[AsburyPark] RBR

2007-02-27 Thread oakdorf
RBR actaully has requirements to "get in" their program. They took the time and resources to create a good program , so they say, in in the arts, math etc. I've heard good and bad. Don't think ALL the kids go there. A handful. Probably even a handful of african american students are "sent" th

[AsburyPark] Re: beirut by the sea

2007-02-27 Thread justifiedright
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Traderdube <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Please do me two favors, explain what your referring to RBR RBR is short for Red Bank Regional, where the white kids that are supposed to be in Asbury Park High School are being bused to. >and would > you, or anyone, e

[AsburyPark] beirut by the sea

2007-02-27 Thread Traderdube
Tommy, you keep referring to Red Bank Regional, " Red Bank Regional isn't private. It's an out of district public school, taking all the white kids from Asbury's home district. That's gotta stop." Please do me two favors, explain what your referring to RBR and, would you, or anyone, explain wha

[AsburyPark] I'm talking to walls here

2007-02-27 Thread justifiedright
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "apeaexec1" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here's the reason that I was given. Asbury does not offer the >same > programs that RBR has. John That's what the Commissioner's Ruling said in 1996 - better music in Red Bank. That's not a good enough reason to se

[AsburyPark] Re: REad the article again and again:

2007-02-27 Thread justifiedright
I'm with you on vouchers. I'd love to see it happen. --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "oakdorf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > At what point is educational opportunity considered equal? > > Shouldn't a kid and parent be held repsonsible for reaching that goal? > > TD - - how about closing t

[AsburyPark] Re: tax payers and schools

2007-02-27 Thread Jim
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "apeaexec1" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think I would rather be in Iraq. But I have never been there, so who > knows what the difference. I like the idea of the cops, however, they > were there after the October shooting. They were supposed to stay all

[AsburyPark] Re: tax payers and schools

2007-02-27 Thread apeaexec1
I think I would rather be in Iraq. But I have never been there, so who knows what the difference. I like the idea of the cops, however, they were there after the October shooting. They were supposed to stay all year. Now the staff members are saying they are gone. I am not sure how far a S

Re: [AsburyPark] Re: Whats the deal with Wesley Grove?

2007-02-27 Thread charlie leonard
" I'd like to know if those "sold" signs are actually valid, or something placed there to give the perception of a sale." i know many developers sometimes over exagerate their progress, hoping to attract new buyers, but what reason do you have to feel that wesley really hasnt sold what th

[AsburyPark] Re: tax payers and schools

2007-02-27 Thread oakdorf
Bring in the national guard. I'm sure there are few guys in Iraq who'd rather stand in the hallway here. How about bringing the police. Drastic, if you say it is bad then why wait. YOu have a state of emergency, don't you? Since the Paramount or CHall is not being used, how about shipping the

[AsburyPark] Re: REad the article again and again:

2007-02-27 Thread oakdorf
At what point is educational opportunity considered equal? Shouldn't a kid and parent be held repsonsible for reaching that goal? TD - - how about closing the high school and giving each parent $13k per kid voucher to go anywhere they want? With the savings vs. AP spending, there is even relo

[AsburyPark] Re: tax payers and schools

2007-02-27 Thread apeaexec1
I meant to say no confidence.--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "apeaexec1" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Here's the reason that I was given. Asbury does not offer the same > programs that RBR has. The BOE Interlaken President has asked > several times how to get out of it. However, you

[AsburyPark] Re: tax payers and schools

2007-02-27 Thread apeaexec1
Here's the reason that I was given. Asbury does not offer the same programs that RBR has. The BOE Interlaken President has asked several times how to get out of it. However, you have a lot of people that bitch and moan that Asbury doesn't offer a safe atmosphere. That's the true fact. As f

[AsburyPark] Re: REad the article again and again:

2007-02-27 Thread 2fine4u
Not when you have a 450 year, head start! Equal Opportunity, is just what it infers! You can write all of the psychobabble, you want and twist the words of Malcolm and Zora Neale Hurston. Funny, How Malcolm Little, aka, Malcolm X, is referred to as just "Malcolm", like HE was your personal, frie

[AsburyPark] Re: for just:r:q

2007-02-27 Thread 2fine4u
Is the author, related to Ward Connerly? These are ALL right-winged, "paid to say that African-Americans, DON'T want equal opportunity"! Shouldn't have dignified you, with an answer! She's a stone, "Aunt Jemima"! --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "oakdorf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In Ca

