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  • 03/13/2010 8:45 am Carrie Adams on Inequities in Special Education:
    Stephanie and John, I forwarded this information to a spanish speaking SPED activist friend yesterday. John, I’ll email you to follow-up. Stephanie, where can I find...
  • 03/13/2010 12:12 am stephanie on Inequities in Special Education:
    John – Go straight to Joanne Mabbot and Xavier Botana with this by email/phone. Joanne has been returning my emails lately right away and she...
  • 03/11/2010 9:47 pm Bill on HS Redesign resolution: a few suggestions:
    A comment or two on Steve Duin’s Thursday column on the HS redesign: He makes a good point about partnerhips with PCC and other entities. ...
  • 03/11/2010 5:15 pm John B. Tang on Inequities in Special Education:
    Thank you, Stephanie. Let’s get connected. There are so many families who do not know who to talk to and what to do....
  • 03/11/2010 4:12 pm Stephanie Hunter on Inequities in Special Education:
    John I couldn’t agree with you more. A few situations have come to my attention for these families and one in particular an expulsion hearing...
  • 03/11/2010 3:07 pm John B. Tang on No Child Left Behind, the Basketball Version:
    Even though I agree with all of you about NCLB, but there is one area that this law is helpful. It is to hold...
  • 03/11/2010 2:54 pm John B. Tang on Inequities in Special Education:
    I read with great interest about Equity for Special Ed students. For ELL students with disabilities, it is a double whammy. For parents...
  • 03/11/2010 1:22 am stephanie on Inequities in Special Education:
    The next installment of Educating Joseph http://cheatinginclass.com/201.....ph-part-2/
  • 03/10/2010 2:48 pm John B. Tang on You Couldn’t Pay PPS to Close the Achievement Gap:
    Did I say “Fire the Title I Director”? No, I take it back because that would not be fair to her. She is...
  • 03/10/2010 11:15 am NCLBSTINKS on No Child Left Behind, the Basketball Version:
    NCLB IS A JOKE! I am sick of it. My children are not learning! They are being taught how to take a...
  • 03/10/2010 8:21 am Wacky Mommy on A veteran speaks out on STARBASE:
    Christina, we’re all over Facebook (look for CASE — Communities for Alternatives to Starbase Education) and Twitter, too (No2Starbase). It’s a nationwide problem, and a...
  • 03/10/2010 7:27 am Paul on STARBASE reauthorized on a 4-3 vote:
    The children of Afghanistan, Iraq and Palestine also get a close up look at this vehicles -just before they are run over by them. I...
  • 03/09/2010 9:16 pm Carrie Adams on STARBASE reauthorized on a 4-3 vote:
    Steve Buel…the science…what about the science?
  • 03/09/2010 9:09 pm Steve Buel on STARBASE reauthorized on a 4-3 vote:
    Geez, Carrie, I looked at the photos (click on the right side of the photo to see the next one) and they are all with...
  • 03/09/2010 9:04 pm Christina on A veteran speaks out on STARBASE:
    I just heard about the Starbase program a few days ago, but hadn’t had a chance to get online to look it up until tonight....
  • 03/09/2010 9:01 pm Steve Buel on STARBASE reauthorized on a 4-3 vote:
    Carrie, the same one they were teaching when the substitute teacher guy said the kids went out and took a look at the fighter jet.
  • 03/09/2010 8:39 pm Carrie Adams on STARBASE reauthorized on a 4-3 vote:
    Steve Buel, you’re a teacher. What science concept do you think is being taught in the pic of the children and the tank? ...
  • 03/09/2010 8:22 pm Steve Buel on STARBASE reauthorized on a 4-3 vote:
    Darn. We have a socialist president and now commies in the schools. Actually, I was referring to the cauldron of the high school design process...
  • 03/09/2010 7:48 pm Wacky Mommy on STARBASE reauthorized on a 4-3 vote:
    Buel, that cauldron is just smokin’ there’s no fruit. here’s my trip: i’m for peace in practice, not just in theory. also, i got called...
  • 03/09/2010 6:00 pm Steve Buel on STARBASE reauthorized on a 4-3 vote:
    Things are looking up. Three votes for principles. The cauldron is bearing fruit.
