meansonny
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re: Weather - OT
Posted by meansonny on 5/27/24 at 12:32 pm
We lost power for 4 hours in dawsonville. It's been flickering off and on since.
But I haven't heard fire truck or tornado sirens.
Could be worse...
re: "Franchise" actors/roles - who other than Harrison Ford?
Posted by meansonny on 5/27/24 at 10:40 am
[quote]"Franchise" actors/roles - who other than Harrison Ford?[/quote]
John Ratzenburger:
Cheers/Frazier/Wings/St Elmos Fire: Cliff Clavin
Monsters Inc: yeti/abominable snowman
Toy Story: Hamm
Lightning McQueen: Mack
Incredibles: Underminer
Finding Nemo: fish school
Superman: 1st contro...
re: In the market for a 3rd row vehicle.
Posted by meansonny on 5/27/24 at 10:05 am
I can't speak for your situation.
We have a Sequoia.
Runs like a beast.
For what it is worth, we were able to get 3 car seats in an Isuzu Trooper's 1 row bench seat.
We weren't forced to ditch it until #4 was on the way.
We were in the process of cleaning the Trooper when we tried the 3 ca...
re: Politico: FL public schools face staggering enrollment declines; school choice working
Posted by meansonny on 5/27/24 at 9:54 am
[quote]Then if your one HS was traditional and a charter HS opened as competition, losing those FTE dollars would hurt the budget as well. It doesn't matter who it's going to, the district no longer has those dollars.
That's why they fight.[/quote]
There is no fight from the school board.
Leg...
re: Politico: FL public schools face staggering enrollment declines; school choice working
Posted by meansonny on 5/27/24 at 9:22 am
[quote]You seem confused that a public employee bureaucracy didn't want to give up a chunk of money and power and face competition. I don't even know how to respond to that. Have you EVER seen a government entity volunteer to shrink? "You know what, we have too much money. Take 1000 kids and their F...
re: Politico: FL public schools face staggering enrollment declines; school choice working
Posted by meansonny on 5/27/24 at 9:06 am
[quote]quote:
[i]Our entire school board moved to become a countywide charter system almost 17 years ago.
[/i]
So they didn't really give up anything and they still control all the county schools. I gave you a link to a list of charters in Bay County; not one of them (with the possible exceptio...
re: Politico: FL public schools face staggering enrollment declines; school choice working
Posted by meansonny on 5/27/24 at 8:50 am
[quote]Their claimed objection? I already shared some. Their real objection? It got into their rice bowl. It reduced the money and number of students they had control over. It also embarrassed them because the school performed so well.
The obstacles were mainly PR, although politically they blocked...
re: Politico: FL public schools face staggering enrollment declines; school choice working
Posted by meansonny on 5/27/24 at 8:34 am
[quote]I have no problem with school choice, charters, or private schools. I have a problem with policy that takes public money away from public schools and sends it to charter schools. Again, public school funding is already a struggle without losing more of it to charters.[/quote]
It is FTE mon...
re: Politico: FL public schools face staggering enrollment declines; school choice working
Posted by meansonny on 5/27/24 at 8:28 am
[quote]quote:
But it pains me that he is doing these at an executive state-wide level when I think they should be local decisions for the local school districts.
If it was left to the local districts you think charter schools would exist? Ours definitely would not have.[/quote]
I do. But I g...
re: Politico: FL public schools face staggering enrollment declines; school choice working
Posted by meansonny on 5/27/24 at 8:22 am
[quote]quote:
[i]Who is the foreign entity working against the local bureaucracy?[/i]
Just parents in our case[/quote]
So it isn't a foreign entity that proposes the charter.
It is local community buy-in. Parents. Business community. Educators (all educators are Florida licensed).[quote]qu...
re: Politico: FL public schools face staggering enrollment declines; school choice working
Posted by meansonny on 5/27/24 at 8:12 am
[quote]Again, you're just showing your ignorance and trying to compare what you know about Georgia to Florida. Florida districts have no choice but to issue charters. It's a "shall" in the law, not a "may". The districts don't create these charters, they have no choice but to accept them if they're ...
re: Politico: FL public schools face staggering enrollment declines; school choice working
Posted by meansonny on 5/27/24 at 7:59 am
[quote]Florida districts have no choice but to issue charters. It's a "shall" in the law, not a "may". The districts don't create these charters, they have no choice but to accept them if they're by the book.[/quote]
Fair enough. Educate me.
Who makes up a charter?
Who is the foreign entity ...
re: Politico: FL public schools face staggering enrollment declines; school choice working
Posted by meansonny on 5/27/24 at 7:56 am
[quote]The state is abiding by FEDERAL and TEACHER UNION rules and regs,[/quote]
Florida schools have a federal and state teachers union?
Who allowed that?
They aren't allowed in Georgia. They are literally against the law.[quote]Other than teacher (indoctrinators) unions, the biggest proble...
re: Politico: FL public schools face staggering enrollment declines; school choice working
Posted by meansonny on 5/27/24 at 7:48 am
[quote]quote:
[i]You must be an English major from Georgia Tech because I never said that and you would be a fool to infer it.[/i]
quote:
[i]Charter schools are public schools that do not have to adhere to state school standards.[/i]
If you wanted to say "some" state standards you co...
re: Politico: FL public schools face staggering enrollment declines; school choice working
Posted by meansonny on 5/27/24 at 7:30 am
[quote]There are zero exemptions to state laws that I'm aware of, but the point is to get exemptions to SOME state education regulations. [/quote]
When the school regulations in Georgia are part of OCGA, they are laws. They were passed by legislation. They are all coded in OCGA by the way.[quot...
re: Does paying with cash vs check or card for big purchases still hold sway?
Posted by meansonny on 5/27/24 at 7:25 am
Any reputable car loan isn't going to charge an origination fee or prepayment penalty.
If you are dealing with that, then your credit situation is probably telling you not to finance a car because you suck at it.
As far as I have heard, the dealership needs 60+ days to get any payment from the...
re: Politico: FL public schools face staggering enrollment declines; school choice working
Posted by meansonny on 5/27/24 at 7:13 am
[quote]curriculum mandates[/quote]
You mean like state laws and state determined school standards?[quote]But the kids take the same standardized tests, AP exams, etc that the other public schools take.[/quote]
Where did I say they didn't do that?
I say they get state exemptions from state law...
re: Politico: FL public schools face staggering enrollment declines; school choice working
Posted by meansonny on 5/27/24 at 6:43 am
[quote]They have some freedoms[/quote]
Freedoms are called exemptions.
Exemptions from what?...
re: When is the last day to accept transfers that can play this season?
Posted by meansonny on 5/27/24 at 6:35 am
Correct. To answer the OP for the last day to transfer within conference, I believe you are correct....
re: “Kyle Rittenhouse shot me”
Posted by meansonny on 5/27/24 at 6:23 am
[quote]turn him into a vigilante security guard [/quote]
By your use of the word vigilante, what do you think every security guard is?...
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