Comments on: Candid thinking on ACES, schools, stuff like that

By: Netmom

Netmom — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 17:41:36 +0000

You’re right, of course: what needs to be said, needs to come from the whole City, and needs to be said without throwing mud.
Thanks for your efforts — all of you.

By: Atomictumor

Atomictumor — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 17:45:20 +0000

Truth is, its getting hard to keep up. GAC and I have no free time (despite my blogging, which is all on the work computer…ssshhhhhh), and Eave’s and Bos’s time is getting eaten up by the creature growing within her.
Which is a lie, of sorts. We do have time, but its hard finding the mental facilities to commit to the thing. Yikes!

By: Evan Erwin

Evan Erwin — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 21:24:36 +0000

I don’t think people will be able to turn off their cavalier thoughts/processes just by asking them to–on BOTH sides of the fences.

Quite frankly I don’t care about the stupid grudges, as you mention. But they’re there. We can’t just ignore them, at the very least we have to acknowledge them so we can either correct legitimate problems or we can discuss how those feelings are just untrue.

By: Mrs. Eaves

Mrs. Eaves — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 23:42:47 +0000

AT, you already know I agree with you on this. I’d like to think that there’s a middle ground somewhere - though if such a thing exists, both sides will have to make concessions.

By: jo

jo — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 17:30:40 +0000

Thank you for a refreshing look on the situation. I appreciate it.

By: Atomictumor

Atomictumor — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 18:52:55 +0000

I appreciate you dropping the note, Jo!

By: The Bosphorus

The Bosphorus — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 01:55:19 +0000

One of my hopes w/ ACES is that the school budgeting process gains wider community exposure. I want more people to become invested in the process by which our schools are funded. I don’t think either the Council, or the School board, have hidden aggendas to undercut each other. I believe both are acting with the best interests of the community in mind. It seems to me that the two entities are, however, working against each other.

The bickering is knuckle-headed, because it draws attention away from the real issue at hand. That’s what AT has drawn our attention to, “to make sure that kids in kindergarden in Oak Ridge now will have the best start in life they can get.”

AT, thanks for the post.