[AsburyPark] Re: tax payers and schools

2007-02-27 Thread justifiedright
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "apeaexec1" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Better yet, how do you make them go to the public school that they >are > required to (AP) instead of the loophole of sending them to RBR. Overturn the decision that created the loophole. >AS I > said yesterday, it'

[AsburyPark] Re: tax payers and schools

2007-02-27 Thread justifiedright
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "oakdorf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tommy - for now, give me an example of how getting those kids (whose > parents are looking for a better education and safer) back into AP >over > the next 4 years will improve the education for the rest? That's not what

[AsburyPark] Re: tax payers and schools

2007-02-27 Thread oakdorf
they can not afford private school or > be able to move so one parent raising hell has little > effect YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TO SEND YOUR KIDS TO PRIVATE SCHOOL. Look at this way, your schools are funded better then any school in the state - and almost the nation. The school budget each year is

[AsburyPark] Re: Salt on an already open wound (Oak's)

2007-02-27 Thread oakdorf
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Re: [AsburyPark] Re: tax payers and schools

2007-02-27 Thread denise richardson
If you want to make some money you can place a bet on my child getting her education and if faced with situation i would be doing more than complaining some parents have stated that their complaints have fallen on deaf ears and they can not afford private school or be able to move so one parent rai

[AsburyPark] Salt on an already open wound (Oak's)

2007-02-27 Thread dfsavgny
February 27, 2007 In New Jersey, Districts Find Aid Increases Insufficient By WINNIE HU Nearly half of the increased state aid that Gov. Jon S. Corzine promised for schools in his budget proposal last week will be eaten up by teachers' benefits and school construction, and much of the remaining

[AsburyPark] Re: Whats the deal with Wesley Grove?

2007-02-27 Thread Hinge
Exactly. And with all those "sold" signs, wouldn't work be progressing much faster to get those tennents in? I'd like to know if those "sold" signs are actually valid, or something placed there to give the perception of a sale. --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "oakdorf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> w

[AsburyPark] Re: tax payers and schools

2007-02-27 Thread oakdorf
You should be complaining about it. That your kids have to suffer. How many kids get promoted for the sake of keeping everyone happy and fluffing the results? Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> Your email

[AsburyPark] Re: Whats the deal with Wesley Grove?

2007-02-27 Thread oakdorf
and how many did they really sell?? By now any subject to contracts are long gone. What were the original closing dates. Anyone who jumped in early would be a fool not to have taken an out by now. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> Yahoo! Groups gets a

[AsburyPark] Re: Whats the deal with Wesley Grove?

2007-02-27 Thread radio881gal
Woe, there pardner!! Let's keep that record straight. I saw progress compared to what? Let's not take this out of context: Friday, September 1, 2006 - If our tour with Westminster today was to assure us that at least 55 people are crawling all over the development known as Wesley Grove, it faile

[AsburyPark] Re: Restaurant plans move ahead

2007-02-27 Thread dfsavgny
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Allan Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sounds like they will make the deadline with the city. > Not all in the DRA for June 2007. That's only Hojo's. There's CH and the Casino too. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor

[AsburyPark] Re: tax payers and schools

2007-02-27 Thread apeaexec1
Better yet, how do you make them go to the public school that they are required to (AP) instead of the loophole of sending them to RBR. AS I said yesterday, it's been questioned before and no one seems to have the answer. Yet we as taxpayers fund these kids to attend a "music program" that th

[AsburyPark] Re:Restaurant plans move ahead

2007-02-27 Thread restore881FM
So the story of the day is restaurant plans for HoJo moving ahead. After I got through fuming at the fact that most of the maneuvers of late, before the council as well, have been to force down the throats of the planning board a plan to rehab the lower level of the 5th Ave pavilion in slap-dab

[AsburyPark] Re: Whats the deal with Wesley Grove?

2007-02-27 Thread Hinge
Yeah, but do you honestly think that completing that project is taking place in a timely manner? I don't. --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Allan Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I understand what you are saying but haven't we been down this road before. I seen to recall Asbury Radio posit

Re: [AsburyPark] tax payers and schools

2007-02-27 Thread denise richardson
But given the fact that the state pays 85% of it or more - what's the real concern? You're starting to sound just like to NJ Board of Education Commission. "We're paying for it!!" "What are they complaining about" In speaking with some parents they basically feel like it's a losing battle.

