Monday, November 23, 2015
Friday, November 6, 2015
Nick Salmon - Coordinator of Missoula County Public Schools "Smart Schools 2020 Facilty Report - featured in the following profile -"Share This Profile"
Nick Salmon was hired by Missoula County Public Schools to coordinate a large project dealing
with the district's school buildings and properties. This study was spread out over a two year period.
When I attended some of the MCPS meetings lead by Nick Salmon, who is employed by CTA Architects in Missoula, I was troubled by some of his suggestions. Glass classrooms. Multiple lunch areas. Group learning areas and other unfamiliar school environments.
It did seem that there was an agenda behind his work as it smacked of something so much "out of the ordinary".
If one reads the profile on Nick Salmon it explains a lot. Salmon has done work for and is connected to Smart Growth. Smart Growth is a concept of city planning which has garnered a lot of controversy when it is introduced into a community.
This revelation, that of Nick Salmon being connected to the Smart Growth idea of planning should make citizens pause when voting for the huge bond being brought before the voters this November.
A clue to Nick Salmon's ties to Smart Growth also resides in the name of the study for which he was responsible -
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with the district's school buildings and properties. This study was spread out over a two year period.
When I attended some of the MCPS meetings lead by Nick Salmon, who is employed by CTA Architects in Missoula, I was troubled by some of his suggestions. Glass classrooms. Multiple lunch areas. Group learning areas and other unfamiliar school environments.
It did seem that there was an agenda behind his work as it smacked of something so much "out of the ordinary".
If one reads the profile on Nick Salmon it explains a lot. Salmon has done work for and is connected to Smart Growth. Smart Growth is a concept of city planning which has garnered a lot of controversy when it is introduced into a community.
This revelation, that of Nick Salmon being connected to the Smart Growth idea of planning should make citizens pause when voting for the huge bond being brought before the voters this November.
A clue to Nick Salmon's ties to Smart Growth also resides in the name of the study for which he was responsible -
"Smart Schools 2010"
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Rosemary Harrison's Bombshell to Missoula - the 158 million dollar bond passed on November 4, 2015
I've mentioned in many of my blog posts both on the Prescott School Missoula blog and the Missoula schools watchdog and Missoula school watchdog blogs (all using the Blogger blogging program)problems caused to the school district by former MCPS Trustee
Rosemary Harrison.
Former MCPS Trustee, Rosemary Harrison, has another feather in her cap, on the number of schools she has closed. In this latest school closure, that of Cold Springs, she, and I am suspecting it was her, wisely on her part, avoided the "C" word (closure) by sneakily (her and Clark's modus operani during her stint on the Board with her good friend and partner in crime - former Superintendent Jim Clark) actions, voted to close another school, Cold Springs.
Missoula school watchdog, because of my experiences both as a victim of the 2004 school closures and as a watchdog of MCPS is, on this blog post with the above substantiation, am accusing Rosemary Harrison responsible for a large part if not the instigating person of this 158 million dollar bond.
For this reason, Missoula school watchdog is calling this 158 million dollar bond a scandal and is also calling for an investigation of the bond procedure with looking into the actions of Rosemary Harrison during this process and her role in the process.
I feel that I
need to add more about this woman who has done such harm to our school district
and to our city.
Former Trustee
and Former MCPS Board Chair Rosemary Harrison:
Voted to close
Emma Dickinson School in the late 1990's in a rushed process (2 weeks) -
Voted to close
Roosevelt School in the late 1990's in a rushed process -
Voted to lease
Roosevelt School immediately after the closure to a private school for what
many think was a sweetheart deal in a rushed process -
Voted to sell
Roosevelt School in 2005 for what many say was again, was a sweetheart deal (sale price was
based on the sweetheart lease rate) in a rushed process -
Voted to close
Prescott two or three times (2001 and 2003) (these closures were reversed after the spring
elections) -
Voted to close
three schools in the northeast part of our city in 2004. There was a second
vote on these closures due to a forced repeat meeting due to violations by her
and other trustees in the closure process -
Voted to lease
yet another one of our public schools which she voted to close to a private
school. Harrison voted to privatize two of our public schools, Roosevelt to a
religious school which violates the state constitution and Prescott School to
Missoula International School. Both of these private school remain to this day
in two schools which we owned for years, one school for more than a century(Prescott).
And now -
because we Missoulians, some oblivious to this woman's disloyal and
irresponsible actions, voted to close another school, Cold Springs.
Former MCPS Trustee, Rosemary Harrison, has another feather in her cap, on the number of schools she has closed. In this latest school closure, that of Cold Springs, she, and I am suspecting it was her, wisely on her part, avoided the "C" word (closure) by sneakily (her and Clark's modus operani during her stint on the Board with her good friend and partner in crime - former Superintendent Jim Clark) actions, voted to close another school, Cold Springs.
Missoula school watchdog, because of my experiences both as a victim of the 2004 school closures and as a watchdog of MCPS is, on this blog post with the above substantiation, am accusing Rosemary Harrison responsible for a large part if not the instigating person of this 158 million dollar bond.
For this reason, Missoula school watchdog is calling this 158 million dollar bond a scandal and is also calling for an investigation of the bond procedure with looking into the actions of Rosemary Harrison during this process and her role in the process.
Wednesday, November 4, 2015
Psychopolitics: Using Education to Change Your Children’s Values
Hello Missoulians,
Last night some of our citizens voted for two bonds for a total of 158.million dollars. As I follow one of Missoula's venue's for free speech to listen to other Missoulians - that is KGVO's Talk Back show from 8:30 to 10:00 a.m on 1290am.
This morning the show focused for awhile on the school bond election and Clair shared this with the Talk Back Face Book page. She always comes up with some great links on what is going on behind the scenes of our politics, etc.
Click on the link below to read this interesting article. I haven't read it, however, I thought I'd share it with my watchdog readers.
Psychopolitics: Using Education to Change Your Children’s Values
Last night some of our citizens voted for two bonds for a total of 158.million dollars. As I follow one of Missoula's venue's for free speech to listen to other Missoulians - that is KGVO's Talk Back show from 8:30 to 10:00 a.m on 1290am.
This morning the show focused for awhile on the school bond election and Clair shared this with the Talk Back Face Book page. She always comes up with some great links on what is going on behind the scenes of our politics, etc.
Click on the link below to read this interesting article. I haven't read it, however, I thought I'd share it with my watchdog readers.
Psychopolitics: Using Education to Change Your Children’s Values
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