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Post by rew on Feb 15, 2008 12:17:17 GMT -6
That you tube has me crying. It's the hardest I've laughed in 6 months!!
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Post by concerned on Feb 15, 2008 12:27:40 GMT -6
The clips of those buses are hilarious!! Thanks for the great laugh.
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Post by rew on Feb 15, 2008 12:31:00 GMT -6
Concerned, I know you want Fry at NV, but does "unsplitting your MS" help you feel better in anyway? Could you support any/all of the changes proposed?
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Post by Arch on Feb 15, 2008 12:31:15 GMT -6
HAHA, a bus that runs low 12s... nice  |
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Post by wolverine on Feb 15, 2008 12:32:16 GMT -6
I'm surprised that no one has mentioned today's article in the Sun by Britt Carson. I am challenged and don't know how to post it here. Why, did Britt get a new Hairdoo??? Just posted it - thanks for the heads-up! |
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Post by EagleDad on Feb 15, 2008 12:39:41 GMT -6
HAHA, a bus that runs low 12s... nice From what I've heard the Laidlaw drivers are pretty excited about them - when the wheelie it forces the kids to sit back in their seats. See doc, arch there's an upside afterall. Maybe they can just leave the fuel tanks in at MWGen for the Nitro refuling. They will probably need to replace the stoplight coming out of Watts with a staging light/christmas tree setup though. |
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Post by wolverine on Feb 15, 2008 12:48:35 GMT -6
HAHA, a bus that runs low 12s... nice I can just see the 2009 Ed Referendum now.... "Shall District 204 be allowed to issue bonds in the amount of $24 Million to cover the purchase of 8 school busses, each equipped with a turbo diesel engine of not less than 800 HP, glass pack headers, wheelie bar, and neat chrome wheels that continue to spin after we stop." |
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Post by momin204 on Feb 15, 2008 13:04:52 GMT -6
Rew: Make no one go to the farthest school, without exception, and I am on board. It sure doesn't help Cowlishaw |
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Post by Arch on Feb 15, 2008 13:07:35 GMT -6
HAHA, a bus that runs low 12s... nice From what I've heard the Laidlaw drivers are pretty excited about them - when the wheelie it forces the kids to sit back in their seats. See doc, arch there's an upside afterall. Maybe they can just leave the fuel tanks in at MWGen for the Nitro refuling. They will probably need to replace the stoplight coming out of Watts with a staging light/christmas tree setup though. Hmm.. actually.. Feldot/Ogden (by the post office) all the way to Quincy/Ogden should be a straight shot. Deploy the parachute and coast into the right-hander viaduct up to N. Aurora and restage again to Eola. |
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Post by EagleDad on Feb 15, 2008 13:19:07 GMT -6
From what I've heard the Laidlaw drivers are pretty excited about them - when the wheelie it forces the kids to sit back in their seats. See doc, arch there's an upside afterall. Maybe they can just leave the fuel tanks in at MWGen for the Nitro refuling. They will probably need to replace the stoplight coming out of Watts with a staging light/christmas tree setup though. Hmm.. actually.. Feldot/Ogden (by the post office) all the way to Quincy/Ogden should be a straight shot. Deploy the parachute and coast into the right-hander viaduct up to N. Aurora and restage again to Eola. OK, but that's going to be you're only stop so you all have to congregate over there, OK? See, you are "walkers" it's not that bad. I don't think you need the parachute for the first 2 years. The bus should slow drastically when it hits the mud at MWGen. See, you just need to be positive about this! |
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Post by steckparent on Feb 15, 2008 14:00:33 GMT -6
I am a Steck parent and live in Oakhurst. We live right behind Waubonsie and would walk to school. It is a 5 minute walk and would actually take longer to drive to go around our neighborhood. I do not want to go to MV when WV is literally behind my house. I understood from the school district that they would not move walkers. So any proposal to send walkers to another school should be dismissed.
I understand the frustration of parents over the distances traveled and splits in middle schools and elementary schools and every effort should be made to avoid these results. However, Steck should not be changed from WV.
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Post by doctorwho on Feb 15, 2008 14:10:27 GMT -6
I am a Steck parent and live in Oakhurst. We live right behind Waubonsie and would walk to school. It is a 5 minute walk and would actually take longer to drive to go around our neighborhood. I do not want to go to MV when WV is literally behind my house. I understood from the school district that they would not move walkers. So any proposal to send walkers to another school should be dismissed. I understand the frustration of parents over the distances traveled and splits in middle schools and elementary schools and every effort should be made to avoid these results. However, Steck should not be changed from WV. There's a difference between moving walkers and moving non walkers from an ES. The proposal we submitted allowed for ANY walkers to remain walkers - I agree |
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Post by wolverine on Feb 15, 2008 14:16:23 GMT -6
I am a Steck parent and live in Oakhurst. We live right behind Waubonsie and would walk to school. It is a 5 minute walk and would actually take longer to drive to go around our neighborhood. I do not want to go to MV when WV is literally behind my house. I understood from the school district that they would not move walkers. So any proposal to send walkers to another school should be dismissed. I understand the frustration of parents over the distances traveled and splits in middle schools and elementary schools and every effort should be made to avoid these results. However, Steck should not be changed from WV. The idea has never been to move current walkers; I don't think anyone here is proposing that. As it pertains to Steck and McCarty, the idea is to take the existing bussers and move them north to MV instead of south to WV. The point of that is, by adding a few minutes to their commute, you are saving a great deal more time on anothers commute by not making them trek cross-district to their furthest HS. |
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Post by EagleDad on Feb 15, 2008 14:24:21 GMT -6
I am a Steck parent and live in Oakhurst. We live right behind Waubonsie and would walk to school. It is a 5 minute walk and would actually take longer to drive to go around our neighborhood. I do not want to go to MV when WV is literally behind my house. I understood from the school district that they would not move walkers. So any proposal to send walkers to another school should be dismissed. I understand the frustration of parents over the distances traveled and splits in middle schools and elementary schools and every effort should be made to avoid these results. However, Steck should not be changed from WV. Welcome aboard steckparent - if I may ask, looking on Google maps there seem to be a lake and a river between Oakhurst and Waubonsie. How do the kids walk there? I am not very familiar with the area so I am hoping you can help me understand. |
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Post by oakhurst on Feb 15, 2008 14:34:03 GMT -6
For the record as an Oakhurst/Steck Parent, I would like to stay at WVHS. It would not help anything as far as test scores to simply trade Owen or MW out with Steck. The fact would still remain the same - WVHS is placed with the majority of the disctricts lower performing students. In my opinion it make the most sense to switch Owen out with McCarty. It helps with the test score gap and helps with the tremendous commute Owen will experience.
As someone who was an average (sometimes unmotivated) student in High School, I can say being in an environment with students who kept the bar high helped push me to do better. Every child in this district deserves that same opportunity.
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