Every child deserves to have a building that is nice and new. Even I deserve to work in a building where I can at least use the restroom and find it reasonably clean and tidy.
I was relating what has happened in new building such as my University City story. The prevailing sentiment seems to me ³If it¹s not mine personally, I don¹t care about it.² This goes for books, furniture, walls, lockers any school property or property belonging to others. If you touch MINE however, I¹ll kill or harm you. To wit, Frank Burd and the proverbial not allowed in school anyway iPod. Mr. Burd (who REALLY didn¹t have to do so), was going to return after class anyway. Not good enough! They had to ³get him². On 3/13/07 12:17 AM, "Bill Sanderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes to number 1, perhaps not to number 2but in both casesthe need was not > driven by the ³problems² you refer to, but by the need to renovate or replace > the aging building. I haven¹t heard anyone suggest that the new building will > somehow result in model behavior by all the students. > > Are you suggesting that the students are somehow undeserving of a new > building? In any case, none of them will be there when the new building is > completed. > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 4:13 PM > To: UnivCity@list.purple.com > Subject: Re: [UC] RE: West Philly High re recent violence there > > > In a message dated 3/12/2007 4:06:26 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >> It's been that way for a LONG time. Not just at West Philadelphia High >> either but all over the district. >> >> At least you don't have to go inside and spend your day in that sort of >> environment, be trained and re-trained and re-trained in the name of "School >> Reform." >> >> OR >> >> Be held accountable if they don't do well on standardized tests; have to >> present your credentials to proven "highly qualified" to be in there and try >> to teach them. >> >> OR >> >> See no consequences for the students or their parents; just you and/or your >> administrator. >> >> This is how people are treated who WANT to be there and want to teach. >> >> We shall see how the public reacts when contract negotiations start soon; as >> the district tries to pare down even more of our rights and heap more >> responsibility on us. > > Does anybody think that all the time spent on the "forum" to pretend Community > Input drove the plans to build a new facility for West Philadelphia High has > had any positive impact? > > > > Does anybody think that a new building will solve any or all of the problems? > (I don't, and can point to what's happened at the new campus-like Atlantic > City High School to back up this belief. It's as bad there as it was in the > old high school building. > > > > > > > > Always at your service and ready for a dialog ® brand resident and housing > provider, > Al Krigman > > > > AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from > AOL at AOL.com <http://www.aol.com?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000339> . >