  • 03/09/2010 10:22 am Neisha on HS Redesign resolution: a few suggestions:
    I think people have been sending it in without that information.
  • 03/08/2010 6:57 pm Stephanie Hunter on HS Redesign resolution: a few suggestions:
    The survey asks for your full name and zip code at the end of the FYI for anyone who takes it. Not that I have...
  • 03/08/2010 6:52 pm S. Wilcox on FREE Public Education… But Please Donate at Roosevelt:
    Ok, rag on Roosevelt all you will, but Steve Duin’s commentary in the O yesterday was fabulous. He talks about what the role of...
  • 03/08/2010 6:36 pm Neisha on HS Redesign resolution: a few suggestions:
    I just wanted to post a link to a community-created survey on HS Redesign: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/M3GKJP2 Please feel free to take it. We’re trying not to have...
  • 03/07/2010 8:52 pm Rita on STARBASE rally TONIGHT!:
    Can’t wait to learn all about the “information” that the Board has learned in the intervening weeks that has convinced them that Starbase is just...
  • 03/07/2010 6:10 pm Wacky Mommy on STARBASE rally TONIGHT!:
    Hope some (or all) of you can join us — will be nice to see our “cyber friends” in real life. Music, speakers and testimony...
  • 03/07/2010 8:08 am Steve Buel on HS Redesign resolution: a few suggestions:
    I played golf yesterday with a suburban principal who said he told his supervisor he is no longer willing to play the “testing game” in...
  • 03/07/2010 7:57 am Susan on HS Redesign resolution: a few suggestions:
    Yes it is.
  • 03/07/2010 12:28 am Zarwen on HS Redesign resolution: a few suggestions:
    Actually, it’s 82nd AVENUE.
  • 03/06/2010 11:26 pm Susan on HS Redesign resolution: a few suggestions:
    Cris, I was finally able to download and listen to Carole Smith’s City Club speech and the Q&A (http://www.pdxcityclub.org/friday_forum_archive) and yeah, she skimmed over the K-8...
  • 03/06/2010 9:45 pm c.breshears on HS Redesign resolution: a few suggestions:
    Hey Carrie, should the parents at those schools have said they didn’t want the reboundaried children? I don’t understand. No matter what they might...
  • 03/06/2010 7:36 pm Steve Buel on HS Redesign resolution: a few suggestions:
    Susan, sorry to sound a little brusque and it wasn’t directed at you in any way. Obviously it is somewhat better than the k-8 procedure...
  • 03/06/2010 6:23 pm Susan on HS Redesign resolution: a few suggestions:
    Steve, I am a little giddy with spring, but I’ll have a go at why I’m encouraged with the redesign process. When the process started,...
  • 03/06/2010 5:11 pm Steve Buel on HS Redesign resolution: a few suggestions:
    Saying this process is better than the k-8’s is like saying it is better to die from a knife to the heart than a gunshot...
  • 03/06/2010 11:36 am Carrie Adams on HS Redesign resolution: a few suggestions:
    c.breshears, True, the students may have been handed to those 4 schools on a silver platter but who from those schools spoke out?
  • 03/06/2010 11:27 am Susan on HS Redesign resolution: a few suggestions:
    Cris, We look at this process compared to the K-8 reorg process and appreciate the difference. The last FAQ update (28 page doc), together with some...
  • 03/06/2010 9:34 am c.breshears on HS Redesign resolution: a few suggestions:
    It would have gone a long, long way toward building bridges if PPS had only stated this was about the “Opportunity Gap,” as Steve calls...
  • 03/06/2010 3:19 am John B. Tang on FREE Public Education… But Please Donate at Roosevelt:
    Fire the Title I Director. Her head is so big it cannot fit into her door. If she cannot do her job, then...
  • 03/05/2010 9:18 pm Susan on HS Redesign resolution: a few suggestions:
    Cris, Yes, read that before. It’s hard to let go of the bitterness of the backdoor agendas and planning, but Steve’s right about the redesign being...
  • 03/05/2010 8:29 pm Steve Rawley on HS Redesign resolution: a few suggestions:
    CB, I understand about feeling gas lighted… welcome to PPS! This has always been about campus consolidation and planning for a large facilities bond. But it...
