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Post by JWH on Sept 5, 2008 7:21:58 GMT -5
I think the kids who will soon be Warriors will get along just fine. The beginning will be alittle scary as is anything new but the kids will be the ones to pull things together. It is the parents I am worried about. If you read the blue board there are some posters that have no intention of making a smooth transition and continue bitter rants. That can't help anyone. Among the complaints is the WV has done nothing to reach out to them. Any thoughts on that? Apparently I need to explain my last post better. On the blue board one poster has really been twisting what I have said. What I wrote was: "Among the complaints is the WV has done nothing to reach out to them. Any thoughts on that?" I was just asking for anyones opinion on the subject. I have a child at Scullen who plays football and he is waiting to hear from WV as well, mostly concerning football. I agree that WV needs to do a better job in this area. I was referring to several individuals who appear hysterical about losing the lawsuit and going to WV. Here are a few of their quotes- "It does seem that some are very anxious to close the book and call the boundaries done like they are set in stone. They are not done, they haven't even started yet and there is an election for a majority of the school board seats before they are slated to take effect!" And another- " AND if Karla Zozulia were to receive just disciple for her malicious publication, MAYBE the healing could begin. Until then, I have no idea what will help. Oddly, telling us to "get over it" doesn't seem to be working." This is what I was referring to. I would have posted on the blue but since I am not on it I hope the poster who twisted my words visits and gets it right. I think they are trying to keep the kids focused on the current year. They are students of their current school. Sure, they should make available information about activities at the 2009-2010 year school assignment if people want to seek it out, and it looks like those being moved want a little more info. However, we are only in the second week of the school year.
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Post by WeNeed3 on Sept 5, 2008 8:33:28 GMT -5
I have been thinking if we as a district will ever see unification again. I certainly hope so. I think this will be a hard year, no doubt. But it is as hard as you make it and IMO some are making it harder than others while some people are making the most of it. The district seems to want to portray the message to focus on the current school for this year. So if someone wants to learn more about the activities at WV and start getting their child excited about WV early, then great. I think that is a wonderful idea and they can start as soon as they want but because it is so early in the year, they may have to do it on their own for awhile. I'm sure more info will be coming later in the year for these transitioning parents and kids, as there should be. It will probably be coming out when all of the next-year focus information comes out.
I don't think we will begin to heal until the kids are where they need to be and some sort of normalcy returns. IMHO when the three schools are up and running and the students have transitioned, only then can the district heal. I don't think a lot of folks are ready yet, but I'm sure that a lot are. That is what this board is all about. Supplying information and helping other parents in 204. But you can only help those that want to be helped.
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Post by majorianthrax on Sept 5, 2008 9:12:53 GMT -5
A very fine post 3. People have to put away their differences and bitterness for the good of the district and the kids.
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Post by WeNeed3 on Sept 5, 2008 11:10:55 GMT -5
A very fine post 3. People have to put away their differences and bitterness for the good of the district and the kids. As I've said before, the important thing is the kids. I hope everyone can put away their differences for them. High school can be hard, and I would hate for any child that is having a hard time with the transition be swept under the rug. Some of these 9th graders have to transition twice in the next two years and HS can be a difficult time too. I hope there are programs in place for that. It's interesting that I have heard that there are teams in place at the Gold campuses and that the kids going to WV next year are all on the same team. That's great and it seems that they are promoting WV a bit at times and trying to get them excited for the transition. Maybe not to everyone's satisfaction but it is being done. I can sympathize with the kids that have to wear sportswear one year and switch the next. I just hope that if a child has problems with this, the school and parents are aware and help that child adjust.
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