Comments on: Local: Kellar parents concerned about shortened school day

By: Peoria Pundit » Blog Archive » Local: D150 to meet with concerned parents

Wed, 21 May 2008 17:44:33 +0000

[...] HOINews has an article here. C.J. blogged about it here. My original article is here. [...]

By: Media: Kellar parents’ concerns on HOI tonight : Peoria Pundit

Media: Kellar parents’ concerns on HOI tonight : Peoria Pundit — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:30:52 +0000

[...] alert: Jen Christensen forms me that HOINews’s Ian Schwartz will do a report on concerned Kellar Primary School parents for the shows 10 p.m. newscast tonight. I try to catch the segment on the Web, as I’ll be at [...]

By: Local: D150 to meet with concerned parents : Peoria Pundit

Local: D150 to meet with concerned parents : Peoria Pundit — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:11:11 +0000

[...] HOINews has an article here. C.J. blogged about it here. My original article is here. [...]

By: Conrad

Conrad — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 14:58:14 +0000

I think it is time for the current D150 board to resign and for the City to step in and take over.

By: Diane Vespa

Diane Vespa — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 02:55:25 +0000

In addition, Mr. Stowell offered to speak to our Kellar PTO, which is in the works. These Mamma Bears will be a tough audience. Kudos to him… but pm me and I’ll tell you where I’m puttin my $$

By: Diane Vespa

Diane Vespa — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 02:49:49 +0000

I talked to Jim Stowell today, who I reassured that I would not want his position on the school board for all the money in the world. Of course, they are between a rock and a hard place, but I told him in no uncertain terms that they would be hard pressed to “sell” this or any other plan to anyone with half a brain until the D150 Administration took some hits themselves.

By: kohlrabi

kohlrabi — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:36:10 +0000

Diane – “The most persuasive person on the planet could not convince any reasonable person that this proposal is in the best interests of the kids.” But we’re talking about Ken Hinton convincing the school board of this plan – and I haven’t figured out how he does it exactly (I’m leaning towards hypnosis) but he seems to be able to convince them of just about anything.

By: Diane Vespa

Diane Vespa — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:17:26 +0000

Kohlrabi, If the woman who presented it in fact put the spin on it that the teachers were thrilled, she was lying. Any good teacher (of which D150 has the best!) wants what is in the best interests of their students. The most persuasive person on the planet could not convince any reasonable person that this proposal is in the best interests of the kids.

By: kohlrabi

kohlrabi — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:54:53 +0000

What was presented at the school board meeting – and the woman presenting made it sound like the teachers were thrilled with the idea – was that the teachers prep period would all be at the same time – at the beginning of the day before the kids show up. They said they’d have longer periods for math and reading with this plan. That would allow them to eliminate the part-time teachers who cover the classes while the teachers are having their prep time. It wasn’t clear that they are covering the class by teaching art and music but that’s probably the case. Given how things go when Hinton puts the mind meld on – the school board will probably vote for it unanimously.

By: The Peoria Chronicle » Blog Archive » D150 looking to save money by cutting instruction time, arts

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 03:46:04 +0000

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