You might have noticed that the February poll was posted a few days ago, but one of our intrepid voters chose an "Other" option that made a lot of sense, so I reset the poll and included a new option to indicate approval of a minority of the board. I think it is quite fair to note that this is not an unanimous board by any means, and I can personally state that I DO have a great deal of confidence in a few members of the board.
Take a test drive and let me know what you think.
Sunday, February 10, 2008
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The only problem with the new items is that they don't necessarily tell you which minority of the board the person answering supports. I support the idea of inclusion, but these polls really won't tell you anything anyway, as the answers only represent those people who visit the site and actually click on the poll. We have an election coming up. Why not take a page from those attractive, intelligent and well considered people of the QRSE and stage your own polling stations outside of the voting places. It will be interesting to see what they make of your results, since they were so certain of their own.
LOL! Great comment. I could provide nine separate polls specifying each member of the board and providing a scale of confidence, but that becomes a bit overwhelming. And yes, the polling is limited to those who read here and actually vote here. I realize that this is not a completely balanced sample of Morrisville, but it's what we have. Any suggestions on how to overcome this? Maybe our read only friends would like to click to let us know they are out there? The highest vote total received is 38 so far in the Hellmann job performance poll, and I'm pretty certain that more than 38 people read this blog.
I didn't really vote so much to build a school as I voted against the Stop the School candidates. I wasn't keen on some of them and their unsavory behaviors and tactics - likewise for QSRE and its more ardent supporters, who were a good part of the candidates' political base.
I thought building the new K-12 school made good long-term economic sense for the district, and I haven't seen or heard much lately that makes me feel otherwise. But I wasn't prepared to fall on my sword for a new school.
But new school or not, it didn't take Nostradamus to see the train wreck of a Hellmann-Mihok-Radosti-Worob-Heater dominated school board coming for miles away.
Is there a box for that?
I still believe that the merger with Pennsbury is the best answer for Morrisville. Barring this, and I believe it's well documented that a merger is DOA, the next best solution is the single campus-new school plan. I have yet to see any other plan that makes sense. A new boiler and some paint does not address so many of the facilities problems that exist, and it does nothing to reduce the burgeoning costs to maintain these facilities, to heat and cool them, and to run three separate facilities for such a small number of children. Let's be pragmatic about this. All these tuitioning plans are ripe for disaster, and they will likely fail to reduce the costs in a manner commensurate to their cost to the community. People need to get up out of their easy chairs and make change happen. Instead, we get people up to stop any change.
Speaking of a new broiler! Did anyone else's kids in Grandview have to sit with their jackets on all day?
"People need to get up out of their easy chairs and make change happen. Instead, we get people up to stop any change."
Few of us have the charisma of Barack Obama, but how's he do it? Charm will only carry a person so far... I think... Right?
"Did anyone else's kids in Grandview have to sit with their jackets on all day?"
Yes, ours did. I have sent an email to the Board, the principal, and superintendent regarding the issue.
Did anyone else read the letter attributed to Ron Stoudt in today's BCCT? It's obvious to anyone who has ever met Mr. Stoudt that he didn't pen this letter. I'd be willing to wager he couldn't spell half of those words, yet he disparages the accomplishments of the children freely and with disdain. This is what we are fighting.
Saw this in today's Courier Times:
Morrisville cannot afford costly school system
Regarding the Courier Times stories about Morrisville school board member Al Radosti and allegations from NAACP President John Jordan that Radosti used a racial slur, apparently, more than two years ago:
The sources for these stories are the disgruntled losers of the last school board election and the political rivals of Al Radosti.
It was more than two years ago when lame duck school director John Jordan defied the town's majority by voting to build a new $30 million school that most did not want or could not afford.
So where was Jordan when over $2 million was squandered on architects, bankers and lawyers on the ill fated school plan? Where was his concern when three out of every four graduates of the Morrisville School District failed at math and reading on their state assessment tests and costs soared to over $22,000 per student?
Morrisville is a beautiful and culturally diverse town that's been free of racial tension but we simply cannot afford the current school system. We don't need Jordan and his allegations stirring the pot.
Ronald Stout
Morrisville
The only response I have seen in Morrisville regarding Mr. Radosti's racists comments were supportive of his right to have his position. Our commuity thinks it's okay for him to be racist! They support the man! No wonder so many people are moving out.
Does anyone realize that over the past 10 years, almost 10 million was appropriated to address the physical conditions of our school buildings? Yes, all of this for absolutely nothing. Face it, were a big cow that's been getting milked for years through corruption and mis-managment but it is politically incorrect or people are the scared to speak of it. Good concerned citizens are to busy working 2 jobs to pay attention. So who then runs for the power positions? Yes, the oppertunists. If you divide the total school budget by the TRUE amount of students and compare that cost to state assessment scores, taxpayers should be outraged. Clearly, as much as it may hurt some, Mr. Stout is absolutely correct.
Does anyone realize that over the past 10 years, almost 10 million was appropriated to address the physical conditions of our school buildings? Yes, all of this for absolutely nothing. Face it, were a big cow that's been getting milked for years through corruption and mis-managment but it is politically incorrect or people are the scared to speak of it. Good concerned citizens are to busy working 2 jobs to pay attention. So who then runs for the power positions? Yes, the oppertunists. If you divide the total school budget by the TRUE amount of students and compare that cost to state assessment scores, taxpayers should be outraged. Clearly, as much as it may hurt some, Mr. Stout is absolutely correct.
anonymous said...
"Does anyone realize that over the past 10 years, almost 10 million was appropriated to address the physical conditions of our school buildings? Yes, all of this for absolutely nothing. Face it, were a big cow that's been getting milked for years through corruption and mis-managment but it is politically incorrect or people are the scared to speak of it. Good concerned citizens are to busy working 2 jobs to pay attention. So who then runs for the power positions? Yes, the oppertunists. If you divide the total school budget by the TRUE amount of students and compare that cost to state assessment scores, taxpayers should be outraged. Clearly, as much as it may hurt some, Mr. Stout is absolutely correct."
Anonymous, I'd really like to understand your position. I have a few questions:
[1] What corruption and/or mis-management are you speaking of? I'm not saying none exists, or has existed, but what specifically do you mean?
[2] Why do you feel opportunists run for the "power positions?" I can only speak for myself, but I really had the best of intentions, to serve our town as best I could and do what I thought was best. I can think of several others that have also served on the school board and I believe their intentions were pure as well. I'm not sure what personal gain you think we get from this.
[3] I do agree that our cost per student is high. I also know that we have areas that require improvement. I'm not sure that makes Mr. Stoudt right, though.
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