vision2020
Re: School District Cuts
Heather:
Please don't drop the subject. Without substantial communication things are not likely to get better soon. I just want to correct one misconception that I caused. Sports are not the only activities in the portion of the budget I mentioned. Activities include band, academic/scholastic competitions (MathCounts, Knowledge Masters, etc), clubs (Environmental Club, Spanish Club, Chess Club, etc). It also includes sports, some of which operate similarly to intra-mural activities in other schools. There is no intra-mural program in the district. I do respect your opinion that all of those should be cut. I would only say that there is a great deal of data that says that students learn (educationally) and become suited for life outside school in many places in addition to the classroom. All those activities are part of a sound educational program and for the most part are conducted pretty inexpensively.
Thanks for taking the time to express your opinions. We can't learn from one another unless we talk and have open minds.
Mike Curley
On 5 Dec 01, at 17:31, hayfields@moscow.com wrote:
Date forwarded: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 09:39:14 -0800 (PST)
To: Vision2020@moscow.com
From: hayfields@moscow.com
Subject: Re: School District Cuts
Date sent: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 17:31:59 GMT
Forwarded by: vision2020@moscow.com
> Of course coaches teach. Many of them are excellent teachers. Which is why
it would be such a terrible waste to lose them as teachers yet retain them as
coaches. I was under the impression that coaching doesn't pay all that well.
Perhaps I am wrong. Can coaches make enough to live on? Maybe coaches who teach
would rather lose their jobs as teachers so that they can continue to coach.
Maybe they would rather watch other teachers lose their jobs so that they can
continue to coach. Mike Curley quoted to me that cutting all activities would
only cover about 25% of the slated layoffs. I guess I feel that saving the jobs
of 6-7 people who have families,bills and lives(which I guess I don't have
according to the Miller's, thanks for cluing me in...) it is worth it. In my
humble opinion having kids not play sports so that classes are smaller and
peoples jobs are saved is important. I know that to others it is sports.
Different priorities I guess. And now I promise to drop the subject at the
expense of boring others
Heather
Jordan
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