Tommy’s financial aid is in jeopardy because the paperwork says Buttle not Tuttle.
Category: Education
You should be commenting on this right now!
Head over to Knox School Matters and comment on Become The Best In High School Education!
Be involved with your schools! Act TODAY!
During the rezoning we told the school board that the community wanted to be informed and involved in the choices that were being made. The School Matters forum was created as a result to help facilitate communication on educational issues. School Matters can be used by the community to talk amongst themselves on all issues of education throughout life. Education is not limited to K through 12. Fortunately, the school board listens in on School Matters and often provides commentary and responses.
The Knox County Board of Education will host an overview of school finance and the FY 2009 Budget request at 6:00 p.m. Thursday, June 12 in the West High School auditorium at 3300 Sutherland Ave.
The session is for interested citizens and is designed to provide a primer on school finance and an overview of the FY 2009 budget request and approval process.
[Source, School Matters, Knox County Schools Budget Overview Meeting for General Public]
Your comments to this announcement on School Matters could possibly help keep the budget on track and steer our educational resources in the best possible manner to provide our children with the education they deserve. Take time and comment now! For the children.
C|Net doesn’t like my comments
C|Net posted a story called N.Y. court upholds school cell phone ban and I replied with this comment:
I find it disheartening that for reasons which sound fearful and lacking of understanding “…contending the mobile gadgets can promote cheating and harassment…” that schools fail to teach a tool which will be integral to our children’s success in life once they leave school. Schools should be teaching our children how to use the tools on the cell phones including productivity management (calendar apps, todos, alerts), etiquette (better to learn it in school than on their first job!), emailing, sms, Internet searching from the phone, social networking (that’s how contracts and sales will be landed, jobs offered, and an edge above the rest secured), and so on.
Address issues of “cheating and harassment” on an individual basis and let’s not limit our children’s education based on speculation!
I have more here including a video where teaching cellphones in school proved to be successful: http://realityme.net/2008/02/23/teach-cell-phones-dont-ban-them/
Now, I had some difficulty submitting the comment so it may have appeared as though I tried to submit it three times. The comment is now gone. Instead blather like this is left:
It is so funny to hear people say that their little johnny is such a perfect child and that they have the right to reach him in the event of a comet hitting the earth. First of all, johnny is a little pervert cheater with no respect for his teacher or the classroom. Second of all, the parents are just as bad as their kid. Sick sick sick. They all need to be be put back on track and taught what is right and what is wrong. They can stomp their feet and throw a tantrum or they can pull their heads out of their butts and see the light. Boo hoo… Cry me a river. We never had cell phones when I was in school. Somehow I survived. Somehow may parents picked me up from football. Somehow they picked me up when I was sick at school. Somehow they were contacted when I threw spit balls. Kids and parents nowdays are screwed up big time.
I have read the C|NET terms of use and unless the relevant link to Reality Me can be construed as advertising then there was no justification for the comment deletion. If the link was a problem, remove the link! I have reposted the comment but if it disappears I simply won’t participate in C|Net discussions anymore.
My son needs your comments. Please help him!
My oldest son is doing a class project in ecology. He is writing two posts a week and soliciting comments which he will compile or aggregate into his report. He cannot complete his project without comments. Please take a moment and read his posts. If you are so compelled, please comment on as many as you can. Thank you!
His posts to date:
Please make the comments on Tommy’s blog.
Please help my son
Tommy is doing a project in his Ecology class and needs to collect different opinions on a variety of topics. The first is regarding the water dispute between Tennessee and Georgia. Could you head over to Tommy’s blog and give him your thoughts in the comments of his post Water Dispute? Thank you!
ACT NOW! They are voting TODAY!
They are voting today!
This vote regarding kids going to the school closest to [their] home, gets voted on TOMORROW! This is an initial vote by six house members. They must be contacted today.
The original email:
Dear Friends and Neighbors,
Rep Mike Turner and Senator Haynes have proposed a change to the Tennessee Code that shall allow "any pupil so desiring to attend the school closest to the geographical location of the place of residence of the pupil." This bill is in committee this week so we must ACT NOW! You can get more information on this bill by going to the TN government state website: http://www.state.tn.us/
The bill is being proposed in both the house (2524) and senate (2891). This addresses the concerns of many families throughout Knox County who felt that their children should attend a school closer to their home.
I encourage you to call or email your representative. Also, if you have a relationship with anyone on this list or in the State House or Senate, please contact them as well.
Below is a list emails for State Officials representing Knox County.
Thank you for your time.
