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Good afternoon.
I want to tell you that I developed a blog for people in Spokane who want to discuss public education.
It's located at Betrayed - Why Public Education Is Failing.
As all blogs do, it gives people (especially parents, teachers and older students) a chance to speak anonymously. Here in Spokane, those groups otherwise have little voice, and the situation is dire.
This blog is new, so I'm still building the link list. If you know of other education links you would like me to add, please let me know. The more information Spokane parents have, the better off they'll be.
The article I posted most recently on the blog (about Terry Bergeson's manipulation of the data) was turned down flat by the local newspaper, as well as by several other papers in the state. If they refused it because of my writing style, the length or perhaps the opening paragraphs, I also haven't seen much interest in following up on the information within the article. There might be self-interests at play, or perhaps an unwillingness or inability to check out my data, to confront the thing head on, to stand up to OSPI and its lawyers, or to take what I'm saying seriously ...
Blogs often begin out of extreme frustration, and that's what happened here. The people are - for all intents and purposes - being lied to consistently and deliberately by people who hold their children's futures in their hands. And yet, education coverage in Spokane is weak. The public is not informed. So I took matters into my own hands. This is frustration all math advocates know well, having been gallantly battling for decades.
Your feedback is very welcome. If you feel I have something in error, please don't be shy about telling me. I'm trying to get this right, and I'm trying to get it out there in whichever way I can. It isn't easy, as you know. If you think the articles are of value, please pass the link on to anyone else who might be interested. The election is just over a month away, and time is short ...
Thank you for listening,
Laurie Rogers
Children's Advocate
Safer Child, Inc.
lrogers@saferchild.org
I've added the emphasis.
oops --- must run
duty calls
back tomorrow
...... Have I mentioned I spent 5 hours in the local emergency room today?
Well, I did.
Apparently, there is such a thing as infectious colitis, which my oldest probably has, but who knows.
The main problem with having more than one or two kids is way too many bodies requiring way too much diagnosing.
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I hope your oldest is on the mend, receiving effective treatment.
This reminds me, I need to contact the New Rochelle blog that started a few months ago.
well.....it's going to be a whole day of bloody stools. Put that together with autism and you get bloody bathroom rugs AND bloody sheets on mom and dad's bed since that's where number one son chose to deposit himself after his first trip to the bathroom this morning.
I realize this falls into the category of too much information, but misery loves company.
Hey! You've just reminded me. Did I post a link to those folks???
When you get in touch with them, if you think of it, can you send them a link to ktm, too???
I've got to get in touch with them, too --- I'm not sure I even got a post up about them.
Sorry to hear about the colitis. It sounds quite miserable. I do hope he's feeling better very, very soon.
thanks!
Actually, he doesn't seem to be in pain at all.
M. (caregiver) thinks he may have eaten something bad at Respite Care over the weekend. That would be rich, seeing as how the guy there told me they would no longer administer Jimmy's medication unless it comes in its own medicine bottle with a prescription label, not in the medicine holder we've used for lo these many years.
The ER doctor said that tainted food (vegetables - right?) from Mexico has been causing this.
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