Wednesday, June 6, 2018
One can go to the link below to watch a video of Newstalk KGVO's video on an open phones day. That is when the hosts, Peter Christian and Jon King take calls on any topic. This is a great forum to get out a person's opinion.
In the middle of the show, there was a discussion on the International Baccalaureate program, both pro, and con.
https://www.facebook.com/newstalkkgvo/videos/1683921114988609/
Monday, June 4, 2018
Missoulian letter to the editior - "Demolition of Willard School" in the June 4, 2018 issue
http://missoulian.com/opinion/letters/demolition-of-willard-school/article_72e55acd-e3ec-57e0-898c-fc3c80970f93.html
Click on the link above to read a letter to the editor regarding the demolition of a Missoula icon, Willard School.
As a long-time Missoulian and a Missoula school watchdog (basically following MCPS school business since 2004 when the disastrous 3-school closures on the north side of Missoula dramatically affected my family) I am very sad that the school district even contemplated the demolition of this wonderful school.
A quote from the letter written by Missoula resident Lani Gallegos follows -
Oops - I just lost entire paragraphs of very profound info/opinion - Ha!
So - since I have limited time for this blog, unfortunately. I will have to condense the profound sentences that were deleted 😏. What I brought up was that this school district has a history of not listening to its constituents going back (and probably further) to the middle school fiasco - that of reconfiguring our school district from a 1-8th or K-8th grade set up to an elementary/middle school set up. There was considerable opposition to the middle school model, yet, the school board in the early 80's went through with the change.
In one paragraph that mysteriously disappeared while writing this post is the issue of tyranny. The definition of tyranny taken from the Websters dictionary is, "unjust use of absolute government power". Isn't this what is going on here? Isn't this what has been going on in much of Missoula County Public Schools business? My observations as a person who has followed the district off and on for the last two decades and as a MCPS grad is "yes', and definitely "yes"!
Click on the link above to read a letter to the editor regarding the demolition of a Missoula icon, Willard School.
As a long-time Missoulian and a Missoula school watchdog (basically following MCPS school business since 2004 when the disastrous 3-school closures on the north side of Missoula dramatically affected my family) I am very sad that the school district even contemplated the demolition of this wonderful school.
A quote from the letter written by Missoula resident Lani Gallegos follows -
"Residents and neighbors in the area are sickened and disheartened to see the iconic building go. Voices were raised during a community meeting, but fell on deaf ears, with little adjustments made to the plan based on residents concerns."
Oops - I just lost entire paragraphs of very profound info/opinion - Ha!
So - since I have limited time for this blog, unfortunately. I will have to condense the profound sentences that were deleted 😏. What I brought up was that this school district has a history of not listening to its constituents going back (and probably further) to the middle school fiasco - that of reconfiguring our school district from a 1-8th or K-8th grade set up to an elementary/middle school set up. There was considerable opposition to the middle school model, yet, the school board in the early 80's went through with the change.
In one paragraph that mysteriously disappeared while writing this post is the issue of tyranny. The definition of tyranny taken from the Websters dictionary is, "unjust use of absolute government power". Isn't this what is going on here? Isn't this what has been going on in much of Missoula County Public Schools business? My observations as a person who has followed the district off and on for the last two decades and as a MCPS grad is "yes', and definitely "yes"!
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