I am sorry

[Arch]

I am sorry if people making important decisions again turn out to be wrong.

[JB]

The last line in Doctorwho's post just hit me.... Hard.

I am sorry I'll never be a warrior dad. The more I'm exposed to the school through various activities, the more I am impressed by the people there, and the deep sense of pride and history. It is my loss and my children's loss that we won't get to go there.

[doctorwho]

jb said:

The last line in Doctorwho's post just hit me.... Hard.

I am sorry I'll never be a warrior dad. The more I'm exposed to the school through various activities, the more I am impressed by the people there, and the deep sense of pride and history. It is my loss and my children's loss that we won't get to go there.

It truly was one of the highlights of my life...

you can thank those calling the shots who think they know better than all of us what WVHS needs - or so they say - for this..

[gatordog]

I am sorry that I didnt ask more from the Administration on one key assumption of their boundary criteria

As somebody with kids who will be going through classmate splits after middle school, I realize yes there will be difficulty and pain there. However, I think it will also have a positive aspect that they will have some very good friends at another HS. I truly hope (and in fact expect...afterall its an IM world!) many of these friendships will remain through HS years. I think Still and Scullen MS will be great incubators for more friendships btw students and families at the different HS's.

We could have considered doing this very thing at more MS's. Maybe from a district-unity, get-to-know-one-another point of view we should have intentionally tried to split more MSs? Make many of them nearly 50/50 splits (something regrettably not accomplished at Still). Maybe we could have split as many as five?

I would have liked to have seen full-blown top-to-bottom boundary proposals, one which minimized MS splits (which we basically got) and one that maximized MS splits. Then, we could have debated the merits and seen what we thought was best plan. Its possible that the very plan we settled with would have "won" the debate. But I think it would have been a great opportunity to compare and contrast plans with two very different approaches as to how to handle MS splits.

[JB]

See? What did I tell you about those Gombert folks? ;D Great thoughts here GD, and you are absolutely correct. Through sports and church and other activities, our kids have friends throughout the district. Unfortunately my daughter is IM'ing most of them constantly instead of doing her homework.

gatordog said:

I am sorry that I didnt ask more from the Administration on one key assumption of their boundary criteria

As somebody with kids who will be going through classmate splits after middle school, I realize yes there will be difficulty and pain there. However, I think it will also have a positive aspect that they will have some very good friends at another HS. I truly hope (and in fact expect...afterall its an IM world!) many of these friendships will remain through HS years. I think Still and Scullen MS will be great incubators for more friendships btw students and families at the different HS's.

We could have considered doing this very thing at more MS's. Maybe from a district-unity, get-to-know-one-another point of view we should have intentionally tried to split more MSs? Make many of them nearly 50/50 splits (something regrettably not accomplished at Still). Maybe we could have split as many as five?

I would have liked to have seen full-blown top-to-bottom boundary proposals, one which minimized MS splits (which we basically got) and one that maximized MS splits. Then, we could have debated the merits and seen what we thought was best plan. Its possible that the very plan we settled with would have "won" the debate. But I think it would have been a great opportunity to compare and contrast plans with two very different approaches as to how to handle MS splits.

[slp]

I too am sorry for being a YES zealot.

I am sorry for not questioning more and requiring more.

I am sorry if my enthusiasm and emotions got the best of me.

I am sorry if anything I printed on this board offended or hurt anyone.

I am sorry we all had to go through this.


BUT, I am happy about the new friends I have made along the way.

[anotherview]

I'm sorry that I tried to get my point across that our kids will be OK in not always the best manner.

I'm sorry if I hurt anyone's feelings.

I'm sorry that some didn't get what they wanted but I hope all of our kids get the education they need.

I'm really sorry I never figured out how to get a cool picture below my name.

[happymom]

I am sorry for all my neighbors (Owen West) who will never get the chance to feel the great pride of being a Warrior.

I do know that everyone who does get the priviledge of attending WV will feel that great Warrior pride and see what a great school it is.

