Posts Tagged ‘School’
While District Personnel pretend to follow their discipline rulesLOVELAND — A second grade student at Mary Blair Elementary here in Thompson School District, has been suspended for using his imagination and playing a game where he will “rescue the world” the with an imaginary grenade which is prohibited per their list of “absolutes.” While [...]
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by Peter Grady – While many liberals and media outlets are calling for restrictions on gun owners including national registration and a ban on assault weapons and handguns saying these weapons are used excessively in murders, information from the FBI shows these groups are going after the wrong weapon of choice [...]
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by Peter Grady – An email by the Obama campaign about the Newtown school shooting directs people to a page featuring a button asking for donations. On Dec. 14, Adam Lanza, 20, breaking multiple gun laws, murdered 20 children and six adults at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., Following the [...]
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Voter ID law defeated when voters see through GOP liesBy Craig Masters Did you hear about that democrat candidate who was ask to resign after it was learned she had repeatedly voted in two states? How about that congressman’s campaign manager who gives voter fraud instructions – on video! That story was reported on CBS by [...]
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by Jack Minor – Students of biblical history have a unique opportunity this week where they can see and learn from a group of high school students about one of the most important items in the Old Testament. The book of Exodus devotes 16 chapters to the Tabernacle, a portable temple which the [...]
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by Jack Minor – While the Greeley/Evans School District’s policy on banning certain numbers being displayed, including 18, which is the number of Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning, officials said the reasoning is actually based on experience. The dress code for district schools prohibits team jerseys or belt buckles with the numbers 13, [...]
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GREELEY- All stakeholders interested in the 10th Street Enhancements are invited to attend a public open house to discuss the concept and share their ideas. The open house will be held on Wednesday, September 5, 2012 from 5:30 to 7:30 pm at the Franklin Middle School located at 818 35th Avenue in Greeley. The [...]
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by Jack Minor – School districts in America, including District 6 will be receiving a booklet advising them of the religious rights of students. Liberty Counsel, a group that defends the religious rights of individuals announced last Friday that they were sending 99,750 copies of the Patriot’s handbook of [...]
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by Mike McCune – School Time is Near! I can tell because of the “Back-to-School” ads everywhere. All it means is another nine-month sentence to boredom for our kids because they crtainly don’t have any need to learn in the current system. America bemoans the lack of educational progress. Every state teaches kids [...]
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by Matt Lacy – As more and more attention is being given to NFL players and the long-term effects of concussions suffered from playing the game, local entities have teamed up to provide concussion training for local coaches. The City of Greeley, Weld County School District 6, the University of Northern Colorado and [...]
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by Matt Lacy – An organization founded by a eugenicist has now opened a clinic on a high school campus to provide teens access to pregnancy tests and birth control without notifying parents. Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider is teaming up with the Los Angeles Unified School District to provide an [...]
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a commentary by Craig Masters Nancy Rumfelt stepped to the podium at the Wednesday meeting of the Thompson School District Board of Education and the standing room crowd of teachers was dead quiet. The main item on the agenda was the approval of the new contract with the Thompson Education Association and Rumfelt was there [...]
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Lovaland 9-12 Patriots work for open meetingsBy Craig Masters The following e-mail was distributed by the Loveland 9-12. It was titled, “Letter from Nancy Rumfelt regarding tonight’s meeting.” It is reprinted here to illustrate two very important points: 1) there are still people willing to step up and speak out against “closed door” meetings where [...]
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by Jack Minor – A Massachusetts elementary school that believed it would prevent people from being offended by removing the word, “God” from a well-known patriotic anthem written by Lee Greenwood achieved just the opposite result. The Stall Brook school in Bellingham, Massachusetts wanted to replace the phrase “God bless the USA,” which is [...]
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by Jack Minor – The head of a Florida-based pro-family organization said a school board in Tampa has officially declined to adapt a policy that would prohibit officials with a Pro-Sharia group from addressing students in the public schools. Members of the Hillsborough County School Board were bombarded with e-mails from parents concerned that representatives [...]
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Staff Reports – GREELEY – At 10:42 am, today (04/06/2012), firefighters from the Greeley Fire Department were called to 3000 13th St (Scott Elementary School) in Greeley on a report of someone who had fallen from a roof. Upon arrival, the fire crew (GFD Engine #3) found that the victim had fallen from a higher [...]
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by Craig Masters Two days after activist Sandra Fluke testified to congress that she needed taxpayers to buy her birth control in order to be able to afford to keep up with the amount of sex she was having at Georgetown University, an organization named “eyesoncongress” scheduled a program its web site describes as “Teaching [...]
