full rooms. Was I the only one who heard Hibbard rave about this "plan" creating SMALLER class sizes??
Then MOVE?!? It's KIND OF HARD to sell your home in a neighborhood where every other home is for sale because the school just closed! And it's not fun losing equity because your property just took a 25% cut in value, either.
Ol' Gus is unaware that President Bush chose Silver Street, not the other way around. Further, the school corporation tried to persuade Bush to visit one of our other schools (probably embarrassed by the lack of attention they'd given the school over the years), and he insisted on visiting Silver Street.
I guess he's not a product of public education - or any other, as he is clearly lacking.
I wonder just how happy he's going to be when he learns his property value just dropped 25%? Oh - he'll probably be happy his property taxes went down. Stupid me. I wonder if the neighborhood he lives in, which was gentrifying but will now do 180 will upset him at all? He's probably too blind to notice. I guess he's also not a proponent of our children today receiving a quality education to hopefully build a better future for everyone rather than the current world in which we live?
Clearly, what these daft types don't understand is that we weren't whining to keep our schools and retain debt - - we found alternative cuts that protected the schools, programs, and 5th grade, and students, yet they were never even considered.
Oh but of course, he bought into their song and dance routine that those were the ONLY three possible options. Sheeple always believe what the Goebbels of the world tell them.
Kathy Ayres
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