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Comment on Brown Bag Enrichment Lunches at Southside/September schedule by I ordered a drum carder of my own! :) « Goodness Gracious WV’s Weblog

I ordered a drum carder of my own! :) « Goodness Gracious WV’s Weblog — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 15:38:27 +0000

[...] in other news, my Brown Bag Enrichment Lunch series is ready to go! We’ve worked out most of the problems with the lunch ladies and the first [...]

Comment on Is that really an editorial? by crystal

crystal — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 21:22:07 +0000

Dream come true? Yeah, it would be spectacular to have a building for all the HSers to use but there isn’t money to support that dream. None for utilities, none for purchase, none for rent, etc.

Comment on I’m confused…(and sarcastic)…about the University Heights property for a consolidated school by crystal

crystal — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:52:43 +0000

YAY for eminent domain! YAY for our lack of freedoms being revealed because our property can be taken at will! YAY! YAY for the BOE being on board with that! YAY for Superschools!!!
Not.

Comment on I’m confused…(and sarcastic)…about the University Heights property for a consolidated school by goodnessgraciouswv

goodnessgraciouswv — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:50:17 +0000

Feel free to contribute to my blog with your corrections. I am aware that you disagree with me, but this is a BLOG and I do not claim to be representing anyone but myself. I am not a news reporter. This is not an official Cabell County Schools website.

I have presented information and speculation that I do not believe to be untruthful. Speculation is, of course, not something that I wish to end just because I do not have every single fact available to me. Some of them are difficult to obtain and others are just NOT anything that is factual, so there is no way that I could check them.

If you know that I have made factual errors, I really do welcome you letting me know what they are. As for matters of opinion and speculation, I am entitled to have them, as are you.

Comment on I’m confused…(and sarcastic)…about the University Heights property for a consolidated school by Mr. B

Mr. B — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:40:43 +0000

I think you might want to check into things a little bit better because you have some huge flaws in the information you have presented continually on this blog about Cabell County Schools and their attempts to build a new middle school for Enslow and Beverly Hills.

Comment on Anonymous Informer on HD site–re: renovate Field House & site for school by I’m confused…(and sarcastic)…about the University Heights property for a consolidated school « Huntington Essential School Blog–planning, hoping & communicating

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:07:21 +0000

[...] But, the claim (by Superintendent Bill Smith by email to me) is that there is too much traffic by the Field House (granted, but could we not ameliorate that in some way–say, a big fence and a pedestrian walkway over the road?), that the demolition is expected to be over $2.5 million (how much will the demolition of University Heights cost?, after we pay “fair market value” and take it by eminent domain from Prestera), that the drainage is bad and cannot be handled by the city, so there needs to be big holding tanks & buffer system underground for that (the second HD article says $375,000 for that). And, I’m afraid that we’ve forgotten what was said at the “Community Meeting” last January by Charles Holley who works for the city of Huntington — their experience is that they spend (if gutting an old, strong, historic building and rebuilding all the guts to be up to code) one-third less than building from scratch. I refer you also to a “comment” from the HD that is unattributed but sounds like they might know something from last January’s blog post. [...]

Comment on My new mantra, even though it might not be helpful… by crystal

crystal — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 02:17:58 +0000

I’d be the last one to tell you to give up trying to make things better. I admire your “sticktoitness” but you realize that everyday that your kids are forced to stay within the confines of the cookie cutter education we have, they are becoming the cookie. You and I both know that we don’t have time to waste (for our kids) on fixing the system. Their formative years are fleeting. You’re completely right though. They look at a child who’s “got it” and they say “oh,, he’ll be fine, now I can focus on this kid” and who can blame them? What else can they do? We know this isn’t the teacher’s fault, it’s the system. There’s no freedom in it. Education without freedom is just total fail.
::steps off soap box::

Comment on Cabell County homeschool EAGLE by crystal

crystal — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:54:40 +0000

Hey! Thanks for the free press!
Crystal

Comment on Creativity in Education?? by Crystal

Crystal — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:23:25 +0000

We love watching stuff on Ted.com I’ve watched that many many times. It’s a great motivator when we get in a rut!

Comment on Private school and start small? by Crystal

Crystal — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 01:44:55 +0000

Ok, I’m thinking in a rather unorganized fashion here,, bare with me.

Ok, so would children technically be classified as homeschooled or would the program be accredited?
If children would be seen in the eyes of the school system as homeschooled would each parent be required to sign a notice of intent with the principal teacher as the instructor?
If you intend for the program to be accredited (which all private schools in WV are not) then how will you aquire grant monies and state approval without including mentally challenged and physically challenged children?

I think you have an excellent idea. I’d be happy to help you out with any technicalities regarding year end assessment. I’m the Cabell Co. Test coordinator for the homeschool populous. I could easily include this new school in our testing plans (as badly as I hate testing) if the children will be held to homeschool rules.