[AsburyPark] tax payers and schools

2007-02-27 Thread oakdorf
Maybe if residents of AP paid 85% of the schools operating budget, then there would be an uprising. That's why people are concerned in non- abbott districts - we fund our own schools and those of the abbotts. But given the fact that the state pays 85% of it or more - what's the real concern? T

[AsburyPark] Oprah

2007-02-27 Thread oakdorf
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[AsburyPark] Why Tom is right

2007-02-27 Thread asburycouple
I believe the issue is as much (if not more) about wealth as it is race. Before everyone jumps down my throat - let me explain. Bottom-line in this country (and everywhere else on earth) money buys influence. And when you don't have much money you get very little access to politicians and "le

Re: [AsburyPark] Re: Whats the deal with Wesley Grove?

2007-02-27 Thread Allan Peterson
I understand what you are saying but haven't we been down this road before. I seen to recall Asbury Radio positing an investigative story how the worked stoppped only to then tour the building and see progress. I believe they have a garage under the site do you may not see all the trucks. Als

[AsburyPark] Re: Why Tom is right

2007-02-27 Thread oakdorf
School choice. Win a lawsuit and most parents will still not send their kids to AP, UNLESS there were some signs of improvements. So far zero - minimal if any. Many of those parents send their kids to private - not to RBR. I'm all for letting a parent in AP choose to send their kids to a pri

Re: [AsburyPark] Restaurant plans move ahead

2007-02-27 Thread Allan Peterson
Sounds like they will make the deadline with the city. - Original Message From: Hinge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 9:14:56 AM Subject: [AsburyPark] Restaurant plans move ahead BY NANCY SHIELDS COASTAL MONMOUTH BUREAU ASBURY PARK —

[AsburyPark] More school discussion

2007-02-27 Thread editorial Smith
The Asbury Park Press opinion page invites you to share your thoughts on our editorial about Asbury Park schools at http://forums.app.com/viewtopic.php?t=3253 Editorial page editor Randy Bergmann also had a recent blog that drew lively discussion about on Asbury Park schools, here: http://rb

[AsburyPark] Re: Board of Education Decision--AP vs sending districts

2007-02-27 Thread justifiedright
Thanks Denise - That's the one! --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Denise" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [:O] www.state.nj.us/njded/legal/sboe/1997/asbpk.pdf > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "oakdorf" wrote: > > > > TD: Lsats are June 11. Can't wait. > > > > Given the true facts, I see no

[AsburyPark] Re: Lastly...

2007-02-27 Thread justifiedright
Now your missing the point on purpose. THE KIDS IN HOWELL ARE GOING TO HOWELL. THE WHITE KIDS IN ASBURY'S DISTRICT ARE NOT GOING TO ASBURY, THEY ARE BEING BUSED AWAY. If you can't manage enough intelligence to wrap your head around the difference, then I can't help you. I guess your school s

[AsburyPark] Board of Education Decision--AP vs sending districts

2007-02-27 Thread Denise
[:O] www.state.nj.us/njded/legal/sboe/1997/asbpk.pdf --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "oakdorf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > TD: Lsats are June 11. Can't wait. > > Given the true facts, I see no reason why the schools in NJ are not > funded equally. Again, TD, at what point are things consider

[AsburyPark] Re: Lastly...

2007-02-27 Thread oakdorf
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "justifiedright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I know Justice Thomas' thiking pretty well. > > Then read what he said. kids of color can succeed - with kids of color. Tommy, AP has to concentrate on education, not looking for reasons why ot can't educate. S

[AsburyPark] Re: Lastly...

2007-02-27 Thread justifiedright
I know Justice Thomas' thiking pretty well. He would not favor busing kids from home to away, to create a racial balance away. Similarly, I'm certain he would not support busing from home to away, to segregate home. Me neither. --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "oakdorf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

[AsburyPark] Re: Lastly...

2007-02-27 Thread justifiedright
Private schools have zero to do with this. I support them. I support that parents that send their kids there. Red Bank Regional isn't private. It's an out of district public school, taking all the white kids from Asbury's home district. That's gotta stop. --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com,

Re: [AsburyPark] Re: Lastly...

2007-02-27 Thread firemer
Even if the law suit was won, the parents still can send their children to private school or do home schooling. Without vastly improving the high school first and making it a desirable place for students to be, any law suit would be futile. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[AsburyPark] Re: Lastly...

