All elementary buildings plus Frank Ohl will be razed if this passes. (After money is spent refurbishing Davis to hold kids during the transition.- I believe the state-AKA us taxpayers- kicks in for that.)16 classes per grade level will be the norm. People think it is bad now when there are grade-level programs. Imagine when there's 400 1st Graders performing a holiday musical. How many days will this event be spread out over to accomodate the parents? It'll have to run for a week. Not to mention how they'll pull off lunch for 400 Kindergarteners in a timely manner. They don't seem to grasp the maturity level of the children they are hoping to house in these buildings. The only positive I'm hearing from the staff is the seductive allure of air conditioning. Technology is nice, but it all costs money to keep it up.
According to FalconFighter,"As for the PTA advocates, I'm sorry, but volunteering in the schools and making popcorn on fridays does not qualify you to make intelligent decisions about the education and curriculum for the current and future pupils in our community. There may be an opening at the bus garage to drive a soccer van to Canton."
Ummm... FalconFighter, you may want to have a gander at Mr. Schnurrenberger's candidate's profile on this website. He cites being a PTA volunteer as one of his qualifications. So, in your opinion, he is merely qualified to drive that soccer van, no?
"Schnurrenberger has long been a household name in the township, with quite a legacy. Having three children go through the austintown schools successfully in academics and athletics, this man has done a fine job. He is very familiar with the past, present, and future of this community and school district. I cannot say enough about him."
You perplex me, FalconFighter. You denigrate PTA advocates, yet praise someone for merely siring 3 children. Many people have produced children who have attended ALSD, graduated and gone on to live fruitful lives. How does this uniquely qualify David Schnurrenberger for a position on the BOE over other candidates whose spawn have attended ALSD? If being married to a teacher and siring a teacher qualify you, then by golly my father-in-law should have a seat waiting for him, too.
I am not personally attacking the man, but I fail to see what makes him stand out over anyone else. You have several candidates with children who are or have been students of ALSD. Several who have volunteered in church, school and athletics. He reminds me of Lou Chine in the respect that he has family employed by the district. How will this effect his decisions during negotiations? Will he recuse himself?
So therefore, residents should vote between Klein,Stellers, Wickham and Zeigler! A vote for the endorsed candidates is obviously a vote for the current board dynamics, with a devastating loss of common sense in replacing Traci Morse with Dave Scnurrenberger (who sounds like Lou Chine's long-lost kin). Kathy Mock is evidently a somewhat younger version of Joyce Pogany.
I guess PTA involvement means nothing to the Vindy. I know both Nancy Wickham and Chris Zeigler are heavily involved in the district as officers in the PTA. I think that kind of service speaks volumes as far as character goes. Volunteering steadily in the schools shows true altruism. You are paid only in the smiles of the children (so worth it). Plenty of negative stuff that goes along with it, to boot.
Sounds to me like they were disappointed that there were no candidates who responded to their baiting. It sells more papers when someone stirs the poo, I guess.
They want our input now because they want our money. Why wasn't the community involved in deciding whether we wanted all the children on one campus? We only were given a choice between a K-2 with 1200 kids (16 classes per grade) & a 3-5 with 1200 kids OR K-3 with 1600 kids and a 4-5 with 800 (same as Frank Ohl holds right now). No neighborhood schools, no "none of the above". They try to put the onus on the OSFC as far as saying they will only build the campus option. Not true. They make reccommendations, but as long as you have property (and the district does) they will build whatever schools your district decides on, with a minimum of 350 students per building. Of course the community has to be willing to fund the other half. But maybe if the (whole) community was involved in the decisions from the start, we would have more buy-in. Kathy Mock said at the Growth Foundation Candidate's Forum that we should make Davis a senior center. As it stands now, that isn't in the cards. The plan the current board approved calls for the demolition of each of the current elementary buildings and Frank Ohl. (After they make repairs to Davis so they can redistrict Austintown one last time during the construction phase.) - Now wasn't Davis in such poor shape that it wasn't feasible to make repairs in 2008? Too much money for a roof that was publicly portrayed as in imminent danger of collapse. That same roof is suddenly acknowledged to be in good enough shape to last several more years. Did wee little elves make repairs when nobody was watching? It has also been admitted that only a fraction of the money forecasted to be saved by closing Davis was actualized. Really? You mean those kids weren't just going to disappear when their school was closed? More kids wouldn't be riding buses because they could no longer walk to school? New staff wouldn't be put in place at the other buildings to accomodate the influx of kids? You mean those things cost money, too? Doggone it. Well, we need to implement open enrollment to save our schools. OK. We'll earn tons of money there. Sure. Those kids don't cost anything to educate. right? Oh, yeah, one last thing.... if new buildings are going to make us "excellent", why is Youngstown one of the worst districts in the state? They've been putting up new buildings and consolidating for the past decade. What do they have to show for it?
