--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "bluebishop82" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
>
Well said
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" <asburydogma@> 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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