http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pasadenaschools/ pasadenaschools Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:30:53 GMT jeremiah2870 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pasadenaschools/message/860 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pasadenaschools/message/860 I was bemused by some of the statistics in this piece, specifically this one: The National Council on Teacher Quality observed that "more than 99 percent of Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:36:22 GMT Isaac Garcia http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pasadenaschools/message/859 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pasadenaschools/message/859 http://pasadenaweekly.com/cms/story/detail/to_have_and_have_not/7672/ Pasadena Weekly To have and have not PUSD follows wealthier districts in seeking a parcel Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:48:59 GMT Bruce Wasson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pasadenaschools/message/858 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pasadenaschools/message/858 Peter,   If PUSD's problems are mostly "of money", how is it that 3 out of 4 of the over 200 California schools with high percentages of low-income and Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:03:23 GMT Isaac Garcia http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pasadenaschools/message/857 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pasadenaschools/message/857 As it pertains to our neighborhood, home values and contributions to our local schools....... Everyone's property taxes are going to go up whether or not we Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:53:30 GMT Peter Dreier http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pasadenaschools/message/856 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pasadenaschools/message/856 Lisa, I wasn't guilt tripping you for moving to private school. I was pointing out that the problems facing PUSD are mostly problems of money, not bad Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:09:18 GMT Lisa Gibson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pasadenaschools/message/855 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pasadenaschools/message/855 I agree Peter but I had to do what was best for my son and put himin Bosco Tech I am not richand a single mom who works hard to give my son a opprotunity like Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:38:19 GMT Peter Dreier http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pasadenaschools/message/854 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pasadenaschools/message/854 Lisa, To respond to your email... We get great teachers by: 1. providing working conditions that help them do their job, including classes with fewer than 25 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:25:19 GMT Lisa Gibson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pasadenaschools/message/853 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pasadenaschools/message/853 I have read these articles and I loved my first year at Marshall. My son had the most amazing AP English teacher. She was amazing by working your child to Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:23:02 GMT Bruce Wasson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pasadenaschools/message/852 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pasadenaschools/message/852 Pasadenaschools,   Wow! I do apologize. Hopefully you'll get this version before bothering with my earlier versions, so that you can ignore them.   It Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:09:00 GMT Bruce Wasson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pasadenaschools/message/851 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pasadenaschools/message/851 Pasadenaschools,   It appears this forum supports only physical web links, which I have added to this version of my last email. Resending with my apologies: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:53:39 GMT Bruce Wasson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pasadenaschools/message/850 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pasadenaschools/message/850 Isaac,   Done, but with regrets.   I agree the PSN's inarticulate article last Weds was unfortunate. However, I don't believe the article was as unfortunate Fri, 21 Aug 2009 22:25:05 GMT Isaac Garcia http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pasadenaschools/message/849 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pasadenaschools/message/849 List, I'd encourage everyone to read Peter Dreier's column on Huffington Post that does an excellent job of summarizing the course of events that led to the Sat, 15 Aug 2009 16:19:04 GMT Isaac Garcia http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pasadenaschools/message/848 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pasadenaschools/message/848 "We have put in place alternative education programs …" I wonder where they'll place/put these programs? Isaac ... [Non-text portions of this message have Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:34:43 GMT Walter Cochran-Bond http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pasadenaschools/message/847 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pasadenaschools/message/847 I posted this message earlier on our neighborhood blog. I am reposting it here because I have heard that it struck a chord with others. I do not find this new Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:18:58 GMT Isaac Garcia http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pasadenaschools/message/846 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pasadenaschools/message/846 PasadenaSchools Email List, Here is some news that some (half?) of our local email loop might welcome. Let me state right now - when Noyes becomes empty again