The Last Stand
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On Bill Wallace: Where is outrage?
September 28, 2008 at 4:58 p.m.
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Bill, I don't think it is a large population of the electorate that thinks Sarah Palin is up to the job. According to polls its getting smaller every time she talks to a reporter. The debate likely will do her in. But, I do expect her to attack, attack, attack with lies and smears; kind of like Schaffer this morning. Nothing to say but FEAR! And, I do think that the posts above are Good Ol Party supporters who think George Bush is doing a good job along with a whopping 26% of other good Americains out there.
On Ready to mend
June 18, 2008 at 8:26 a.m.
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Cunningham, pay absolutely no attention to colorado pu. There are many in the community that support the BOE and their decisions. This is a great district with great parents, great teachers and administrators and great students. Oh, and a few with a dull axe to grind and no life!
On Fund Board eyes ballot
June 5, 2008 at 9:13 a.m.
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The half cent sales tax is critical to the Con-tinued success of the school district and the children of Steamboat Springs. If the tax goes away, so will elementary class sizes of 18 students or less per class. Secondary class sizes of 20 or less will also disappear. Technology improvements that help keep our students abreast of the ever changing information age will disappear. Marthalee, your idea of a property tax increase is interesting, but, the state of colorado and the taxpayer approved TABOR issue make it impossible to raise any property tax for the benefit of education. In the name of “equity” the state determines how much property tax can be collected per enrolled student. Local districts are unabe to change that. I agree that we pay less property tax in colorado than most states, which is why colorado schools are often ranked 49th in the states for funding. The half cent sales tax was an incredibly ingeneous way of raising additional funds for our students on a local level and it has proven valuable in our current ranking in the state for student achievement. People shoud not kid themselves, the amount of money that a district has does make a difference in the achievemnet of our students, our children! Not that money is the only key to success of a district and its students but if you look at districts across the country, those who achieve the highest also spend the most.
On Sailors tennis squad expecting good returns
May 12, 2008 at 1:59 p.m.
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Way to Go Molly!!!! Congratulations!
On SSMS project moves forward
April 3, 2008 at 11:49 a.m.
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Too much lip- you have made it abundantly clear on many, to numerous to count, occasions that you do not support the 1/2 cent sales tax, the school district in general, the school board, the teachers… Do you like kids at all? Do you believe that all kids should be educated? Or do you believe that only those kids who can afford it should be educated? Stop telling us your not going to vote for the sales tax. We KNOW already! I am glad that we live in a country where you get a chance to vote your beliefs. Vote yours already. But remember, without an educated populace you do not have a democracy and you would have no vote. Without a method to pay for education you do not have an educated populace. Do what your beliefs tell you but get over it!
On Knezevich’s renewal uncertain
March 21, 2008 at 1:01 p.m.
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Knez does care about kids but it seems like too often in the past he cares more about himself and his way or no way method of administration. Anyone that has a different thought or approach has been intimidated and at times even suffered retribution from his leadership. While it is true that stated reasons for teachers leaving include (pregnancy, retirement, better pay, family relocation, more opportunities on the front range,) many of those staff also stated an underlying reason of conflict, intimidation and inflexbility on the part of the principal. Most would have preferred staying teachers in Steamboat but found the work situation untenable. So, they went looking for more positive environs. Sorry, but, how many more great staff are going to have to leave and new ones come in that need to be trained at the districts expense before we realize that a change in leadership needs to be made?
On Knezevich’s renewal uncertain
March 20, 2008 at 3:42 p.m.
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Sometimes you don't know how bad it was until its gone. a-c-qb, we don't have 50% turnover in our schools, only in the high school. And, it might be even higher than that at the end of this year. Why is that I wonder? Hmmm… could it be…? I do agree that teachers aren't paid well but we still seem to attract very high quality teachers to our great community. As for parents running the district, didn't we just have an election where we voted for a group of parents to run our district? Seems like there was a group that didn't want a couple of well educated educators running the disttrict. Well you get what you pay for AND what you vote for!
On Knezevich’s renewal uncertain
March 20, 2008 at 12:05 p.m.
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“Over 50 percent of our staff is probationary” said a teacher. There is a reason that the staff at the High School choose not to stay. Reported turnover at the High School has been something like 16-20 staff per year under the leadership of this principal. And they are not leaving because of the cost of living in Steamboat. This is not a new problem that Dr. Smyser is dealing with, it has been ongoing and was unfortunately ignored in the past despite repeated complaints and comments over the last several years.
It is about the kids and if we can't keep the quality of the new staff that we are training because of an administrator, then any company would replace that administrator.
On Playground may get $250,000
February 7, 2008 at 1:38 p.m.
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I beleive the importance of accessible playgrounds is important for the school kids and the public who use them when school is not in session. I believe that Connelly and hopefully Crossan and Anderson will support the gift when it comes to the BOE. But I also understand their concerns that there needs to be more legwork done by the organizing group to secure more funding B4 committing a LARGE chunk of Fund Board Reserves to this project. The new athletic field had matching funds and a large volunteer force to help get it completed. BUT, that committee also had community funding in place B4 it went to the Fund Board. This is a great and giving community, especially when it comes to our chidren. The importance of safe, high quality playground equipment that is accessible to all will be supported by this community with financial assistance and volunteer labor. The organizers need to get the word out to the general public and find the support for the project. It does not help when people criticize elected officials who are being fiscally resposible B4 they know all the facts.
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On Ken Collins: Election no game
October 2, 2008 at 2:13 p.m.
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JLM Hmmmm! “Tax and spend Liberals” as opposed to “borrow and spend Conservatives” borrowing from China. As a fiscal conservative I find it preferable to pay as you go. We have gotten very little over the last eight years for an additional increase of three trillion dollars to our National debt. Crumbling infrastructure, one of the worst health care systems in the world, runaway oil prices with huge subsidies to corporate oil company frinds and supporters, a war that pays other friends huge sums of money, think Haliburton and subsidies, etc. etc. etc…. The piper is knocking at the door and it is time to pay!