Me silent? Freddy boy! I've talked myself blue in the face about
the school system.
Frank D is a great guy and my hero for saving one of only two
truly "historic" buildings in Asbury Park.
However, we could have 9 Franks on the Board of Ed and we will only
make so much progress, because from his Bd of Ed seat, Frank can't
change the real problem: The segregation in AP High School is STATE
SPONSORED. "State Sponsored" is the important part there, and it is
the case due to a ruling by the Commmissioner of Education which de
facto ordered the segregation of APHS.
Until a Federal Court suit is filed challanging the Commissioner of
Education's ruling that allowed kids from our sending district to be
bused to other public high schools (Red Bank Regional) nothing will
truly change in Asbury. Segregation of Asbury Park's children is
crippling to the whole City.
What was the Commissioner's reason in his ruling?: He found that
little Johnny Whitebread from Avon has a RIGHT (!) to learn the oboe
and other instruments he will never touch again after high school,
which outweigh's the black kids in Asbury's right to be in a
desegregated school. Even if you are not a constitutional law
expert you have to know that the Commissioner violated Brown v Board
of Education with that ruling.
That ruling was 10 years ago. Since then APHS segregated. We are
at 10 years and counting and still our Board of Ed has not filed a
Federal Lawsuit.
IF I recall correctly the current Bd of Ed attorney was the attorney
two administrations ago. He billed $750,000 in 14 months. The last
adminsitration's attorney billed $500,000 in 12 months. Now the one
who billed $750,000 has the job again, and I don't know how much he
has billed so far, but I know he wasn't the lowest bidder for the
job.
All of that money and it isn't enough money for this guy to include
the lawsuit to end segregation? Isn't he getting paid enough?
I love and hate to laugh at all the self appointed "liberal
avtivists" trying to help the poor in this City. The 1960's had
real liberal activists: Martin Luther King, Jr., Bobby Kennedy,
etc. Honorable people who helped others. If there was a segregated
school in the 1960's, liberal activists would be parachuting in here
to change it. Today's liberal activists, as Chris Rock pointed out,
act like a bunch of substitute teachers.
So there is your answer. While this City's school stays segregated,
Frank won't be able to fix it, and $80 million Abbott budget hasn't
been able to fix it. Only a Federal lawsuit will fix it, just like
it fixed the schools involved in Brown v Bd of Ed.
God Bless Thurgood Marshall (how ironic that we named a school after
the man who won Brown v Bd of Ed but we dishonor his legacy by
ignoring the segregation he defeated).
Very truly yours,
Not so silent.
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Fred" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "bluebishop82" <bluebishop82@>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> Tommy why are you silent when it comes to the School System? I
know
> you must have an opinion.
>
>
>
>
> Or perhaps a whole police station on Springwood Ave and a
substation
> > in an area where there is less crime. ;-)
> >
> >
> > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Fred" <asburydogma@> wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "curtincarolyn" <ccstylin@>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > The City need a Police sub-station right smack in the middle
of
> > that
> > > Dewitt Ave area.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > As a 24/7 resident of AP for the last 4 yrs I can tell you,
> > without
> > > > hesitation, that since Jan when Deputy Chief Kinmon and
> > Inspector
> > > Van
> > > > Buren took over the Police Dept I see a constant day to day
> > > > presence...There are many new systems being implimented and
> > > considering
> > > > generations of corrupt government, poor system management and
> > > > irresponsible parenting I am seeing swift improvements....It
is
> > > truely a
> > > > shame however, that there are still going to be casualties
of
> > what
> > > was
> > > > allowed to go on here for WAY TOO LONG!!......Just what I
see
> > from
> > > where
> > > > I sit....
> > > >
> > > > Carolyn Curtin
> > > > Asbury Ave
> > > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "oakdorf" <oakdorf@>
wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > keep them in jail longer
> > > > >
> > > > > There has to be a stronger police presence - day after
day.
> > More
> > > buy
> > > > and bust oeprations.
> > > > > Cameras on the streets.
> > > > >
> > > > > Time to clean sweep, street by street.
> > > > >
> > > > > Do what they did elsewhere. Knock'em down and rebuild with
> less
> > > > density. Build new
> > > > > affordable housing. With all those millions poured into
the
> > > schools.
> > > > >
> > > > > Pay each family whose kid is going into highschool $80k
(20k
> x
> > 4)
> > > to
> > > > find them a new school.
> > > > > you can pay the families rent and education expenses.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
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