  • 03/05/2010 7:56 pm c.breshears on HS Redesign resolution: a few suggestions:
    I just became aware of this email exchange between Ruth Adkins and Cathy Mincberg from January 2008. Perhaps you all remember this since you’ve...
  • 03/05/2010 9:44 am lek on HS Redesign resolution: a few suggestions:
    I live in the Marshal cluster and if Marshal needs to close so my kids can have a decent high school so be it. There...
  • 03/05/2010 8:42 am Carrie Adams on FREE Public Education… But Please Donate at Roosevelt:
    S. Wilcox, I’m always disappointed to hear that teachers don’t know how Title I funds can be used or how they are used in their...
  • 03/05/2010 7:20 am Steve Rawley on HS Redesign resolution: a few suggestions:
    Bill, I have argued — literally for years — that balancing enrollment is the only way to provide equity of opportunity without some new source...
  • 03/05/2010 6:43 am S. Wilcox on FREE Public Education… But Please Donate at Roosevelt:
    Can anyone tell me what Title I can be used for? I’ve looked it up, and it looks like it can be used for...
  • 03/04/2010 11:28 pm Susan on HS Redesign resolution: a few suggestions:
    Bill and Cris, On the Answers to Frequently Asked Qs, Chart 1 (page 2, with endnote on page 27) shows the current student/FTE funding, which is...
  • 03/04/2010 11:20 pm Rita on HS Redesign resolution: a few suggestions:
    Thanks, Susan.
  • 03/04/2010 10:59 pm Susan on HS Redesign resolution: a few suggestions:
    Rita, Page 21 shows current breakdown of enrollment by school type and pages 21-23 show enrollment sceanarios with school type configurations, with page 23 showing scearios...
  • 03/04/2010 10:41 pm Rita on HS Redesign resolution: a few suggestions:
    I don’t have time to pore over the 28 page document right now, but need to alert my committee, so I’m going to take the...
  • 03/04/2010 10:07 pm Stephanie Hunter on Inequities in Special Education:
    David I like how you think. I am a ‘disability is natural and not something broken that needs to be fixed’ advocate so no worries...
  • 03/04/2010 9:53 pm c.breshears on HS Redesign resolution: a few suggestions:
    Hi Bill, it is my understanding from recent discussions with ODE that the district gets set amount of money-per-student from the state. However, how PPS...
  • 03/04/2010 9:10 pm Carrie Adams on HS Redesign resolution: a few suggestions:
    Does changing the state tests from 10th grade to 11th grade enable the district to reset the NCLB clock?
  • 03/04/2010 8:48 pm Bill on HS Redesign resolution: a few suggestions:
    Excerpt from the PPS FAQ linked above: How can we put the core program in place? The most efficient way to provide this program is...
  • 03/04/2010 7:49 pm Carrie Adams on HS Redesign resolution: a few suggestions:
    Cris, sappy or not, I believe you. Nobody wants their school to close. They are the heart of communities and sadly, PPS has...
  • 03/04/2010 7:37 pm Carrie Adams on HS Redesign resolution: a few suggestions:
    Wow. That’s transparency. You don’t even have to go through a credit check to view the comments. No wonder Franklin had...
  • 03/04/2010 7:36 pm c.breshears on HS Redesign resolution: a few suggestions:
    Hi Carrie, So the Community Resolution was an effort at a united front. Something I still believe in. We knew that we couldn’t reach...
  • 03/04/2010 6:30 pm Susan on HS Redesign resolution: a few suggestions:
    Carrie, I found some info on Franklin’s take on the community resolutions. http://groups.google.com/group.....af283eb0c6 the Franklin Community Forum on HS Redesign facebook page is located here: http://groups.google.com/group/Franklin-forum
  • 03/04/2010 5:58 pm Carrie Adams on HS Redesign resolution: a few suggestions:
    c.breshears, I’m a little confused about how individual schools could write their own boundary language. Can you elaborate on that?
  • 03/04/2010 2:39 pm Carrie Adams on FREE Public Education… But Please Donate at Roosevelt:
    mom, you’re correct. Their 2010-2011 course guide includes that statement. When searching for their course guide I looked for the 09/10 which doesn’t...
