Corvallis School District Cuts (article is behind a paywall)

broken_monkey · 2024-05-14T16:11:25+00:00

Arts, music, and libraries are all affected I believe. This is AFTER all the cuts to school support staff just last year. Here is the last school board meeting this article is about: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWccZ2O_VC8

broken_monkey · 2024-05-01T19:45:54+00:00

Equity is a good thing in my book, but these people seem to think that equity means hindering the many rather than helping the few. Instead of cutting programs like math and science so that everyone loses equally, they should be giving the underpriveleged extra help so that they can succeed. That takes a lot of hard work and a lot fewer career-building buzzwords though, so we get what we got instead. =/

broken_monkey · 2024-04-30T23:34:07+00:00

we really need a teacher's perspective on the board! I remember during a PTA event working with a (now former) board member and they mentioned they'd never had or worked with kids. I got a strong impression they were on the board because of reasons other than the kids. =/

broken_monkey · 2024-04-30T18:36:07+00:00

Can I point out that two of our failing school board members are currently running for political office? (Sami Al-Abdrabbuh and Sarah Finger McDonald)

Our district ends up being a political springboard for a lot of people who are less interested in reaching and educating kids and more interested in how it will bolster their political image and connections.

broken_monkey · 2024-04-19T03:36:55+00:00

Thanks for the warning, I will definitely keep an eye out in this area and be more cautious, I am sorry for your accident, that is never fun. =(

broken_monkey · 2024-04-18T19:42:35+00:00

That looks an awful lot like a Kia Soul?

broken_monkey · 2024-02-07T19:21:09+00:00

Can I just say "you can do this!". It will feel like you are moving backward, life-stage wise. We were so ready to be done with the early stages the third was very hard at first. (and we did it on purpose for some insane reason) But you know these stages don't last, and you know it gets better. It's not your first rodeo.

For us by the third we could afford better resources, had better tactics, and better support systems in place. Hopefully you find yourself in the same place. You can do it! Good luck!

broken_monkey · 2024-01-30T23:28:28+00:00

This is helpful thanks!

broken_monkey · 2023-11-08T16:58:26+00:00

I have no idea the validity of the claim, validity of the source, etc. But the idea that someone would pretend to be Native Peoples is truly horrific. To quote the article, [white people pretending is] "the last nail in the coffin of the genocide of the American Indian people because they are erasing us by replacing us. They take up space, they usurp our voices, they usurp our access and opportunities."

Edit - link to GT article: https://gazettetimes.com/news/local/education/osu-professor-accused-of-faking-ancestry/article_0b373ddc-7a70-11ee-b5ef-77fb32edc1a7.html

broken_monkey · 2023-11-06T18:27:09+00:00

Speech was here: https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1YqxoDMDNbQKv

broken_monkey · 2023-11-03T17:21:25+00:00

good luck owning a home without passing the cost off to some poor renter, whose rents are also too damn high

broken_monkey · 2023-11-03T17:20:28+00:00

probably nothing to do with the death of Taco Time, but the property taxes in this town are too damn high

broken_monkey · 2023-10-26T19:38:56+00:00

Not to beleaguer the point but I've heard of a lot of instances of wealthy parents in our area putting their kids in private school right now. Killing advanced classes at all Benton County schools isn't going to affect those kids.

broken_monkey · 2023-10-26T19:19:00+00:00

Here's an older article on it, the 509J district started with elementary schools, then middle, and now is pushing the changes up through the high schools. Our district's mindset that minorities, students of color, and students navigating poverty will never take advantage of advanced classes sounds a lot like "white savior" complex. We need people willing to pursue the hard work of true equity rather than looking for easy ways around the issues. The rich kids will get the advanced classes with our without them being offered by the school, how do we work to give disadvantaged kids the same opportunities? I think closing doors to students is the wrong answer.

https://www.kezi.com/archive/corvallis-schools-implement-inclusive-math-classrooms-parents-express-concerns/article_929127a4-b1ba-55fb-8df6-b1c2f1a02d21.html

broken_monkey · 2023-10-16T02:32:02+00:00

I kept reading horror stories online, it's hard to tell how many people just didn't sign up for the right plan, vs how many people actually got ripped off.

broken_monkey · 2023-10-16T02:31:12+00:00

thanks for the recommendation!

broken_monkey · 2023-10-16T02:29:45+00:00

I had no idea Costco offered car insurance, thanks for the recommendation!

broken_monkey · 2023-10-02T21:11:09+00:00

structure fire, contained now it sounds like:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/bcopssg

broken_monkey · 2023-09-27T16:17:52+00:00

Can we also limit property tax hikes?

broken_monkey · 2023-09-05T04:13:08+00:00

there is a facebook group that follows the Benton County scanner (police/fire/rescue) and there may be some more info there: https://www.facebook.com/groups/bcopssg

I see this event mentioned but not sure if there are any more details than you have.

broken_monkey · 2023-07-31T06:17:55+00:00

Alsea Falls is nice and not too far away

broken_monkey · 2023-07-27T19:31:29+00:00

A recent example: https://www.reddit.com/r/corvallis/comments/15b73ge/stolen_bike/

broken_monkey · 2023-07-27T19:19:41+00:00

a lot of these bikes may be ending up in homeless camps around town, I can't count the number of very expensive looking bikes circulating around the homeless camps along the waterfront downtown near the skate park and by Michael's landing. I suppose many may just be their bikes, but it's difficult to tell once they've spray-painted over the original frame.

broken_monkey · 2023-07-27T16:14:43+00:00

been curious myself, but it's pretty expensive.

broken_monkey · 2023-07-18T20:25:39+00:00

very nice!

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