Comments on: Trudy Sargent Before the Election

By: Carrie Adams

Carrie Adams — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 05:51:26 +0000

Hopefully the district gets better legal advice than they got when they illegally fired the custodians.

By: Zarwen

Zarwen — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 05:08:23 +0000

“. . . they spent a lot of time having thousands of people attend meetings under false pretenses then.”

Business as usual.

By: Steve Buel

Steve Buel — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 04:14:53 +0000

Yes, school politics can get ugly, but that is no excuse for perpetuating the ugliness under that guise.

By: Whitebuffalo

Whitebuffalo — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 01:06:26 +0000

Unfortunately an unpleasant result of the redesign process was ALWAYS going to be school closure(s). It was one of the main reasons that the process existed. I agree that the school board playing the shell game, “what if we close school X?” or “school Y?” hasn’t helped much and has in fact sidetracked an over 2 year process. But, there are going to be school closures somewhere, nobody wants it to be their school.

The two most painful/ugly types of politics are Church politics and School politics.

By: Steve Buel

Steve Buel — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:08:57 +0000

Zarwen, maybe it was, but they spent a lot of time having thousands of people attend meetings under false pretenses then. I guess I still am not as much of a conspiracy theorist as I need to be. Take care.

By: Zarwen

Zarwen — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 06:09:54 +0000

“This redesign has spiraled into a school closure plan. . . .”

Funny, I thought that was what it was all along.

By: Steve Buel

Steve Buel — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 04:16:10 +0000

Whitebuffalo. The inside changes haven’t been worth much of anything for the past 20 years. This redesign has spiraled into a school closure plan which favors the same old insiders. And it will most likely continue down the same political road. The Haves win and the Havenots lose. Same as always.
P.S. Rawley will always be welcome here.

By: moonbaby

moonbaby — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 02:07:44 +0000

ohh, cant wait, more BIG changes. I think PPS does one thing consistantly, change, (for better er worse….)

By: Whitebuffalo

Whitebuffalo — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:15:44 +0000

Carrie, I misunderstood. I didn’t foresee your secession attempt in my first comment. Good luck with that. I think it’s a bold strategy but don’t think DDHS will fork over the necessary coin for leasing the property from PPS (they will have to even if MESD approves of the change of designation). Stranger things have happened though.

Steve, no apologies from me. You did great work on your blog, you needed to take care of your own, I get that. But, you left right when things are really boiling over–when we needed that venue most. You have good reasons but you still bailed. We are left here dealing with it every day but you can poke your head in from your safe haven and act hurt. You can’t have it both ways. Change happens from the inside.

More big changes are coming down the pike people. Hang on.

By: Show Me

Show Me — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 17:02:18 +0000

Both Steves and Carrie, I guess I can count my 20 years of fighting on behalf of the ESL students in the district. Alot of blood and tears and suffering from isolation and marginalization as a result of being outspoken about the neglect and poor treatment of this student population. There will never be enough money to compensate for what I have had to endure.