tjcase
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The media Dean (Taxpayers) are buying a camcorder for each 2 students so they can go out and shoot footage. I wonder when each student will get a kindle e-book reader?
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italianbmxer
Registered: 08/10/08
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twit22
Registered: 10/07/07
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SOC:
You are completely correct and eventually like all else will come out. Yes I wondered about all the lights, underground utilities etc. they wanted to put in to have their road. I suppose the question MUST come to mind. Who were they trying to appease the voters, or the registered voters who do not vote as they get what they want.."ON THE RUN" again comes to mind among other issues. It is not for the lowly middle income family which makes decent money. It most certainly was not for the people who I have read about on here who are trying to make ends meet to live in this town. It is for the chosen few, sure you know who they are, we are just the tax payer to fund their and the lol big shots agenda's in this town. Love for anyone to prove me wrong.
Another case in point Ledge Rd., great decision by both the PB and BoS, what were they going to get? Look what they got a law suit, because bad decisons were made on greed, and who knows what else, maybe back door contracts. In my world that is collusion..Did it happen, hmm sure if we dug deep enough given the information we would find out.
I will say this, at one of the meetings about some of the records for Ledge Rd. were thrown out as per Mr. Turner on record. Why? You are supposed to keep records for a minimum of 7 years, were these the only records that were thrown out? His comment again on record said, " I THOUGHT WE DID NOT NEED THEM"..my bangos...they did not want us to see them...talk later, tks SOC
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windhamresident
Registered: 08/27/08
Posts: 169
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SOC,
Your argument falls apart when the one little tiny fact is put out there. That fact is, that the SB petitioned the BOS to lay out a town rd. So how can you blame the BOS for the rd.
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HoleInOne
Registered: 02/22/06
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The only thing I would be running for is coach  I have two young kids and they are my priority. With any luck I can get my kids into golf and then I combine the things I love the most together 
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twit22
Registered: 10/07/07
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HIO:
Now that is a good thing, maybe your kids would be another Tiger Woods..who knows I just hope and think you are probably not one of those parents who pushes their kids into things because you like the sport. I hope and believe that you are teaching them a good lesson on discipline without them knowing and if they do well, that is good. So HIO good for you..
But ever think about running for something in town as that seems to be the problem, no one wants to run...just a question..and for the most part for many in town the truth..not being a wish guy but it is the facts..so what happens, we get what we get!!!!!!  HAD TO PUT THE 2ND ONE IN AS IT IS YOU....HAHAHAHHAHA
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SomeOneCares
Registered: 10/15/08
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windhamresident - Your argument falls apart when the one little tiny fact is put out there. That fact is, that the SB petitioned the BOS to lay out a town rd. So how can you blame the BOS for the rd.
It really doesn't matter to me who is 'to blame'...which seems to be part of this response. The question is - should state educational funding be used to build a town road? We know that the answer is yes, if it provides only access to the facilities supported by the laws/rules of principle reimbursement. We also know the answer is no once a road is transformed to 'general public access'. [my terms] I just suspect that the state has not caught on to what has happened here and/or it is a bit too soon since there isn't a contiguous road yet. This has nothing to do with who petitioned for the road. I remember correctly, the only time the topic had the potential to "bridge" [no pun intended] primary and secondary access there was a recess at that meeting so that the DOE gentleman could be excused.
On who filed the petition... it reminds me of a kid that does something [takes a class, goes to a college, etc] due to parent pressure. Most of the time, things don't turn out as planned.
I would agree that the SB did petition for a class V road...after they had all their input from the FC, PC, BOS, Highway Dept., etc. Their intent back in 2006 was to build access to the high school, they were manipulated to build out a road with all the bells and whistles that they did not have in a budget and could not afford...mismanagement of funds ???? playing the politics to get the approval ????...really it doesn't matter. Their number one goal had to be access to the school to have a HS...wait isn't that the argument being used during the last year for the second access road? Here is a bit from the past....
2/27/06
...Mr. Anderson gave a brief timeline of events leading up to the current
situation. He explained that, even before the bond had passed, the School
Board had gleaned input from the Police and Fire Departments,
Conservation Commission, and others regarding Londonbridge Road. He
stated that, though the school had wanted a driveway, the Fire and Police
Departments had clearly wanted a road constructed. Mr. Anderson stated
that the School Board had evaluated their funding and determined that they
could construct a roadway to NH Department of Transportation standards
within their budget. Mr. Anderson then stated that, after conducting site
walks and designing the roadway to DOT standards, the School Board had
gone before the Planning Board and, after many questions and input from
the Planning staff, it now appears that the School District is being asked to
build the road to Town standards which it cannot afford...
This was still under the assumption that a simple gravel road that [paraphrasing] "would support the weight of a car/cruiser" would suffice as secondary access until the town took on the building of the road themselves. Now they are spending laptop money :-) on road construction?
