The high inertia response time from the fed has made us absolutely furious with our government, and somewhat ashamed to be identified as Americans; but, I suppose, this must be the natural out-growth of what certainly looked like twice-rigged elections at the time. (more…)
We just now saw an article written by Kevin Butler, of the Press Telegram, wherein he discussed a drop in LBUSD enrollment of 1122 students; that this translates into approximately 5.5 million dollars lost to the district (my figures are somewhat higher, BTW); the consequential cutbacks in manpower and service delivery by LBUSD; and how parents are now footing the bill to pay the salaries of certain LBUSD employees. (more…)
I had a chance to chat with some parents from Robinson Academy today, at which time some very interesting things were said. Apparently, we have been billed by the admin-types as having run away from LBUSD to “homeschool” our children. I suppose, given a very narrow definition of the facts, that could be held-forth as being a true statement.
However, a larger and more balanced perspective would articulate the facts as (more…)
The CAliVA party today, was actually a root beer float social; and, I have to confess that this oncoming cold (or whatever it is) certainly had me way off my social graces game–one that I’ve never really been all that good at anyway. I tended to keep my germ-carrying-self away from close circulation with folks; out of both a sense of a sense of bio-hazard responsibility, and a general feeling of “yuckiness.” (more…)