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POOP N SCOOP
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 Posted - 02/10/2007 : 8:29:48 PM
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THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE,, WHAT DO THEY DO? HOW IS IT THEY DON'T ATTEND PARENT TEACHER NIGHT?? NOT ONE EVER BUCKS THE SYSTEM OR EVEN DISAGREES WITH THE MAIN STREAM?? YOU NEVER SEE ANYONE OF THEM AT ANY ONE OF THE SCHOOLS ?? YOU NEED TO VIEW THE OTHER SURROUNDING TOWNS IF POSSIBLE WHEN THEY HAVE A SCHOOL DEPARTMENT MEETING AND WATCH HOW EVERYONE OF THEM GET INVOLVED. NO WONDER THEY GET PAID AND OURS DON'T ....UNREAL
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Lynda
Advanced Member
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Posted - 02/10/2007 : 8:45:02 PM
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| Well they can't be at the Parent Teacher Nights because they need to stay home with their kids. I believe that most of their wifes are teachers. I could be wrong though. |
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massdee
Moderator
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Posted - 02/10/2007 : 9:32:49 PM
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| I know McLaughlin and Baniwietz wifes are teachers for sure, but kids are not a problem for either of them. Lester's are grown and Richie doesn't have any. I think Alconada's wife is a teacher. I know Ela's wife is a nurse. I don't know about any of the others. |
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Masterful1
Senior Member
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Posted - 02/11/2007 : 4:34:34 PM
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| Nah, they don't show up on that night because then they would have to face the parents and answer questions. Like "How do you get the koolaid stains out of your clothes"? |
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Court4Fred
Advanced Member
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Posted - 02/11/2007 : 8:07:08 PM
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| Or how about this: do you use scuba gear when you dive into the Koolaid or just a straw.... |
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Masterful1
Senior Member
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Posted - 02/12/2007 : 09:17:34 AM
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| Good one Court..LOL |
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Lynda
Advanced Member
1282 Posts |
Posted - 02/12/2007 : 2:19:00 PM
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| I am not being wise here just a simply question. How does someone without children get interested in being on the school committee? It isn't a paying job. I would think that one would get involved for the sake of their children and or their grandchildrens future. |
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Citizen Kane
Advanced Member
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Posted - 02/12/2007 : 2:25:23 PM
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Well . . . I don't think having children is a prerequisite for being concerned about their education or what happens to them in the world.
From a practical standpoint . . . your tax money goes, in part, to support the public school system, whether you have children or not. So . . . that might be an incentive for someone to run.
I'm not talking about the people who are there now, but if there's someone out there, without children, who might be interested in running for School Committee, should they be precluded simply because they don't have children? |
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Lynda
Advanced Member
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Posted - 02/12/2007 : 2:34:43 PM
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No they should absolutely not be precluded because they don't have children. I do wonder though what would interest someone, without children, in the position when there is no financial gain.
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massdee
Moderator
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Posted - 02/12/2007 : 2:52:21 PM
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| Some people truly do care even when there is no financial gain. I don't think our School Committee has had anyone like that in a very long time. Years ago, I can remember Dorothy Martin Long, I always felt she was there for all the right reasons. I don't know if she had children or not but that really doesn't mater. |
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Masterful1
Senior Member
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Posted - 02/12/2007 : 7:48:43 PM
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Looks like Joe G. got beat down in a bad way. Half the time, they do not put him on camera. Try as he may, he is only one against many. It is like watching a Day of the Dead movie, no matter how many zombies you kill, they keep coming at ya.
Personally, I would use the bazooka. LOL |
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Court4Fred
Advanced Member
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Posted - 02/13/2007 : 08:35:02 AM
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| Masterful1 - If I were Joe G, I would go in with a garlic necklace and a silver stake. That's the only way to deal with vampires. Problem solved! |
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SolidSnake
Member
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 Posted - 02/13/2007 : 6:28:17 PM
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If the School Committe starts getting paid they will also become eligible for Health Insurance from the City of Everett.
That is the law.
Although I think paying the School Committe would draw a larger field of candidates I don't know if we can afford it. |
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Masterful1
Senior Member
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Posted - 02/13/2007 : 9:58:15 PM
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| In the old days, didn't people have to pay tributes to their king? Would it be the same way if the Drool committee got paid? My liege, here is your tariff out of my pay. Thank you my Liege, I take leave of you. |
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Court4Fred
Advanced Member
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Posted - 02/14/2007 : 08:54:51 AM
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| Masterful1, the school committee already pays their liege lord, with every vote, and every time they shut their eyes to his gross incompetence. |
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TwinPeaks
Member
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Posted - 02/14/2007 : 10:17:49 AM
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| =sigh= This debate has been beaten and beaten again. Michael Moore, the controversial filmmaker, ran for and won a seat on his local school committee while still attending school. We need that here. We, the dissenters, have no credibility since we cannot (will not) affect change. Let's get some kids who have been shortchanged (and God knows, there's the majority of students that fall in that category) to sit n the committee. How can any of the weaklings on the committee argue with anyone who has recently lived the failings of Fred's fraudulent follies? Just a thought. |
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WHY???
