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| 2012 - add benches in attempt to improve High School Entry area. 2013 - fence off benches so users aren't killed by falling concrete. |
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
A Monument to Planning & Asset Preservation
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| 2012 - add benches in attempt to improve High School Entry area. 2013 - fence off benches so users aren't killed by falling concrete. |
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I understand that the to be constructed Public Safety Building will be built and maintained to the same exacting standards the Town has followed with our schools, our municipal buildings, our public tennis courts, our roads and all other Town assets.
In other words, it will be constructed using faulty, substandard construction practices immediately followed by 20 or so years of regular and constant maintenance neglect followed by a massive capital repair request in year 25.
We’re nothing if not predictable.
But it will have a very nice gym for those 2 departments only to use as well as 2 privates bath for the chiefs! The public safety administrator to be I'm sure will see they get only but the best up keep!
Hell, there MUST be a ton of money hiding within the walls of old SHS...after all, didn't we ONCE AGAIN pay the way for the Community Schools? Which, by the way, in any real business environment would have declared bankruptcy years ago. I still think there is a little bit too much teflon on old Dr Canfield. These days, the CEO can't say he won't name names, won't point fingers, but HELL I didn't do it, it was going on for years before I got here!' I will vote for the new Safety facility and I will NOT VOTE one penny for any school override. There should be an award for incompetence. Perhaps we should name it the KangasCommunitySchoolAmericanIdol Award! This will never end as long as the current board continues in its present configuration. I wonder if anyone is really listening to what is going on? Thank god I am going deaf in my old age.. I will have a reason not to hear the tree falling in the vast forest of Sandwich.
It's very unfortunate that the students that stay within the Town's Public School system and choose not to attend charter schools or the voc are the ones that are loosing out on having such as a great education as one that attends those schools. I personally think all students should choose to attend those schools if they want a #1 education. Because by staying in the public school system the public town boards do not want to fund the schools accordingly and up to standard like the charter and voc schools. Thats because they have no control over those budgets!!!! So who wins....those students going out of town on town funds!!!Stay in town you are going to loose!
However, if the exodus continues everything will be lost, property values, all public services, etc. The out of school payment will eat up the rest of the budget. We have a legal limit that we have to appropriate to the schools so the first to go will be municipal services. Economic Development will not be possible in a town that is substandard. It is up to the SC to turn this around by demanding standards in the school that will turn this around. Dr. Canfield is on the right tract.
Everyone has personal choice, but some can't afford private and there isn't enough room in Sturgis of Upper Cape for all the Sandwich kids. We need help from our legislators to create better funding formulas. Charter Schools should not be financially leaching money from communities.
Charter Schools aren't leaching anything.
They are providing a service that people want. They are not constricted by union rules and are able to terminate anybody who is not doing the job.
Every School should become a Charter school -- those that don't do a good job could then be closed.
Public Schools will become a dumping ground for students & faculty that can't cut it anywhere else.
We need help from the legislators allowing us to get rid of rotten teachers & administrators. We also need qualified people to run for School Committee -- and we need parents that actually pay attention to what is going on. (Yeah, I know, too busy blah, blah ...)
The way charter schools are funding and the way they get to build a budget with no relationship to the other town needs sets them apart as a "business model" from public schools. While it serves the educational goals of those institutions is leaches money from the education money that should go to towns to run their schools. It takes that money from the town's bottom line so other services are effected. It is good in theory but like so many things fueled by poorly constructed legislation it does harm to community funding that effects all services.
Charter schools are good in theory but the legislation did not take into consideration the impact of not holding Chapter 70 funding harmless. Chapter 70 funding or rather the lack of it because of formulas that do not provide funding rationally, impacts all government services.
The philosophy of creating better schools is fine. The way we do it needs to be carefully created. I'm sure many people now feel they are dumping their kids in public schools. It is a slippery slope unless the legislative acts that control school funding are very carefully constructed, reviewed often and updated.
Teacher accountability should be accomplished through the school committee and the superintendent. The culture that continues to foster lack of excellence is not just about charter or non-charter.
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