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OldYankee
Registered: 06/20/08
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Twit22,
I just might have voted for you. I believe you spoke the truth when you went before the BOS. I also believe there would be no hidden agendas with you.
windhamresident,
I went looking on the town web site for the original LBR petition as it was posted there. I had made a reference in a prior post to the fact the the petition did not spell the name of the road correctly. I can not find the petition since the redo of the site. I wanted to verify which part of LBR the petition referred to. I thought, but readily admit I may be in error, that Mike generated the petition.
Never the less, are you troubled at all by the fact that members of the SB did not believe the second access road was required and that they had their bases covered with the part from 111? Now, if you believed you did not need something then why would you petition for what you do not need?
From the BOS Dec 29, 2008 meeting
"Mr. Hatem stated the District did not wish to have a lawsuit between the Town and School, however, the District was not acknowledging that the road was necessary; rather the $450K was being offered in good faith. Discussion ensued regarding the roadway being the District’s responsibility and the initial school bond amount as approved by the voters." Mike did not say a Class V road was necessary, he said the road.
Oh, my opinions are way of base and of course yours are 100% right on 100% of the time I suppose. I will defer to your expertise.
Yes, 3 people with support. I would not define it as 'a lot' based on the total number of eligible voters in town. But let us use the ones that did vote: reelected one incumbent, Roger and voted one incumbent, Dennis out and selected a new member. It would seem that the voters wanted a change on the BOS regardless of the number of people voting. That also means that
1778 other voters, regardless of their reasoning, felt the same way I did at the time. Also, take a look at the State Rep voting. Seems there was some degree of people feeling the same way I did then too.
Since you brought it up, which members of the BOS (recent past and current) do you think are sheep and which are not? And, why do you think they are or are not sheep?
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twit22
Registered: 10/07/07
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Old Yankee:
Thanks at least a might (if I was here to run) would give me the opportunity to hopefully change it to a yes. I regret I have to move, but sometimes you just have to move on... Yet I almost wish in a way that I would be here just for another couple of years to give it a shot to run for a position on the BOS. I know I could really make a change, and I would work hard for the people of Windham. I have no agenda whatsoever and lots to offer, especially honesty.
I'd like to add thanks for believing me, I told the truth at that BOS meeting and stand by all I stated and would do it again if I had too. It was not a pleasant experience but it had to be done..Have a nice night....regards, julia
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SamIam
Registered: 01/11/08
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The School Board is taking bids for a new "recreational building" at Windham High School ??
Is there a money tree up there on the hill ??
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crankyoldguy
Registered: 02/23/07
Posts: 666
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Posted elsewhere. Worth repeating. Comment from a Minnesota state rep:
"Through the Goals 2000 program, the federal government was pushing knowledge, facts and information out of classroom study, substituting them with a study of attitudes, values and beliefs," she said, "but not necessarily the values that moms and dads would like."
Using her background as an attorney, she investigated the federal Goals 2000 contracts between Minnesota and the local school districts. "I discovered that the federal government had effectively federalized all our local public school classrooms," she said. "We were losing local school authority."
Sound familiar?
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crankyoldguy
Registered: 02/23/07
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"It should be your care, therefore, and mine, to elevate the minds of our children and exalt their courage; to accelerate and animate their industry and activity; to excite in them an habitual contempt of meanness, abhorrence of injustice and inhumanity, and an ambition to excel in every capacity, faculty, and virtue. If we suffer their minds to grovel and creep in infancy, they will grovel all their lives." --John Adams, Dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Law, 1756
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MOMwithAbrain
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MOMwithAbrain
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Bedford parents were caught by surprise as to how many students had to attend summer school in order to pass the new Competencies per the NH Dept. of Ed. IF you read the comments, you will find that many are convinced the Competency Based Ed. somehow improves academic quality in the NH schools. This couldn't be further from the truth. Competency Ed is a new name for Outcome Based Ed. Outcome Based Ed, was a new term for Mastery Learning. You might be wondering, what's up with the name changes? Well, it's tough to sell any program to parents when they can google search it and find it's been a complete failure in other districts. Change the name and you can re-sell it to the next naive community. So what's Competency Ed...aka...Outcome Based Ed....aka...Mastery Learning? The easiest way to get a good grasp of what's coming to the New Hampshire public schools is to watch the presentation by Peg Luksik on Google video. "Who Controls Our Children part 1-6. peg luksik who controls our children - Google Videos When you are done watching those videos... click on New Hampshire High School Redesign and go to page that says: Expectations for Learning are Changing and look at the list of NON-Academic outcomes.
This is the vision for the NH High schools which is being promoted by Linda Darling-Hammond who was one of the folks in line for Ed. Secretary for Pres. Obama (he ended up choosing Sec. Duncan)
In this latest article, a Litchfield student catches the absurdity of Competency Based ed
This Junior in the Litchfield High School caught on to the dumbing down of Competency Based Ed, but unfortunately many others have not.
Once you've scanned through that....check out the critics here:
One thing's for sure, the NH Dept of Ed seems to have bought into just about every fad that other districts found failed their children.
Anyone with a child in the NH public school system should familiarize themselves with OBE. It normally takes years for the public to see the negative effects of OBE. Hopefully this information will awaken the parents in NH before too much damage is done. Maybe it's time to start questioning Gov. Lynch on his Dept of Ed
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