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There won't be a test and there will be a party
Sjtorres - what they are, are people who will not be led, like cattle to slaughter. It must be hard for you. Now that you have list all that power.— March 7, 2015 8:49 a.m.
There won't be a test and there will be a party
AlexClarke - my expertise regarding education lies with SUHSD. It is clear that the PAST 2 superintendents, the majority of our elected old Board, and the entire Group of County Board of Ed who sat on the dais spent our hard earned tax dollars on everything but the education of our children. Take the property dealings - millions, upon millions, upon millions wasted on land speculation - and the artist of this financial debacle - Ed Brand!!! To address your point, yes the needs of ALL students have been ignored. Your spotlight on the high achieves RIGHT ON TARGET, for the most forgotten with the exception of Bonita Vista High - you have a high achiever - send them there - the Principal and teaching staff totally focused on EDUCATION, at the highest level!!!!! just my opinion— March 7, 2015 7:08 a.m.
There won't be a test and there will be a party
To Ms. Phatak and Ms. Poland I say 'you go girls'! Much respect being sent your way. While many will sit around and complain these two women have put verbs in their sentences and applied effort to their expertise. While I am not an expert on Common Core based on my research the plan has been rolled out poorly. Expectations of teenage students to rewire how they learn with expectations of maintaining passing grades. Parents, clueless. My prediction - in the very near future all of those A, B, and C students grades will plummet and then the controversy will really hit the fan. And just wait - student athletes will loose eligibility, and that is when it will become headline news - resulting in the need for Ms. Phatak and Ms. Poland to: RENT OUT THE THE JENNY CRAIG PAVILION (where they serve great garlic fries) for their yearly parent education seminar on the ills of Common Core!— March 7, 2015 6:58 a.m.
Transparent as mud in Chula Vista
Ms. Luzzaro: regarding Montgomery High - in the past 4 years our campus has been given as close to a total overhaul as possible. It now looks like a college campus. The teachers there are committed to their students and I have found Principal and Admin to be the best of the best. Why anyone would want to send their child to a high school that shares its campus with an elementary school is beyond me.— March 5, 2015 5:31 p.m.
Road repair dilemma in Chula Vista
Woodchuck - unfortunately much has changed, and not for the better - there is much to be said about the good old days!— March 4, 2015 8:02 p.m.
Road repair dilemma in Chula Vista
Is there anything about government that works? No doubt more money will be called for - yet no matter how much WE 'pony up' it never seems to be enough.— March 4, 2015 11:59 a.m.
Transparent as mud in Chula Vista
Well folks we brought about change at Southwestern, San Ysidro and Sweetwater - might as well make it a clean sweep and focus our efforts on Chula Vista Elementary. Their 20% reserves lulled many into thinking all was well with the management - I have a couple of issues I am more than concerned with.— March 4, 2015 6:55 a.m.
Only a fence between them
Sjtorres - your comments appear to reflect your disdain for hard working Americans who were forced to come together and join forces against owner greed and total lack of regard for those who built this Nation and continue to make us great. Case in point - when a School District Board such as SUHSD's 'WAS' able to allegedly be bought that Sir is proof enough UNIONS ARE NECESSARY. No average worker is able to write their own contract and then approve it as was done at SUHSD by a certain alleged 'double dipper'. So tell us, WHO ARE YOU REALLY? An overpaid District employee suit, a past poor choice of a Super or perhaps one of our past Board members?— February 27, 2015 10:04 a.m.
Only a fence between them
mystyinsandiego - Documents that can found online at San Diego Registrar of Voters website provided by Ms. Tremper indicates her employer as a SLP Lead at the River Springs CHARTER - ah, hello, yes you did read that right. This is exactly why voters need to do their homework. Why would ANY voter darken in that circle????? If the parents of this community want change in the manner in which the Chula Vista Elementary School Board conducts business - YOU NEED TO START NOW IN WORKING TO VOTE THOSE WHO ARE NOT LISTENING TO THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE OUT!!! You may have lost this battle but that does not mean you have lost the war. CHANGE REQUIRES HARD WORK!!! Based on the votes I have researched in the past couple of days, there are three, 3, tres (how is that as an example of how ridiculous Common Core is) current members who seem to consistently vote as a block - but,,,,,, I guess that is better than the 5 cluster votes we use to see - Who voted yes?— February 27, 2015 9:02 a.m.
Only a fence between them
CVsincethe70s - the governor you say? Not meaning to be a smart ass - however the Secretary of Education visited CPM and???????????? The SUHSD leadership was all on board with converting the entire campus into a Charter - and where is that Board now - gone, out of here, hasta la vista.— February 26, 2015 11:21 a.m.