tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15508446.post3722632877840101818..comments2023-10-30T11:37:38.763-04:00Comments on NewsOverCoffee: Nazareth News: Calandras Don't Want To Sell Land to NASDRossRNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11965235318530492231noreply@blogger.comBlogger111125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15508446.post-62687591191206460302007-01-20T19:25:00.000-05:002007-01-20T19:25:00.000-05:00North campus board room? Usually where the meetin...North campus board room? Usually where the meetings are held.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15508446.post-46305274209474351522007-01-20T18:39:00.000-05:002007-01-20T18:39:00.000-05:00For those of you that don't know it, the Calandra'...For those of you that don't know it, the Calandra's have a petition in their shop looking for signatures.<br /><br />Stop buy, sign the petition, and get some of their awesome cheese.<br /><br />They are also looking for support at the meeting Monday night at 7:30 at the HS behind the gym.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15508446.post-61439007996070283312007-01-20T18:13:00.000-05:002007-01-20T18:13:00.000-05:00The District is leasing the car dealership. The l...The District is leasing the car dealership. The lease expires in the spring when the District will move to the new maintenance facility. The car dealership will then be demolished by the developer and a new business will go up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15508446.post-40525822038039198732007-01-20T11:45:00.000-05:002007-01-20T11:45:00.000-05:00Taking back the space from the admins in the old H...Taking back the space from the admins in the old HS building is probably the smartest idea. The cost to convert that space back to classrooms would be dramatically lower than building a new building.<br /><br />I would venture to guess that there is a lot of open space in the old car dealership building that the district is using (at 191 and Jandy) for food services I believe. Move them in Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15508446.post-17163344826514705322007-01-20T10:19:00.000-05:002007-01-20T10:19:00.000-05:00One of the major problems with enrollment projecti...One of the major problems with enrollment projections that we had was that birthrate is usually considered as an indicator of what future enrollment would be. Birthrates are down but we also found out that there is no tracking of the transfer/move in rate, which as anyone who has lived here for even a year or two knows, is where most of our growth is coming from. This did result in having to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15508446.post-45493517382276009132007-01-19T20:07:00.000-05:002007-01-19T20:07:00.000-05:00I am sure on that line of thinking..districts offi...I am sure on that line of thinking..districts office, new luxurious ones, will be replace the existing ones in the high school. And before portables are place in the football field ofr classes. New district offices will be created and classrooms will back again where the district offices are now. Speaking of committees......<br />Does anyone know what happen with the community task force Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15508446.post-2192441827276782542007-01-19T19:53:00.000-05:002007-01-19T19:53:00.000-05:00When the committee met 2 years ago, what kind of i...When the committee met 2 years ago, what kind of information were you given to base your recommendation on? Specifically, how far out in the future were enrollment projections? If we knew back then that a new school was needed, why have we been stuck in this 'study' mode for so long? Why did we have to go to a 'temporary' fix and added expense of placing portables at LNES when we knew so long Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15508446.post-15259532456086135302007-01-19T19:04:00.000-05:002007-01-19T19:04:00.000-05:00I am responding to an earlier post asking what the...I am responding to an earlier post asking what the committee recommended to the district. (Yes I was a part of that committee.) The committee, which met and discussed and visited a number of schools over a two year period did recommend the building of a 4-6 school to the school board but as Ross points out, the board DECIDES what IT wants to do. This committee was then dissolved and other Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15508446.post-65920190459906777912007-01-19T14:57:00.000-05:002007-01-19T14:57:00.000-05:00Good points all. Regarding the testing and teache...Good points all. Regarding the testing and teachers, I agree it is the means we have to compare to other districts - not necessarily the best system, but the only one at this point that accounts for all students in all districts.<br /><br />One of my biggest issues with the spending being controlled is that if it isn't eventually it come back at the teachers. When it does, they won't have the RossRNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11965235318530492231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15508446.post-17789906208526196692007-01-19T14:36:00.000-05:002007-01-19T14:36:00.000-05:00Boy, go out of town for a couple of days and you m...Boy, go out of town for a couple of days and you miss a lot. Ross, congrats on a new and growing record.<br /><br />NOC stated it correctly.<br /><br />We have way too many people that glom onto a topic and fight for it as hard as they can. The problem here is that most don't take the time to look at the issue from an analytical standpoint and draw a determination using their own logic, not theAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15508446.post-61557162368289934952007-01-19T14:10:00.000-05:002007-01-19T14:10:00.000-05:00Funny the high school is now busting at the seems,...Funny the high school is now busting at the seems, on has to wonder when classes are switching if the hallways so crowded could be considered a fire hazard. Also, the cafeteria at LNES, who by the way has the largest amount of students and module buildings has only one server for lunch line(2 lines only) The other elem schools with less enrollment have more servers,there for giving students Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15508446.post-44447894074928869592007-01-19T13:12:00.000-05:002007-01-19T13:12:00.000-05:00To 10:21, sorry you didn't get the analogy regardi...To 10:21, sorry you didn't get the analogy regarding fair market value and choice (or a lack thereof). I'll try to be clearer in the future.<br /><br />I appreciate that you do support the notion that our focus needs to be on education first and any insight you could provide as to why parents stop at 4th instead of 6th (when they transition to MS) or any other grade would be personally RossRNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11965235318530492231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15508446.post-51078279542644863812007-01-19T12:37:00.000-05:002007-01-19T12:37:00.000-05:00Anon. 11:27,
THANK YOU!! GOOD POINT!