Let's see what his rationale is this time. He left his last job to come here to take care of his aged parents. His father just passed away, but his mother is still alive. The other jobs he interviewed for but didn't get around Columbus were so he could be closer to his sons. Neither is occuring here. Hmmm.
Well, bon voyage, Doug! You have very big shoes to fill in University Heights.
I showed Westies for years, and let me tell you, the American Staffordshire Terriers and Staffordshire Bull Terriers (both Pit Bull type breeds) were so much mellower and better behaved than the Scotties, Westies, Welsh, Fox Terriers, etc... I never saw them squabble while waiting to go into the ring. They always sat around smiling and chilling out. The other terrier breeds would spar with one another.
I feel it is definitely in how you raise them. I think the bad owners should be euthanized instead.
Posted on November 16 at 9:01 p.m.
My heart weeps for the little girl.
Posted on October 23 at 8:37 p.m.
Don't worry ATowners, you can love both Sunrise and Wedgewood. They are 2 totally different pizzas. Can't wait!
Posted on October 19 at 2:22 a.m.
All elementary buildings plus Frank Ohl will be razed if this passes. (After money is spent refurbishing Davis to hold kids during the transition.- I believe the state-AKA us taxpayers- kicks in for that.)16 classes per grade level will be the norm. People think it is bad now when there are grade-level programs. Imagine when there's 400 1st Graders performing a holiday musical. How many days will this event be spread out over to accomodate the parents? It'll have to run for a week. Not to mention how they'll pull off lunch for 400 Kindergarteners in a timely manner. They don't seem to grasp the maturity level of the children they are hoping to house in these buildings. The only positive I'm hearing from the staff is the seductive allure of air conditioning. Technology is nice, but it all costs money to keep it up.
Posted on October 17 at 11:36 p.m.
PTA Votes.
Posted on October 17 at 2:08 a.m.
According to FalconFighter,"As for the PTA advocates, I'm sorry, but volunteering in the schools and making popcorn on fridays does not qualify you to make intelligent decisions about the education and curriculum for the current and future pupils in our community. There may be an opening at the bus garage to drive a soccer van to Canton."
Ummm... FalconFighter, you may want to have a gander at Mr. Schnurrenberger's candidate's profile on this website. He cites being a PTA volunteer as one of his qualifications. So, in your opinion, he is merely qualified to drive that soccer van, no?
"Schnurrenberger has long been a household name in the township, with quite a legacy. Having three children go through the austintown schools successfully in academics and athletics, this man has done a fine job. He is very familiar with the past, present, and future of this community and school district. I cannot say enough about him."
You perplex me, FalconFighter. You denigrate PTA advocates, yet praise someone for merely siring 3 children. Many people have produced children who have attended ALSD, graduated and gone on to live fruitful lives. How does this uniquely qualify David Schnurrenberger for a position on the BOE over other candidates whose spawn have attended ALSD? If being married to a teacher and siring a teacher qualify you, then by golly my father-in-law should have a seat waiting for him, too.
