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Levy campaign targets east Dayton
I’ve written a lot here about Dayton’s racial divide when it comes to elections. In many elections, you can draw a line dividing east from west along the Great Miami River — the west votes one way and the east another. This effect can be seen in races between a black candidate vs. a white candidate but also, strangely, on school levies. It was evident in the 2007 school levy.
But that levy was so huge it made it pretty easy for lots of voters to say no. Will it be different this time, with a more reasonable levy? That’s what the levy campaign hopes and that’s why it is making a push for votes in east Dayton.
Will it work? Can the DPS levy pull better numbers in on the east side of town this time? With about a week to go, what do you think?
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By Rick
November 2, 2008 2:58 PM | Link to this
Thanks, School Supporter, for clearing that up. I agree with you that our former AG did not give a flip about children’s education, he just wanted to pay back an important Democrat constituency.
By School Supporter
October 29, 2008 3:44 AM | Link to this
In two comments, Rick writes, “What does the lack of discipline in the Dayton Public Schools have to do with Marc Dann’s lawsuit against certain charter schools? … It’s time for the DPS to get serious about discipline…” (See: Dayton schools making promises with “contract”) Among the problems with disgraced former-AG Marc Dann’s attacks on Dayton-area community schools is the exclusive use of test scores to gauge school quality. Several of the targeted community schools are actually doing what DPS pledged to do in 2002—and what Dr. Stanic can achieve once district funding is adequate. DPS must attend to the discipline issue—the AG’s attempts to close community schools are meritless if kids are forced to attend schools where learning can’t take place because of poor discipline. Until discipline is fixed, the AG is just playing a shell game with schoolchildren designed to return political favors.
By null and void
October 28, 2008 9:06 PM | Link to this
There is a new plan for discipline almost every year. But when it gets implemented, it runs into the fact that DPS would lose too much $$$ if they started kicking kids out who were violent and disrespectful. If only they could be rewarded with dollars for booting out kids who were violent, disrespectful and overall disruptive to the learning process, DPS would be a great school system.
By Laura
October 27, 2008 11:56 PM | Link to this
Administrators and teachers are being told that Dr. Stanic has set new standards with regards to discipline. Time will tell, but we have to give him a chance to prove he means what he says. The real problem will be the screaming that will be going on if the district does “get tough” on discipline. Everyone says they want tough standards until it comes to their child or grandchild. Then it is a whole different story. If the district really cracked down on discipline, classrooms would be about 1/2 the size they are now for a year or two until parents got the message that the district was serious. But then, the SCLC and the courts would get involved and we’d be back to square one. Go figure.
By Rick
October 27, 2008 6:28 PM | Link to this
I had a volunteer come to my door. She is a teacher at the New Ruskin school and said how the new superintendent had set forth a new plan for discipline, starting with the newly built schools. I went to the DPS website and the only thing I can find is a trial program for five schools. It’s time for the DPS to get serious about discipline and for the media to report on this story about the elephant in the living room.