I am glad to see that there is finally a spirited debate in regard to the Asbury Park School District. I guess we can call it the "Tommy Plan?" As for the school being "dismantled", that is absolutely insane. It will never happen. We all know it and it is ridiculous to think it will happen. Regionalization may considered way down the line, but it will take years to happen. Especially with the pitviper lawyers out there chomping at the bit to get a piece of this legal action from the surrounding towns. Tommy, you know that's going to happen. It isn't possible for this to happen in "4" months. We need to have a plan in place now.
The High School, Middle School and Alternative Middle School are in chaos. Without strong leadership from the top down, this will never be fixed. Lewis was the cause of this entire debacle. When he took over in 1999, the scores began to plummett, drastically. There has been no strong leadership in this district in any of the years that Lewis has been in charge. We need strong leaders in all these schools. He has constantly hired weak links that he could control. This is a total recipe for disaster. We need the strong leaders in here now to begin to fix the problems. As for hiring a Ferina from LB, the staff fear him, they don't necessarily like him. You can't run a district on fear and intimidation like Lewis did for all his years here. I believe that people that are interested in the well being of the staff and students, they need to run for the BOE. The filing deadline is 4pm today. You need 10 signatures. This is a pivotal year. 5 seats are up and it can totally change. It's time to get some stability in here now.--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "justifiedright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Denise you are right to point that out. > > Under my plan, the High School Students get split among 7 area > schools: > > Manasquan, Wall, Neptune, Ocean, Long Branch, Shore Regional and Red > Bank Regional. > > Also some of the Charter and specialty schools could be utilized. > > I'm betting we could get the number of students each school as to > absorb down to 15 to 20 per grade, so as not to overburden any > school with too much immediate growth. > > > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Denise" <denisemchd@> wrote: > > > > -To get to LB do you not have to travel through Ocean? > > -- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Fred" <asburydogma@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "wernerapnj" <wernerapnj@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I would have to agree with you Werner. Keep the K-8 they have a > > > chance if the BOE switches to K-8 schools. The High School kids > > > should be bus out to L.B. and Neptune they overbuilt their new > > > schools by a couple hundred kids each. But first, both Supers. > have > > > to go. They should try and hire the LB Super. He may have a big > > ego > > > but he has the respect of the Teachers and he gets the job done. > He > > > walks the walk. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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 --------------------~--> Yahoo! Groups gets a make over. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/hOt0.A/lOaOAA/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/