  • 03/04/2010 1:07 pm mom on FREE Public Education… But Please Donate at Roosevelt:
    They have the same exact message at Lincoln. “Under Oregon law, students cannot be required to pay a fee for classes that are part of the regular...
  • 03/04/2010 10:49 am Erin Stoffel, D A D on Inequities in Special Education:
    Stephanie, Tammy Jackson said she wants to hear from parents their perspective on these ADs and if there’s anything they would like to see changed....
  • 03/04/2010 10:14 am David McDonald on Inequities in Special Education:
    What’s up with disability “awareness” demonstrations anyway? I’m talking about those exercises designed for school kids to “experience” what it’s like to live with a...
  • 03/04/2010 9:51 am c.breshears on HS Redesign resolution: a few suggestions:
    I would say, good luck to us all. It looks like we may need it.
  • 03/04/2010 9:39 am Susan on HS Redesign resolution: a few suggestions:
    c.breshears, THANK YOU! I very much appreciate your thorough answer to my question. I respectfully disagree with ctg’s conclusions and do point out that deleting language is...
  • 03/04/2010 9:19 am c.breshears on HS Redesign resolution: a few suggestions:
    Hi Susan, after reading posts from all the parents from mostly Grant (at first) and increasingly more from other schools, it became clear that no neighborhood...
  • 03/04/2010 8:38 am Susan on HS Redesign resolution: a few suggestions:
    Welcome, c.breshears. I had a question on the how the deletion of the boundary language in the community resolutions meets ctg’s goals. And which school...
  • 03/04/2010 8:30 am c.breshears on HS Redesign resolution: a few suggestions:
    The Google Group is open to all. We have Franklin, Madison, Jefferson, Grant, Cleveland, Wilson parents on there … maybe even some Lincoln, Benson...
  • 03/04/2010 7:30 am Carrie Adams on HS Redesign resolution: a few suggestions:
    Susan, do you know if the Grant Google group is still screening out non-Grant parents? In January, Suzanne asked members to give her the...
  • 03/04/2010 7:04 am Susan on HS Redesign resolution: a few suggestions:
    Stephanie, There’s an interesting comment from Frank on Beth Slovic’s blog re the Mayor’s meeting with ctg. I belive he is a signer/writer of the community...
  • 03/03/2010 11:55 pm Stephanie Hunter on Inequities in Special Education:
    moonlighting – Agreed and Steve’s input is a good framework for that and in my crystal ball I see a cup of coffee with Steve...
  • 03/03/2010 10:52 pm vargasgarcia on HS Redesign resolution: a few suggestions:
    Hey all, here’s the latest from PPS regarding the redesign. The “Packet of Information” includes: 1. A review of past and future enrollment projections and their...
  • 03/03/2010 8:54 pm moonlighting on Inequities in Special Education:
    Hi DAD I would love to hear more about your thoughts. And Stephanie I think disability awareness month is great but lets not just do...
  • 03/03/2010 7:01 pm Susan on HS Redesign resolution: a few suggestions:
    Thanks for posting that link mom. I needed a ray of sunshine today.
  • 03/03/2010 6:14 pm mom on HS Redesign resolution: a few suggestions:
    http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03.....ch.html?em Guess she talked to some teachers?
  • 03/03/2010 4:26 pm Erin Stoffel, D A D on Inequities in Special Education:
    Stephanie, went to the focus group meeting today. recorded the meeting and took notes; essentially mixed feelings. The new directives do seem well intended and...
  • 03/03/2010 2:57 pm Steve Buel on Inequities in Special Education:
    Stephanie, several years ago when I was at Lane M.S. I organized a school wide 3 week, once a day kind of workshop, for kids,...
  • 03/03/2010 11:56 am marcia on Teacher contract approved: What’s it mean for teachers?:
    Yes, and now the district faces a huge headache in figuring out all that retroactive pay…So silly.
  • 03/03/2010 10:04 am stephanie on HS Redesign resolution: a few suggestions:
    Susan thanks for staying focused on this. I agree we can’t base our opinions on a random comment on a google group even if it...
  • 03/03/2010 9:41 am Susan on HS Redesign resolution: a few suggestions:
    Zarwen, Your point is well taken. Unfortunately, I still don’t have an answer to my original question: who wrote the community resolutions, who were the representatives from...
