--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "asburycouple" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >
Good debate goig on here. I'm with you on this one Tom. I've been advocating state takeover > but that's no great solution either. I think this is a better way to > go. Bottom line is that this is so broken there's no fixing it as it > is today. The reccomendation you have been advocating, and now > apparently the APP is, seems like a viable solution to proving better > learning opportunities for APP kids. > > And Werner, I would tend to believe it is better to provide a good > educational opportunity regionally then to fail our kids because we > are worried about the "identity of a community's children" being > sacrificed. How many decades does it take to demonstrate that this > school system will not solve it's own problems. How many generations > of kids should we sacrifice to keep local control? What is the > community identity left for these kids by a failed school system? > > Tom makes a good point below about the other towns who don't have > their own HS - doesn't seem to be a problem there. So why would it > be for our kids? > > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "justifiedright" > <justifiedright@> wrote: > > > > Right Werner, because kids from Spring Lake, Sea Girt, Interlaken > and > > the rest suffer such great identity problems from being bused out > of > > their towms to go school. You can just see it in the way kids from > > those towns struggle in life. Just no identity to be proud of. > > > > Good grief. > > > > Let me tell you something right now. The worst thing that could > > happen to this debate is to let psychobabble about community > identity > > obfuscate this issue. > > > > How many generations of Asbury Park kids would you like to see > suffer > > in the name of this identity issue you raise? > > > > Besides, pride comes from being a part of something good. This > school > > situation is not good for them. > > > > > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "wernerapnj" <wernerapnj@> wrote: > > > > > > Close the HS ? > > > > > > What a terrible idea. The identity of a community's children and > > young adults is tied to the > > > educational system. Bus them out of town, make really feel like > they > > are not wanted here? > > > > > > Certainly there are better social solutions that closure. > > Privatization was discussed here, a > > > 'high tech' and vocational school was proposed by me. > > > > > > Werner > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Check out the new improvements in Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/4It09A/fOaOAA/yQLSAA/Y2tolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