I am sorry for the SB who has allowed WV to become the "perception" of being an inferior school -- I think perceptions are hopefully changing.

I am sorry the SB thought 1 million dollars of paint would make people think differently.

I am sorry for all the kids who will attend schools that are not close to home because they will not have the luxury of afterschool involvement that is not a hassle.

I am sorry for all the students who have had to endure overcrowded schools and will still be in overcrowded schools.

I am finally sorry for all the parents who are paying taxes for our children to have to endure a learning environment like this.

[twhl]

I'm sorry for not getting involved sooner - a lot sooner

I'm sorry for the SB who will have to live forever with the spins they have created

I'm sorry for those who knowing published falsehoods, for whatever reason

I'm sorry for not acting on gut feel

I'm sorry I folded to those that convinced me to do things I didn't want to

I'm sorry for being cynical and offensive to strangers when I should have ignored

I'm sorry if misjudged anyone

Most of all, I'm sorry for not spending more time with our future

[EagleDad]

jb said:

The last line in Doctorwho's post just hit me.... Hard.

I am sorry I'll never be a warrior dad. The more I'm exposed to the school through various activities, the more I am impressed by the people there, and the deep sense of pride and history. It is my loss and my children's loss that we won't get to go there.

JB, old friend your post hit me just as hard. I have one more to add.

I am deeply sorry for the dad and family who must leave Waubonsie so that my family may attend and whose only hope and dream was to stay a Warrior. I am sorry I did not realize the honor that it is to be a Warrior, and hope that I and the other new guests quickly come to have this same pride and continue the history.

[worldpeace]

I am sorry we moved to where we did in 2004.

I am sorry for paying the high taxes that we do and not having a say in what high school our 2nd kid will attend.

I am sorry that we assumed that a high school that can basically be seen nad heard from our front yard will not be where our kids will finish high school.

I am sorry I cant have a board member explain this in a middle schoolers terms to my kid and having to do that myself. Wait, they would probably mislead her also.

I am sorry that one of the initial criterion of the board was to balance the educational scores of the high schools was not even discussed in the most recent boundary fiasco.

I am sorry that my kid will not be able to do all the extra curricular activities as she would have at NVHS due to the extra hour bus ride each day, with no viable options for my family.

I am sorry we will be selling our house in an already depressed market to walk away from this district and a great neighborhood - for all the above reasons.

[doctorwho]

eagledad said:

jb said:

The last line in Doctorwho's post just hit me.... Hard.

I am sorry I'll never be a warrior dad. The more I'm exposed to the school through various activities, the more I am impressed by the people there, and the deep sense of pride and history. It is my loss and my children's loss that we won't get to go there.

JB, old friend your post hit me just as hard. I have one more to add.

I am deeply sorry for the dad and family who must leave Waubonsie so that my family may attend and whose only hope and dream was to stay a Warrior. I am sorry I did not realize the honor that it is to be a Warrior, and hope that I and the other new guests quickly come to have this same pride and continue the history.

WIll need some Dad to volunteer to wear the head dress at games ( especially playoff game atmospheres) -- I can't think of a better volunteer....we'll discuss drums another time.

there's also a little matter of green and gold face paint -

[wvhsparent]

I am sorry I am not going to play this "I'm sorry game", which to me implies I did something wrong....
I stand by all my decisions I made regardless if in hindsight they were in error.

[Arch]

wvhsparent said:

I am sorry I am not going to play this "I'm sorry game", which to me implies I did something wrong....
I stand by all my decisions I made regardless if in hindsight they were in error.

I'm sorry you're not playing

[sleeplessinnpvl]

I'm sorry for not giving those who are hurting the time that they need to grieve and heal.

I'm sorry for the current junior high kids who will have to be the pioneers for the new beginnings. I hope they can rise to the challenge and create a positive experience for themselves in a new school.

I'm sorry for all the division within our wonderful community that this process has created.