Comments on: Breaking: three-alarm fire at Marysville

By: Rita

Rita — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:57:15 +0000

That was a great New Yorker article. I recommend it, too.

By: Steve Rawley

Steve Rawley — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:08:06 +0000

I doubt we'll ever know for sure. Fire investigations are far less scientific than most people think. Here's a fascinating article in the New Yorker from last September on the topic.

By: Zarwen

Zarwen — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:54:27 +0000

This link, dated Jan. 4, says the cause is “still undetermined”:

http://www.pps.k12.or.us/news/2425.htm

By: Carrie Adams

Carrie Adams — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:52:17 +0000

Has anyone heard an update on the cause of the Marysville fire?

By: marcia

marcia — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:32:13 +0000

The art teacher at our school also said to make sure that people realize ART is not listed as an option on the school redesign agendas.

By: marcia

marcia — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:30:58 +0000

Same ol, same ol

By: pdxmomto2

pdxmomto2 — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 03:50:47 +0000

To add to the rumor mill…a parent of a TAG Access @Sabin student was told that the program and and Access @ Grant program may both be moving to Jefferson . . . I too believe someone has a plan for EXACTLY what everything will look like … they just aren’t talking, they want the appearance of community involvement.

By: Miss Merry Sunshine

Miss Merry Sunshine — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:10:25 +0000

Amen Joe Hill–you can bet that “your foundation can buy it crap” just perpetuates the rich/poor, minority/majority crap—just more of the same status quo.

Based on previous experience for the past decade or so, I’ll put my money on the hunch that this redesign is quite fully planned out, but we won’t hear about it until the last minutes–the rumor among teachers is that the key administrative players have already decided what they are going to do. The level of distrust in this district for administrative staff is the worse I’ve seen it in three decades. Does anyone out there trust these people? Do THEY have any idea what they must do to earn the trust of their teachers, workers, community? Do they CARE? Especially since we now have some Broad people at the top? We’re just another business….

By: Joe Hill

Joe Hill — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:27:03 +0000

If there is IB at Lincoln and or Cleveland or any other “white” neighborhood, then by God I want to see it at Jefferson, Madison, Marshall, and Madison.

Everything or nothing. All of us or none of us. No more of this “your foundation can buy it” crap.

By: SR

SR — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:07:52 +0000

Here’s the link to the PDC/Lincoln document. http://www.pdc.us/pdf/future-o.....tation.pdf.

I’ll bet if Lincoln closes it’s only until the new building is ready.