Comments on: Another FV Agenda Item http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2007/01/19/another-fv-agenda-item/ The View From Connecticut's Northwest Corner Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:52:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Dawn Siepmann http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2007/01/19/another-fv-agenda-item/#comment-4399 Dawn Siepmann Tue, 23 Jan 2007 12:00:38 +0000 http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2007/01/19/another-fv-agenda-item/#comment-4399 thank you paul and terry I will email for a high res, I did save the image, but would like a better quality to print. like the subject of a previous blog, it's important to give credit for people's work or ask permission to have it/use it. (the ny times article that took from terry's) I most likely have a similar photo but for some reason this one has a great perspective. hung up the skates, found the beach better! thank you paul and terry I will email for a high res, I did save the image, but would like a better quality to print. like the subject of a previous blog, it’s important to give credit for people’s work or ask permission to have it/use it. (the ny times article that took from terry’s) I most likely have a similar photo but for some reason this one has a great perspective. hung up the skates, found the beach better!

]]> By: Terry http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2007/01/19/another-fv-agenda-item/#comment-4359 Terry Mon, 22 Jan 2007 12:51:54 +0000 http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2007/01/19/another-fv-agenda-item/#comment-4359 Dawn, In most browsers, if you click and hold on the image it will allow you to save it on your hard drive. If that doesn't work or if you want high res, send me an email at thenews@hotmail.com. Dawn,

In most browsers, if you click and hold on the image it will allow you to save it on your hard drive. If that doesn’t work or if you want high res, send me an email at thenews@hotmail.com.

]]> By: Paul Bartomioli http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2007/01/19/another-fv-agenda-item/#comment-4353 Paul Bartomioli Mon, 22 Jan 2007 03:57:19 +0000 http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2007/01/19/another-fv-agenda-item/#comment-4353 Nice idea, Marshall. It won't happen because it will work, and you are not a professional educator. The whole concept of a Regional School District has been destroyed in this area, with the exception of the High School. How many employee contracts exist in this region? How much regional purchasing is done? Your proposal requires people to step outside their comfort zone, just like my pet project: vouchers. Dawn, if Terry cannot send you the picture, Karen has them on our HD. Let me know. How's hockey in florida? Nice idea, Marshall. It won’t happen because it will work, and you are not a professional educator.

The whole concept of a Regional School District has been destroyed in this area, with the exception of the High School. How many employee contracts exist in this region? How much regional purchasing is done?

Your proposal requires people to step outside their comfort zone, just like my pet project: vouchers.

Dawn, if Terry cannot send you the picture, Karen has them on our HD. Let me know. How’s hockey in florida?

]]> By: Dawn Siepmann http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2007/01/19/another-fv-agenda-item/#comment-4346 Dawn Siepmann Sun, 21 Jan 2007 16:15:48 +0000 http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2007/01/19/another-fv-agenda-item/#comment-4346 We are proud to have lived and raised our kids in Falls Village and still consider it our "home", and where we are from. Kellogg is like a private school that would be in a bigger town. We always figured our town taxes were like tution. Our boys had class sizes of 13 and 8. A combined 7 and 8 would be a great option for our region. On a side note, Terry- can I have a copy of the photo posted? We are proud to have lived and raised our kids in Falls Village and still consider it our “home”, and where we are from. Kellogg is like a private school that would be in a bigger town. We always figured our town taxes were like tution. Our boys had class sizes of 13 and 8. A combined 7 and 8 would be a great option for our region. On a side note, Terry- can I have a copy of the photo posted?

]]> By: Marshall Miles http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2007/01/19/another-fv-agenda-item/#comment-4319 Marshall Miles Sat, 20 Jan 2007 12:32:05 +0000 http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2007/01/19/another-fv-agenda-item/#comment-4319 The question is not wether Kellog is viable long term...but if the way Region One is set up is viable long term! This district should have a pre-K thru 6th grade school in each town... A Junior High School for 7th and 8th graders, located in Cornwall somewhere... And Housatonic as it's High School.... This would always enable the district to: Have enough room when lots of kids... Have enough room when not so many kids... Be far more cost effective than renovating six schools every 10 years.... Far better for the socilization of kids... Provide a better education experience for both students and teachers..... Provide smaller classes for more one-on-one instruction.... It will never happen, but it should have 20 years ago!!!! Now, let the floodgates open! The question is not wether Kellog is viable long term…but if the way Region One is set up is viable long term!

This district should have a pre-K thru 6th grade school in each town…

A Junior High School for 7th and 8th graders, located in Cornwall somewhere…

And Housatonic as it’s High School….

This would always enable the district to:

Have enough room when lots of kids…

Have enough room when not so many kids…

Be far more cost effective than renovating six schools every 10 years….

Far better for the socilization of kids…

Provide a better education experience for both students and teachers…..

Provide smaller classes for more one-on-one instruction….

It will never happen, but it should have 20 years ago!!!!

Now, let the floodgates open!

]]> By: Geoff Brown http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2007/01/19/another-fv-agenda-item/#comment-4312 Geoff Brown Sat, 20 Jan 2007 02:21:31 +0000 http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2007/01/19/another-fv-agenda-item/#comment-4312 Okay, I'll begin. Having a daughter who did grades 7 & 8 at Salisbury Central, then graduated from Hotchkiss -- Housy earned her eternal emnity when the kids there teased the 8th graders who were visiting who so much as indicated they might consider a private school (daughter was smart enough to keep her plans to herself, but she still feels bad about the treatment some other kids received) --back in the late 1980s, I have a little background in the situation. Now I see kids who go to both the local public and private schools on Sunday mornings, and I have to say that the public schools have come way, way up in the last 20 years. I live here, and pay taxes here, and would like to see the public schools remain as really viable competition for the private schools -- and that is fundamentally what this discussion is about. I guess the other side of the discussion is whether Kellogg is viable long-term, and although I know at least one kid who benefits greatly from the small size of the school, I suspect that a merger with Cornwall needs to happen sooner rather than later. Since I live in Salisbury, it's none of my business, only my opinion. Now, let the floodgates open..... Okay, I’ll begin.

Having a daughter who did grades 7 & 8 at Salisbury Central, then graduated from Hotchkiss — Housy earned her eternal emnity when the kids there teased the 8th graders who were visiting who so much as indicated they might consider a private school (daughter was smart enough to keep her plans to herself, but she still feels bad about the treatment some other kids received) –back in the late 1980s, I have a little background in the situation.

Now I see kids who go to both the local public and private schools on Sunday mornings, and I have to say that the public schools have come way, way up in the last 20 years.

I live here, and pay taxes here, and would like to see the public schools remain as really viable competition for the private schools — and that is fundamentally what this discussion is about.

I guess the other side of the discussion is whether Kellogg is viable long-term, and although I know at least one kid who benefits greatly from the small size of the school, I suspect that a merger with Cornwall needs to happen sooner rather than later. Since I live in Salisbury, it’s none of my business, only my opinion.

Now, let the floodgates open…..

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