Comments on: More On That Moratorium

By: Mauri

Mauri — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 07:00:07 +0000

Bauer = Bayer.

By: Mauri

Mauri — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 06:59:31 +0000

How do you expect to get anything even near to reform through the “House” with the blockade of “Fat Pat Bayer” in the way. Lets face it, the ISTA doesn’t want any kind of reform and they do Have “FAT PATS” ear.

By: Uncommon Sense

Uncommon Sense — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 04:03:06 +0000

I don’t have any kids (I’m single), but I’d be willing to head to the State House in support of something that works, and is being threatened by something that so clearly doesn’t.

By: whatyousay

whatyousay — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 03:50:49 +0000

This moratoriam should anger all of us as much as the day we received our property tax bills in 2007! How can this be much different? The results are equated to what will be the continuing increases in our property taxes. IPS is the reason our property taxes are so high, and the “Biggest Negative” resale value on our homes! For years we have been forced to pay for private schools while being forced to support the FAILING IPS system. Then there seems to be a ray of hope, charter schools, but wait no they work, parents are involved, test scores go up, kids even graduate and some believe it or not go to college!
I have read that many of those students are on government school lunch programs, so it’s not a matter of charter schools getting the cream of the crop, but rather like private schools, there systems are working. Not to mention that there is a waiting list of about seven hundred. Just imagine IPS having a waiting list of seven hundred parents wanting to get in – instead of out!
Seriously Abdul we need to come together, all of us, and stand up against these people who are not only raping us with there special interest groups, but the children in this city.
All of the parents of charter schools, and private schools, and on waiting list for those charter schools, along with the citizens that pay for the future of all of these kids. We need to rally, it’s time we overwhelm them with our presence. A field day at the State House.
We need to remember these kids are the future of our city and what it will be.

Maybe we should threaten to make all of our little private schools, charter schools, shouldn’t we get a piece of the pie too?

By: Jon G

Jon G — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 00:53:48 +0000

Schoolboardgreg, that was what I getting at in my last post. Seems to make sense to me.

By: schoolboardgreg

schoolboardgreg — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 00:48:55 +0000

Thanks varangianguard,

If we do not overhaul public education, it will continue to be less and less efficient and ultimately be destroyed. It continues to be hurt more by the special interests that hide behind our kids than those that are constructive in criticism and offer thoughtful revision.

By: varangianguard

varangianguard — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 00:01:57 +0000

schoolboardgreg might be onto something.

By: schoolboardgreg

schoolboardgreg — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:39:57 +0000

every public school could become a charter school if the administration and finances were decentralized, and parents had free choice within their district

By: Jon G

Jon G — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:01:43 +0000

I spend about $10,500 to send my son to Cathedral, a college prep school. How much do we taxpayers pay to educate a kid per year in the IPS system. I think it is more than $13,000 per year. Does someone know the right figure? Anyway, do the math.

By: pascal

pascal — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:16:14 +0000

You might comment on the sight of well trained poodles, our bought and paid for legislators, doing their stupid pet tricks for the applause. That our dolts are currently being outshone by our federal clowns does not take away from the digust parents should have to our more local losers. Tests may have a bias but they are very accurate at establishing IQ. IQ is the main predictor of academic ability/success. 50% of children in IPS are below average IQ. The true criminality of IPS and government schools is that they do NOT instruct to the capacity of the kids. At some point, reasonable people will count upwards on IQ, 10, 30, 50, 80, and agree that it is pointless to try to instruct to grade level at a certain low IQ. The attempt to bring these people along with the others penalizes the others and does damage to them. Success, for them and for the schools needs to be redefined along the lines that we have taken them their capacity for learning, period.