2007-02-27 Thread oakdorf
Tommy, DIVERSITY is not the answer to solving the educational failures of AP. Did you read what Clarence Thomas said? Black kids are succesfully educated. Just not in AP. Solve the crime, the drugs and family issues that these kids and plenty of others face everyday. ---

[AsburyPark] Re: Lastly...

2007-02-27 Thread oakdorf
Doesn't a parent have a right to send their child to a private school if they so choose. Many people actually move to such towns that ARE sending districts because of religious preferences - not always fear of AP. If you know you're going to send your kids to a private school - why move into a

[AsburyPark] Re: Lastly...

2007-02-27 Thread Fred
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "asburycouple" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think the Abbott lawsuit took about 4 years. I'm with you on this one Tom. I don't understand the rationale > (legally) around letting students in this district go to other > district's public schools. Req

[AsburyPark] Re: Lastly...

2007-02-27 Thread asburycouple
I'm with you on this one Tom. I don't understand the rationale (legally) around letting students in this district go to other district's public schools. Requiring those students to go to APH of pay for private would improve the overall diversity of the school while increasing the focus on imp

[AsburyPark] Re: Another

2007-02-27 Thread asburyparkpedaler
exactly, thanks --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "justifiedright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think you mean the County. The City never had him. > > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "asburyparkpedaler" > wrote: > > > > Firsthand info, FYI. The family wasn't happy with the fact tha

[AsburyPark] Re: Another

2007-02-27 Thread justifiedright
I think you mean the County. The City never had him. --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "asburyparkpedaler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Firsthand info, FYI. The family wasn't happy with the fact that the > city didn't inform them of Alex Franklin's release from custody > either. Only afte

[AsburyPark] Re: Another

2007-02-27 Thread asburyparkpedaler
Firsthand info, FYI. The family wasn't happy with the fact that the city didn't inform them of Alex Franklin's release from custody either. Only after a phone call to the city two days later, was the family told of his release and stated "you should have gotten a call". --- In AsburyPark@yaho

[AsburyPark] Re: Lastly...

2007-02-27 Thread justifiedright
Oak you have taken my ball and run onto a whole different field with it. In fact, you are not even playing the same sport with my ball. NOTHING NOTHING NOTHING NOTHING in any of my posts has to due with inequality in funding. NOTHING. My topic is that we are sending the white kids away from

Re: [AsburyPark] more

2007-02-27 Thread firemer
You need only to look at the Frederick Douglas Academy in Harlem, New York City. Here is a school that is entirely minority and has one of the best reputations in the country for academic success. Almost 100% of their graduating students attend college. The school is located in one of the po

[AsburyPark] Lastly...

2007-02-27 Thread oakdorf
TD: Lsats are June 11. Can't wait. Given the true facts, I see no reason why the schools in NJ are not funded equally. Again, TD, at what point are things considered equal? Is it the point every kid from an Abbott district gets into a college of their choice or gets straight A's, what about the

[AsburyPark] more

2007-02-27 Thread oakdorf
The January 1994 edition of the newsletter of the National Association for Neighborhood Schools reports on two Missouri officials, both black, who oppose the continued forced busing of children. St. Louis Mayor Freeman Bosley questions the point of sending almost 14,000 black youngsters out of

[AsburyPark] REad the article again and again:

2007-02-27 Thread oakdorf
[The District Court of Kansas City, Mo.] found that racial imbalances constituted an ongoing constitutional violation that continued to inflict harm on black students. This position appears to rest upon the idea that any school that is black is inferior, and that blacks cannot succeed without t

[AsburyPark] Found It - And another African-American Supreme Court Justice said:

2007-02-27 Thread oakdorf
There is no reason to think that black students cannot learn as well when surrounded by members of their own race as when they are in an integrated environment. What sound, sensible words. How long so many of us have waited to hear them and see them once again in public print. >>> READ THIS>

[AsburyPark] for just:r:q

2007-02-27 Thread oakdorf
In California, the new century dawned with a lawsuit meant to do that. The ACLU sued state education agencies in 2000 on behalf of poor, mainly nonwhite students "being deprived of basic educational opportunities available to more privileged children," says the suit. Williams vs. California des