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Staff Reports – Brentwood Middle School presents a spring musical, Into the Woods, Jr., April 4—6. The fractured fairy tale follows the story of a baker and his wife, who have been cursed with childlessness by the Witch next door. The pair set off on a quest in search of four special objects [...]
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by Jack Minor – Students in Greeley/Evans schools will have an opportunity to advance one full year in a subject area this summer as part of a new program provided by the district this year. The program offers opportunities for High School students in three areas, accelerated learning, skill development and credit recovery. Students taking [...]
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Staff Reports – Students and staff at Chappelow K-8 Arts Magnet School proudly present The Pirates of Penzance, playing this Thursday and Friday at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $2, and are available at the door. About 50 middle school students are involved with the production, under the direction of teachers Will Pharis, Andrea [...]
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Said only secular service allowed by Peter Grady – The Alliance Defense Fund is helping an honor student in Alexandria, Virginia after she was denied community service credit because her volunteering was faith-based rather than secular in nature. Matt Sharp, litigation counsel with the ADF, says his client, 17-year-old Sarah Stites, is claiming discrimination because [...]
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By Craig Masters An open letter To all Thompson School District custodial staff, families and friends: In response to dozens of requests since January, two articles have been published to bring attention to the failures of school districts across the country to successfully allow custodial services within public schools to be adequately managed by private [...]
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Students rebuked for chanting “USA, USA” at game against another American school by Matt Lacy – In a shocking display of political correctness run amok, students at an American school have been accused of racism for shouting “USA, USA” during a high school basketball game. The incident occurred following a game between two American schools, [...]
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Schools need better “doors” than this. by Craig Masters Vicente Vitela made an all-to-familiar appearance in a courtroom March 2. He was once again accused of child molestation. But Vitela is not some shadowy figure along the street hunting for innocent children. He is – or at least was until his arrest – a [...]
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by Jack Minor – Parents have expressed concerns over a recent notice advising them not to allow their children to bring sodas to school. In a recent newsletter, parents were told that as, per a policy passed by the school board last October, “soda is no longer allowed in the cafeterias at the elementary and [...]
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Where is the line for saving money? Who will be inside your child’s school? by Craig Masters Thompson School District is looking to make a major change in the way the students are protected from everything ranging from their everyday health through cleanliness to exposure to persons whose criminal backgrounds will go unchecked by the [...]
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by Peter Grady – In a blatant admission that the “establishment clause” only applies to Christian beliefs, a California court has ruled that a school district was within its rights to order classroom banners proclaiming God in quotes by American’s founding documents, while allowing references to Eastern religions to remain in other classrooms. The Ninth [...]
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Cites board’s unwillingess to look at new ideas in favor of status quoStaff Reports – On Tuesday, Jan. 31, the Gazette received a letter from Brett Reese announcing his resignation from the District 6 school board. We have printed the letter in its entirety. I have learned much in my 2.5 years on the school [...]
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School Board fails again – Maybe students need to ‘Occupy’An opinion in support of students by Craig Masters After reviewing performances of the schools and the December District 6 school board meeting, I submitted an op-ed calling for the board to immediately fire Superintendent Lang and set the priority of the district away from its [...]
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Wilson by Jack Minor – An employee with an architectural firm that was recently given a contract by the Greeley/Evans school board to conduct a study on school renovations also sits on the state board that will approve the grant for the project. At a Dec. 12 meeting, over the objections of board member Brett [...]
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Calls for states to force all teenagers to remain in school until gruaduation or age 18 by Matt Lacy – President Obama’s call to states to curb dropout rates by forcing students to remain in high school until they graduate has raised concerns among homeschoolers. In the President’s State of the Union message Tuesday evening, [...]
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The Thompson District Board may not be watching the books at all! by Craig Masters Thompson School District made television news yesterday when it was announced that budget cuts the district was being “forced” to consider would possibly mean that some bus transportation could either be cut or fees could be initiated for students riding [...]
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By Craig Masters Flashback…Nov 12, 2007…Colorado Commissioner of Education, Dwight Jones, today announced that six school districts are being removed from the state’s list of districts on “academic watch” due to significant growth in student achievement. If a district fails to improve and get off the academic watch status it could face decertification and official [...]
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Reese expresses concerns over whether expenditures are best use of taxpayer dollars by Jack Minor – District 6 board member, Judy Kron, had some sharp words for Brett Reese after he asked questions regarding a $137,000 expenditure that could eventually lead to a bond issue. At Monday’s board meeting, the agenda was filled [...]
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Staff Reports – School District 6 is seeking local businesses that can offer job shadowing and internship opportunities for high school juniors and seniors in 2012. Interested businesses are invited to send representatives to a breakfast meeting from 8—9 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 13, at the District 6 Administration Building to learn more about [...]
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