Tommy, Be real. Your family is from this district and my family is from this district. You all graduated from the High School. Do you really want to see your alma mater "dismantled?" And have all these kids sent all over the county? Some of the comments are right. The kids in these other towns have no identity to a town that has no school system; ie: Interlaken. The solution is not to run, the solution is to get involved. If running is getting involved, than so be it. I am in the system everyday. I know there is no leadership, nor has there been any real leadership in the High School and Middle School for years. Maybe, if some people get involved, and make the right recommendations, there can be effective change put in place. that's what it takes.
Let's get back to the real issue. "Dismantling" is not going to happen. And it's not just because I represent these members and would not want them to lose their jobs. We also stand up for the saftey and well being of the students too. You that we try to get involved in as many positive projects as possible in this district. There needs to be a core group of people that come together, community, clergy, politicians, staff members, and business owners to begin to come up with solutions to the problems that plague the district. If getting behind candidates is the solution to fixing the problems, than that's what has to be done. Everyone needs to be involved. You know it all comes down to politics. --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "justifiedright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > apeaexec1, > > Why is your solution always "run for the board of ed"? Why, so > another crop of people can fight with the administration while the > kids go nowhere? > > We're way past that. > > It's time to end it all. No sense wasting more youth while we check > our watches waiting for developments that might come way down the > road. Been there done that. > > We can give these kids better schools by sending them to better > schools right away. > > It's the best plan for the kids. > > Don't worry, there will be plenty of placement for union members in > the other schools. ;-) > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "apeaexec1" <apeaexec1@> wrote: > > > > 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" <justifiedright@> > > 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 --------------------~--> Great things are happening at Yahoo! Groups. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/lOt0.A/hOaOAA/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! 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