Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Bye-bye school board!
We had our primary yesterday, and there was an estimated 55.71% turnout in this county, probably because so many people were furious with the school board (over money, not curriculum). All of the incumbents were tossed out yesterday.
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wow!
We had our election -- it was wonderful.
Our guy lost (we bullet-voted for the man we thought most likely to fire the superintendent) but the whole thing was great.
Ed as at the train station after work & all 3 candidates were there handing out their material; citizens were flocking to the school to vote; balloons were up.
Toqueville on the Hudson.
I had a very nice moment afterwards.
I was disappointed that our guy lost (he had lots of votes; it wasn't a rout).
But I was glad the other two guys won.
I had the strongest feeling that this was a case of "the people have spoken" -- and that the people know what they're talking about.
Some good days in Irvington.
55.71% is a massive turnout for a county school board election.
It was all about 115 million dollars.
115 million
???
What's going on?
The school board decided that it would be a better idea to tear down the school and build a new one, instead of renovating the current one. People here were incensed, to say the least.
The school board decided that it would be a better idea to tear down the school and build a new one, instead of renovating the current one.
gorr
Our latest is many, many bomb threats - 5 this year thus far.
Our board built the middle school next door to the high school (parents objected) then attached the two buildings with a long, straight corridor with classrooms on only one side & windows on the other.
So now we're having bomb threats left in the bathroom in the corridor; the kids are receiving collective punishments; the bathrooms are locked for the remainder of the year -- and I learned today that one of the bomb threats this year was in fact left by a high school kid.
BUT DON'T LISTEN TO PARENTS!
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