Pamela Treacy
- sen.randy.mcnally@legislature.state.tn.us
- sen.jamie.woodson@legislature.state.tn.us
- sen.tim.burchett@legislature.state.tn.us
- rep.harry.tindell@legislature.state.tn.us
- rep.park.strader@legislature.state.tn.us
- rep.joe.armstrong@legislature.state.tn.us
- rep.bill.dunn@legislature.state.tn.us
- rep.frank.niceley@legislature.state.tn.us
- rep.stacey.campfield@legislature.state.tn.us
- rep.harry.brooks@legislature.state.tn.us
- sen.randy.mcnally@legislature.state.tn.us
- sen.jamie.woodson@legislature.state.tn.us
- sen.tim.burchett@legislature.state.tn.us
- rep.harry.tindell@legislature.state.tn.us
- rep.park.strader@legislature.state.tn.us
- rep.joe.armstrong@legislature.state.tn.us
- rep.bill.dunn@legislature.state.tn.us
- rep.frank.niceley@legislature.state.tn.us
- rep.stacey.campfield@legislature.state.tn.us
- rep.harry.brooks@legislature.state.tn.us
Senate
- Randy McNally (R) 307 WMB, 37243-0205 741-6806 741-7200
94 Royal Troon Cir, OR 37830 483-5544- Jamie Woodson(R) 317 WMB, 37243-0206 741-1648 253-0270
8509 White _s Pond Way,37923 539-8683- Tim Burchett (R) 310A WMB 37243-0207 741-1766 741-7200
8220 Bennington Dr 37909 693-1902House District
- Harry Tindell (D) 33 LP, 37243-0113 741-2031 741-1446
P.O. Box 27325, 37927-7325 524-7200- Park M Strader (R) 214 WMB, 37243-0114 741-2264 741-1005
708 Farragut Commons Dr,37934 694-9165- Joseph Armstrong (D) 25 LP, 37243-0115 741-0768 253-0316
4708 Hilldale Dr, 37914 523-6374- Bill Dunn (R) 205 WMB, 37243-0116 741-1721 532-8221
5309 LaVesta Rd, 37918 687-4904- Frank Niceley (R) 113 WMB, 37243-0117 741-2282 253-0217
1023 Creek Rd, Str Plns37871 433-4419- Stacey Campfield (R) 113 WMB, 37243-0118 741-2287 253-0217
2011 Flagler Rd, 37912 455-2627- Harry Brooks (R) 207 WMB, 37243-0119 741-6879 253-0212
6600 Washington Pike, 37918 687-5987
Quit teaching fractions!
Dennis DeTurck believes that we should not teach fractions until they can be appreciated which may be after calculus. Watch it below.
USA Today had an article last month noting some people disagree vehemently.
From the mouths of babes
Amy: "Dad, why does my bus come so early?"
It is funny that the youngest (school age) person in the house has to be the first up.
The Internet Gives Me Gooder English
The Internet not only makes our world smaller, but it keeps our minds sharp. I enjoy videos like the one below from Deek. Deek’s video was inspired by my use of the non-sense word "obligated" rather than "obliged."
Giving my 2 cents about the superintendent
I’m heading to Bearden High School to give my input how the next school superintendent. I hope you’ll be there. This is important. This is our future!
We asked to be heard; tonight is our chance!
Do you care for the future of education in Knox County? We have asked that the citizens be heard in choices like rezonings and choosing a school superintendent. They are now willing to listen!
Knox County residents are invited this week to share their suggestions on what characteristics the school system’s new superintendent needs.
And the school board has been told to stay away.
[Source, Knoxnews.com, Residents’ input sought on superintendent]
I personally think the superintendent needs to come from outside of Knox County and maybe far from TN where local politics and good ol’ boy relations will not be an influence. I want someone making decisions that are right for our children and not because of politics or helping a buddy out.
Don’t forget to attend the superintendent search forums tonight (11/26) at either Austin East or Central High School auditoriums, beginning at 7:00 pm.
Additional forums will be held Tuesday, 11/27/07, at South Doyle and Bearden High School auditoriums, also at 7:00 pm.
This is very important! Make the time to voice your opinion please.
And today started off so well…Now I’m seeing stars
I have been working a project that no person in their right mind would have accepted, particularly at the pittance of the budget alloted. It is a train wreck but today, after several hours of feeling like I was trying to fill the ocean with sand from the beach, I felt the train was back on the track! The client is in a timezone 7 hours ahead of me so I have to work furiously to have this done for their opening business day. Then I had a meeting to help the boy scouts plan for a high adventure trip next summer. During the meeting, at 4:30pm on a Sunday, I get a message that another parent has called my wife to consult on the 3-D solar system project that he knows all parents have probably been working so furiously on for the whole weekend (or longer). Solar system project?! To be built to scale! And with excellent report attached.
So, a pot of coffee brews as I tear the house up looking for objects that are to scale (a trip to AC Moore for Styrofoam would have been nice!) and watch the business day in my client’s timezone come ever so much nearer. Let’s go upstairs and figure out just what the world revolves around.
Dear Substitute Bus Driver
If you are going to lie and claim that you stopped at the two stops which you didn’t even slow down for, you better be able to substantiate it! And how is it that your bus appeared so empty? Were no children at any of your stops today? An official complaint has been filed with the transportation department. Next time stop your bus even if you do not see any children at the stop.
If you are a Knoxville parent searching for ways to deal with busing issues, be sure to put the transportation department’s phone number, 865-594-1550, in your cell phone’s address book. We would have fewer busing issues if the school owned the buses instead of contracting them.
Update: The bus did eventually pickup the high schoolers. Turns out their official stop is on the other side of Northshore Drive and roughly 80m (120feet) walk down a busy, overgrown, narrow road with no sidewalks. This would be the section of road with 2 crosses and piles of roadkill. So the substitute driver likely stopped at only official stops. I have to file paperwork to make the stop that the bus has stopped at for at least 7 years into an "official" stop.
From the mouths of babes
Noah: "Health ended today."
Dad: "Oh? Did you have sex education?"
Noah: "Sorta."
Dad: "Did they talk to you about boy parts and girl parts?"
Noah: "They talked about boy parts. I missed the day they talked about girl parts."
Dad: "Sex education was only two days?!"