  • 03/03/2010 9:31 am Zarwen on HS Redesign resolution: a few suggestions:
    Susan, You’re right that the writer of the “premium” comment is ONE of the group leaders, but not the only one. Being a “leader” ...
  • 03/03/2010 8:56 am lek on Inequities in Special Education:
    Stephanie i support you one hundred percent. I got to do a presentation last year to my sons class, about autism. The kids were very...
  • 03/03/2010 8:52 am Susan on HS Redesign resolution: a few suggestions:
    Oops. I mean dissenter. Although I am feeling a little off de’ center.
  • 03/03/2010 8:50 am Susan on HS Redesign resolution: a few suggestions:
    vargasgarcia, Absolutely again! My experience is weeks old. Surely, the posts are in the archive on the grant google group. At that time, I was the...
  • 03/03/2010 8:43 am stephanie on Inequities in Special Education:
    Thanks for the speedy support – getting a little misty over here from the love I will get started and see if the special...
  • 03/03/2010 8:31 am Bill on Inequities in Special Education:
    Stephanie, I think your idea is wonderful. I am a special education teacher in the district and I think that it is a great idea to...
  • 03/03/2010 8:28 am Carrie Adams on Inequities in Special Education:
    Stephanie – I would support that.
  • 03/03/2010 8:18 am stephanie on Inequities in Special Education:
    I am working on my written testimony for the draft administrative directives on discipline and had a thought. Would the folks here back me up on...
  • 03/03/2010 8:04 am vargasgarcia on HS Redesign resolution: a few suggestions:
    in regards to Bill’s question: wait a second Susan, you said earlier you unsubscribed from CTG ages ago. I’m still on there and haven’t read...
  • 03/03/2010 6:36 am Carrie Adams on HS Redesign resolution: a few suggestions:
    Maybe I missed this but who paid for the Don’t Mess With My School yard signs? Does the Close the Gap group have a spokesperson?...
  • 03/03/2010 6:34 am Steve Buel on HS Redesign resolution: a few suggestions:
    Seems to me the best use for existing campi (just kidding, Rita)would be a school since that is the present design.
  • 03/03/2010 12:29 am Rita on HS Redesign resolution: a few suggestions:
    By the way, I just took the PPS survey on the redesign. http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22AAJ7T8SM3 For those of you who haven’t taken it yet, it claims to be...
  • 03/02/2010 11:38 pm Susan on HS Redesign resolution: a few suggestions:
    Rita, Absolutely. My experience while on the grant google group was that the “paid a premium” poster was one of the leaders. Can anyone from ctg clarify?
  • 03/02/2010 11:14 pm Rita on HS Redesign resolution: a few suggestions:
    I’m not part of CTG at all, but I’d just like to caution people against leaping to conclusions about a group based on a few...
  • 03/02/2010 11:09 pm Susan on HS Redesign resolution: a few suggestions:
    Bill, No.
  • 03/02/2010 11:08 pm Susan on HS Redesign resolution: a few suggestions:
    Stephanie, I’m feelin’ you girl! Just want you to know that I’ve learned a lot from your posts and admire your ability to keep our special...
  • 03/02/2010 11:04 pm Bill on HS Redesign resolution: a few suggestions:
    Has ctg explicitly condemned obscene comments such as the “We paid a premium” post?”
  • 03/02/2010 10:59 pm Susan on HS Redesign resolution: a few suggestions:
    Ellyn, Thanks for posting your comments on ctg’s goals vs. boundary revisions. My take is that boundaries around the overcrowded and critically under-enrolled K-8s should have...
  • 03/02/2010 9:48 pm Zarwen on HS Redesign resolution: a few suggestions:
    You’re welcome, but don’t hold your breath on the data!
  • 03/02/2010 9:14 pm vargasgarcia on HS Redesign resolution: a few suggestions:
    And thank you Zarwen for stating so succinctly and clearly what so many of us question about Carole Smith’s resolution. Hopefully the data Zeke Smith...
  • 03/02/2010 8:52 pm vargasgarcia on HS Redesign resolution: a few suggestions:
    To Carrie Adams, why would you think CTG wouldn’t want our kids to mingle? I’ve been on their site from close to the beginning when...