I have no doubt there are problems with the STAR tests. I'd like to see those problems fixed rather than the entire concept thrown out. I really doubt they're...
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bedwellr
Apr 1, 2006 6:40 pm
Marilyn writes: "If massive numbers of teachers, with strong parental and student support, declared that instead of administering the tests, they were going to...
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sunsetjill
Apr 1, 2006 6:44 pm
Dear Kevin, I wish you would be more specific about which non-profit. I have seen this in the past. I tried to reach out and let the public know. I think we...
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sunsetjill
Apr 1, 2006 7:22 pm
Marilyn writes: "If massive numbers of teachers, with strong parental and student support, declared that instead of administering the tests, they were going to...
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ladyluvslife67@...
ladyluvslife67
Apr 1, 2006 8:15 pm
Hello List Members, While petitions are not the most effective way to be heard, I found the comments of the people who signed it quite interesting. _Leave No...
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sunsetjill
Apr 1, 2006 9:33 pm
Thank You so much!!!!!! I have only had a few minutes to look at it, but find it very interesting. It's my opinion, though that WCCUSD has received a good...
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ladyluvslife67
Apr 1, 2006 9:53 pm
Hey Jill Your so Welcome! A few years ago, many teachers here were freaking about NCLB and what would happen to our kids in a district such as ours. I as a...
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ladyluvslife67
Apr 1, 2006 9:58 pm
I don't have my copy of the board packet yet Lemme Guess Bay Area Community Resources (BACR) Mr. Rivard, remember Glen Price stands by this organization and...
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Elizabeth Jaeger
elizabeth_ja...
Apr 1, 2006 10:49 pm
... parental ... tests, ... back ... people ... as ... accountability ... from ... why ... wave ... and ... students ... better ... This ... work ... tests ......
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Elizabeth Jaeger
elizabeth_ja...
Apr 1, 2006 10:50 pm
I would only ask for evidence of the improvement you site. ... parental ... tests, ... back ... people ... as ... accountability ... from ... why ... wave ... ...
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Elizabeth Jaeger
elizabeth_ja...
Apr 1, 2006 10:56 pm
I would gladly sign a petition to revoke or seriously re-work NCLB, but I can't sign a petition to fully fund it. If we think things are bad now, I can only...
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ladyluvslife67
Apr 2, 2006 1:07 am
Thanks Elizabeth for your most valuable teacher perspective. If more parents actually CARED what was going on in the classroom, then "No Child Left Behind"...
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Kevin Rivard
kfrivard50
Apr 2, 2006 5:16 am
On Page 51 of 195, on the Professional Consultant's page, in this week's Board Packet for those who have not received it yet is the following: ...
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ladyluvslife67
Apr 2, 2006 4:24 pm
Well doesn't this mean they can't be a non-profit anymore???? If the district is giving them almost a half of a million dollars??? And I thought they were also...
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zoabird
Apr 2, 2006 8:39 pm
Subject: Traffic Mitigations Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 10:53:11 -0800 From: "Karen Pinkos" <kpinkos@...> Add to Address Book Add Mobile Alert ...
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Marilyn Langlois
marilynlangl...
Apr 3, 2006 3:50 am
Dear Ralph-- You raise some very important points. I actually agree with you that many schools lacked positive learning communities before the recent spate of...
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Eduardo Martinez
ezedmartin
Apr 3, 2006 2:14 pm
If the money given is used to pay costs like inflated administrative salaries, they can still be non-profit. Thee are many ways to gobble money to prevent...
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wccusdtalk_historian
wccusdtalk_h...
Apr 4, 2006 12:09 am
However you can get a hold of this information, several important issues are topic of discussion. ~*~*~*ARCHIVED DISCUSSIONS will be posted on major items of...
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sunsetjill
Apr 4, 2006 2:50 am
I wish I had mine. On March 15, 2006 Board meeting, I received my Board Packet March 14, 2006. While I tried to speak on several Items and were making my...
7308
sunsetjill
Apr 4, 2006 3:31 am
I am seeing a lot of administrators and other staff retire this year. I would like to see a complete list of all retirements and if they have qualified for...
7309
sunsetjill
Apr 4, 2006 3:46 am
Ok I gave 1 last ditch effort and a week of patience. Here is what i wrote Glen Price 1 week ago. Dear Glen, I have no contacts in this district. I am sure...
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Charley Cowens
charley_cowens
Apr 4, 2006 6:04 am
Rebecca- I've been sick for a while, so I haven't really been checking wccusdtalk. Now, that I read this again I realize I may have been a little overly...
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Charley Cowens
charley_cowens
Apr 4, 2006 6:31 am
Alicia- The Whittier Foundation has been trying to get access to some part of the ROP (categorical vocational ed.) money that is allocated for students in the...
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Tammera Campbell
tammeracampbell
Apr 4, 2006 1:58 pm
Jill, I think we can assume that since we are about to get a new superintendent who will more than likely bring on his/her own people leads to the departure of...
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sunsetjill
Apr 4, 2006 2:39 pm
Tammy, I am well aware of the Health Benifit problem. I myself have had no Medical Insurance for over 4 years. I paid my cobra and when it ended, I failed to...
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ladyluvslife67
Apr 4, 2006 4:45 pm
Charley- Thanks so much, look forward to hearing soon. And I hope you are feeling better. I do remember TF kicking off classes called ROP classes over at ECHS...
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Sharon J.
sj_jpm
Apr 4, 2006 6:12 pm
I was at the Harding Elementary PTA meeting last night and we got a heads up that there is an effort underway to make school uniforms mandatory district-wide. ...
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Cathy Travlos
c_travlos
Apr 4, 2006 6:57 pm
The 2005 TF class had kids from both ECHS and Kennedy. It's a 2 year program, so maybe the kids at Richmond are only in the first year. Cathy...
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Tammera Campbell
tammeracampbell
Apr 4, 2006 7:37 pm
Jill, Under the old agreement you did not need to work for the district for five years, you just needed to be vested for five years with the public employees...
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Tammera Campbell
tammeracampbell
Apr 4, 2006 7:46 pm
I can understand the concern for special ed students and foreign speaking students passing the standardized tests and high school exit exams, but frankly folks...