Anon. 10:2...Anon. 11:27,<br /><br />THANK YOU!! GOOD POINT!<br /><br />Anon. 10:21,<br /><br />You contradict your own points. <br /><br /> If our school district is so fabulous-- which students are you hiring who cannot write a sentence or calculate the circumference of a circle? <br /><br />You point to the Andretti's for not funding our school district with more than their tax bill (why should they?) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15508446.post-4597986103032320912007-01-19T12:22:00.000-05:002007-01-19T12:22:00.000-05:00Responding to 10:21AM
Thank you for clearing up m...Responding to 10:21AM<br /><br />Thank you for clearing up mnay of the questions I have been asking. It is comforting to have facts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15508446.post-21817388008838463492007-01-19T12:10:00.000-05:002007-01-19T12:10:00.000-05:00Special note to Anon 11:27:
I figured if I put in...Special note to Anon 11:27:<br /><br />I figured if I put in a few spelling errors and such, people like you would comment on that rather the the real issue. Thanks for confirming my suspicions!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15508446.post-55632983047561327602007-01-19T11:27:00.000-05:002007-01-19T11:27:00.000-05:00"This is the spirit of community. hats off to thes..."This is the spirit of community. hats off to these gentlemen. I'm just asking if Nazareth has that type of citizentry? If not, Why???"<br />Wow......for someone who writes such a presumptuous blog this comment in particular really amuses me. You dare to extend the label of ignorance on others and then you write such a ludicrous, rhetorical comment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15508446.post-33798892324235146602007-01-19T10:21:00.000-05:002007-01-19T10:21:00.000-05:00NOC: Again, just so many misconceptions stated her...NOC: Again, just so many misconceptions stated here in these comments.<br /><br />I was being sarcastic. My point is that after the 4th grade many parents leave the educucation of their kids in the hands of the schools. Some, I think because they can't distinguish between a noun and a verb. I'll bet 1/2 of the US popolation couildn't find the area of a circle. What's more disturbing is they can'tAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15508446.post-61325326700279205652007-01-19T09:25:00.000-05:002007-01-19T09:25:00.000-05:00Anon 4:24P-
I am the amateur. My purpose of eval...Anon 4:24P-<br /><br />I am the amateur. My purpose of evaluating the district's PSSA scores was not politically motivated or anything else sinister. I had heard over and over how great NASD is and I wanted to look objectively at what data is available to the public to see if that argument was supported.<br /><br />Compared to the surrounding districts we were slightly above average.<br /><br /Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15508446.post-77544716505950098792007-01-19T08:50:00.000-05:002007-01-19T08:50:00.000-05:00There is a TREMENDOUS difference between assessed ...There is a TREMENDOUS difference between assessed value and fair market value. <br /><br />Let's stop all the name calling about the school board idiots and focus on the real issues - maximizing the school building educational value (including extracurricular activities) and minimizing expense. <br /><br />I agree with NOC's comment about eliminating district redundancies - why more auditoriumsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15508446.post-87839842051727400122007-01-19T02:23:00.000-05:002007-01-19T02:23:00.000-05:00To 4:24, a college will take your money if your wi...To 4:24, a college will take your money if your willing and able to pay it.<br /><br />The PSSAs are a good measurement because all students (not only those planning to go to college) are required to take them and they are taken by all schools in PA, as a result, you can simply see how your school compares. I compared our results against schools our size and we were in the bottom half. Someone RossRNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11965235318530492231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15508446.post-7934228943910051202007-01-18T19:24:00.000-05:002007-01-18T19:24:00.000-05:00Most nasd like the boro park baseball field are of...Most nasd like the boro park baseball field are off limits to the public. Calandra's does not want to sell their property. The new ms could certainly reduce its grand hall entrance way etc and cut back on many of the building extra fancies. When students services are threaten and other land areas are available for larger expandable schools..why are we cutting students short of services and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15508446.post-89443761752465830662007-01-18T17:38:00.000-05:002007-01-18T17:38:00.000-05:00Response from Anon 11:33
Attend Monday night’s me...Response from Anon 11:33<br /><br />Attend Monday night’s meeting and ask these questions in person. Dr. Lesky & Mr. Keller will surely give you straight and honest answers. They ARE members of YOUR community, not carpet baggers. (they also pay the same taxes (I hope LOL) There are MANY, MANY misconceptions and half truths being discussed about this new building, the Hercules site, Calandra Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15508446.post-55887637624575687742007-01-18T16:24:00.000-05:002007-01-18T16:24:00.000-05:00Why do all these naysayers, dwell on the meaning o...Why do all these naysayers, dwell on the meaning of an amateur's evaluation of the variance of the PSSA test scores. I would love to hear his explanation of the numbers that show the extremely large increase in the percentage of NAHS graduates that go on to college. The district must be doing something right. Unless you can find a way to manipulate that to conform to your argument.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15508446.post-5353635933932075832007-01-18T14:45:00.000-05:002007-01-18T14:45:00.000-05:00Extremely well put NOC.Extremely well put NOC.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15508446.post-21636643416446028762007-01-18T13:37:00.000-05:002007-01-18T13:37:00.000-05:0011:33 makes some points that I'd like to respond t...11:33 makes some points that I'd like to respond to.<br /><br />1. A few people posted that keller was responsible, as Board President he is in the most visible position. I agree that the entire board is responsible. Further, they shouldn't be using the committee as a crutch. The committee made a recommendation, the Board is the responsible body to make the decision. The committee was not RossRNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11965235318530492231noreply@blogger.com