I am not personally attacking the man, but I fail to see what makes him stand out over anyone else. You have several candidates with children who are or have been students of ALSD. Several who have volunteered in church, school and athletics. He reminds me of Lou Chine in the respect that he has family employed by the district. How will this effect his decisions during negotiations? Will he recuse himself?
Posted on October 16 at 12:36 p.m.
So therefore, residents should vote between Klein,Stellers, Wickham and Zeigler! A vote for the endorsed candidates is obviously a vote for the current board dynamics, with a devastating loss of common sense in replacing Traci Morse with Dave Scnurrenberger (who sounds like Lou Chine's long-lost kin). Kathy Mock is evidently a somewhat younger version of Joyce Pogany.
I guess PTA involvement means nothing to the Vindy. I know both Nancy Wickham and Chris Zeigler are heavily involved in the district as officers in the PTA. I think that kind of service speaks volumes as far as character goes. Volunteering steadily in the schools shows true altruism. You are paid only in the smiles of the children (so worth it). Plenty of negative stuff that goes along with it, to boot.
Sounds to me like they were disappointed that there were no candidates who responded to their baiting. It sells more papers when someone stirs the poo, I guess.
Posted on October 13 at 1:46 a.m.
They want our input now because they want our money. Why wasn't the community involved in deciding whether we wanted all the children on one campus? We only were given a choice between a K-2 with 1200 kids (16 classes per grade) & a 3-5 with 1200 kids OR K-3 with 1600 kids and a 4-5 with 800 (same as Frank Ohl holds right now). No neighborhood schools, no "none of the above". They try to put the onus on the OSFC as far as saying they will only build the campus option. Not true. They make reccommendations, but as long as you have property (and the district does) they will build whatever schools your district decides on, with a minimum of 350 students per building. Of course the community has to be willing to fund the other half. But maybe if the (whole) community was involved in the decisions from the start, we would have more buy-in.
Kathy Mock said at the Growth Foundation Candidate's Forum that we should make Davis a senior center. As it stands now, that isn't in the cards. The plan the current board approved calls for the demolition of each of the current elementary buildings and Frank Ohl. (After they make repairs to Davis so they can redistrict Austintown one last time during the construction phase.) - Now wasn't Davis in such poor shape that it wasn't feasible to make repairs in 2008? Too much money for a roof that was publicly portrayed as in imminent danger of collapse. That same roof is suddenly acknowledged to be in good enough shape to last several more years. Did wee little elves make repairs when nobody was watching? It has also been admitted that only a fraction of the money forecasted to be saved by closing Davis was actualized. Really? You mean those kids weren't just going to disappear when their school was closed? More kids wouldn't be riding buses because they could no longer walk to school? New staff wouldn't be put in place at the other buildings to accomodate the influx of kids? You mean those things cost money, too? Doggone it. Well, we need to implement open enrollment to save our schools. OK. We'll earn tons of money there. Sure. Those kids don't cost anything to educate. right?
Oh, yeah, one last thing.... if new buildings are going to make us "excellent", why is Youngstown one of the worst districts in the state? They've been putting up new buildings and consolidating for the past decade. What do they have to show for it?
Posted on October 13 at 12:50 a.m.
If a tree falls in the forest and no one hears it, does it still make a sound? I guess we should ask Mr. Colaluca.
Posted on June 18 at 1:05 a.m.
Let's see what his rationale is this time. He left his last job to come here to take care of his aged parents. His father just passed away, but his mother is still alive. The other jobs he interviewed for but didn't get around Columbus were so he could be closer to his sons. Neither is occuring here. Hmmm.
Well, bon voyage, Doug! You have very big shoes to fill in University Heights.
Posted on May 5 at 1:24 a.m.
I showed Westies for years, and let me tell you, the American Staffordshire Terriers and Staffordshire Bull Terriers (both Pit Bull type breeds) were so much mellower and better behaved than the Scotties, Westies, Welsh, Fox Terriers, etc... I never saw them squabble while waiting to go into the ring. They always sat around smiling and chilling out. The other terrier breeds would spar with one another.
I feel it is definitely in how you raise them. I think the bad owners should be euthanized instead.