[AsburyPark] Re: Last Night's Zoning Board Hearing

2007-02-27 Thread oakdorf
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "justifiedright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Pretty low blow to suggest my goal here is to enrich attorneys. I > guess that's all Thurgood Marshall was doing in Brown v Bd of Ed? Read my post from yesterday on closing the high school. 1. Brown vs Bd. of

[AsburyPark] Re: Last Night's Zoning Board Hearing

2007-02-27 Thread justifiedright
Pretty low blow to suggest my goal here is to enrich attorneys. I guess that's all Thurgood Marshall was doing in Brown v Bd of Ed? I would never suggest that you only try to see AP rise so you can make a buck off realty. I know you love the joint. Give me the same courtesy. I blame the s

[AsburyPark] Re: Asbury Park Bike Pedaler - Worth Quoting

2007-02-27 Thread asburyparkpedaler
Thank you and all the others for the kind words. I'm still caught between suing or just moving on. I will be filing losses on income tax, but withouit any income, not sure how it can benefit me. That's the sad part. Your words echo thousands of others I've corresponded with, but pompous Asburia

[AsburyPark] Re: Whats the deal with Wesley Grove?

2007-02-27 Thread asburyparkpedaler
Told ya. Trust me, if not done by the spring, they'll just put it off until the fall, yet again. There are endless seasons to put it off until! Go by north beach, and see how many contractors are there while you're at it. --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Hinge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >

[AsburyPark] Re: Whats the deal with Wesley Grove?

2007-02-27 Thread Hinge
So, I took another close look at Wesley Grove this morning. It appears that there is hardly any work going on there at all. Shouldn't there be contractors swarming all over that place to try and get it complete by the spring? --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Hinge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >

[AsburyPark] Re: Last Night's Zoning Board Hearing

2007-02-27 Thread oakdorf
why blame the state? If someone is entitled to send their kids OUT of the AP district under TITLE 1, then how do you expect to FORCE a parent (via this lawsuit to enrich the attorneys) to SEND their kids in to this school? Close the high school for the next 5 years. ---

[AsburyPark] Re: I'm Vindicated! Close the High School!

2007-02-27 Thread 2fine4u
I can't help, but agree. Your posts, say it all, in a nutshell! thanks, Tommy, for laying it out, as only you, can! Appreciate it! SB --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "justifiedright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "apeaexec1" wrote: > > > The RBR deal for

[AsburyPark] Re: Last Night's Zoning Board Hearing

2007-02-27 Thread 2fine4u
I don't like your tone, either, miss! --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "asburycouple" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There you go again... I don't agree with you so I must be a > racist... No one in my life has ever called me that before you, and > you are calling me a racist for simply ques

[AsburyPark] Re: Last Night's Zoning Board Hearing

2007-02-27 Thread 2fine4u
Allan, you said: "It always comes down to race". I say: It's a way for keeping Blacks, "dumbed down"! What else can you call it? It, WAS Jannerone, back in the 80's, with Black kids, lacking basic skills! If you weren't raised with Blacks, how would you know? I've had AP graduates, go off to c

[AsburyPark] Restaurant plans move ahead

2007-02-27 Thread Hinge
BY NANCY SHIELDS COASTAL MONMOUTH BUREAU ASBURY PARK — The city Planning Board Monday night gave beachfront developers the go-ahead to begin interior work for a new restaurant in the vacant Howard Johnson's in the Fifth Avenue Pavilion. However, the board withheld full approval for plans to g

[AsburyPark] Re: Asbury Park Bike Pedaler - Worth Quoting

2007-02-27 Thread 2fine4u
It looks like the poor guy, was screwed, royally! I went to the website and thought, what a beautiful business. I feel really bad, for this man. Can you file the loss on your business income tax? Can you sue? I would! Renting a bike would be easier for me, rather than buy one, for the few ti

[AsburyPark] Re: I'm Vindicated! Close the High School!

2007-02-27 Thread 2fine4u
Didn't know you were/are, an attorney. I think the 2 of you combined, are a formidable force! You both, seem to know the ins and outs, of the Abbott decision and how one person, CAN make a difference. Are you willing to take this on? You both, seem to want the BEST, for our kids! I'm eternally

[AsburyPark] AP Board Candidates.

2007-02-27 Thread Fred
ASBURY PARK: Twelve candidates, including all five incumbents, are seeking five seats on the Board of Education. Board Vice President Garrett Giberson, 518 Deal Lake Drive, filed for his second three-year term. Two incumbents who were appointed to fill vacancies last month — Gregory Hopson Sr