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Sweetwater Athletics Hall of Fame scrutinized
Whatever happened to the SUHSD Hall of Fame that was started a decade or so ago? There were two or three years where the district held a big banquet to honor graduates from many disciplines but now it seems to have been forgotten.— November 4, 2013 5:07 p.m.
Chula Vista school hurries to get ready for Arne Duncan
Perhaps Brand should be using his private investigators to dig into this principal's past instead of bothering law-abiding tax payers and community members. There are myriad questions surrounding Bleisch's spending habits, personnel issues, and overall lack of judgment as an administrator that should be investigated. Surely the district can find someone more suitable to be the leader of this school.— September 25, 2013 12:24 p.m.
Chula Vista school hurries to get ready for Arne Duncan
Any updates on all of the spending mentioned in the article and the posts? Will the explanations of these expenditures be made public? If the school thinks that banners, painted windows, t-shirts, stages, etc. have a direct correlation with student achievement, then the tax payers deserve to hear the justification.— September 16, 2013 5:34 p.m.
Chula Vista school hurries to get ready for Arne Duncan
amc, you and the principal hold the mistaken and simplistic belief that the teachers who do not participate in the after school and Saturday hours for extra duty pay "refuse to work hard" and "make sure they do not work one extra minute for our students." On the contrary, all the dedicated teachers I know put in countless hours on evenings and weekends grading papers, writing curriculum, and keeping up with all of the other work that the job entails. Why do the teachers do this without any extra pay and without complaint? The reasons are simple -- they are professionals, it is the right thing to do, and they care about the students. The motives of these dedicated teachers are transparent, unlike your motives, and unlike the windows at CPMS.— September 8, 2013 1:50 p.m.
Chula Vista school hurries to get ready for Arne Duncan
I'm not an architect but it is not too hard to figure that if the remodeled classrooms were built with a complete wall of windows they must be meant to supply natural lighting to the room and perhaps be more energy efficient. Why then would you ever even contemplate painting over virtually brand new windows? Why would the district approve such an action? What licensed contractor would even consider the job? How does the paint affect the atmosphere of the classrooms on the other side of the paint? Who owns the school -- the principal or the district?— September 6, 2013 11:06 p.m.
Chula Vista school hurries to get ready for Arne Duncan
The irony of your statement, Meg, is that Castle Park Middle is not a "dilapidated" school. The tax payers approved the propositions to fund the renovation of this school not ten years ago. Most of the classrooms have been renovated, including new AC, storage, and windows. It is the unnecessary and perhaps unapproved painting of the windows that has lowered the value of the school. As a tax payer I was glad to pay for the renovations, but now I am sickened to think that I paid for the cheap and ugly paint, and outraged that eventually, eventually, when clearer heads once again prevail, I will pay for the restoration of the windows. Perhaps, Ms. Luzzaro, you can research just how much money we are talking about.— September 5, 2013 11:23 p.m.