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Post by EagleDad on Apr 8, 2009 14:19:12 GMT -6
By HS boundaries, how does the area representation on the SB go? Is this correct? Vickers - WV Metzger - WVPiehl - MV Rasmus - MV Bradshaw - MV Tyle - NV DeSart - NV Researching, I mean this most respectfully. I am from the WV attendance area. I would thank you very much if you would never, ever, ever again state or imply that Mark Metzger represents me or my children in any way. It causes me nausea. Thanks! |
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Post by slp on Apr 8, 2009 14:41:42 GMT -6
By HS boundaries, how does the area representation on the SB go? Is this correct? Vickers - WV Metzger - WVPiehl - MV Rasmus - MV Bradshaw - MV Tyle - NV DeSart - NV Researching, I mean this most respectfully. I am from the WV attendance area. I would thank you very much if you would never, ever, ever again state or imply that Mark Metzger represents me or my children in any way. It causes me nausea. Thanks! I couldn't agree more. In NO WAY do I feel Mark Metzger represents nor cares to represent me or my family. |
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Post by researching on Apr 8, 2009 16:28:44 GMT -6
Researching, I mean this most respectfully. I am from the WV attendance area. I would thank you very much if you would never, ever, ever again state or imply that Mark Metzger represents me or my children in any way. It causes me nausea. Thanks! I couldn't agree more. In NO WAY do I feel Mark Metzger represents nor cares to represent me or my family. ;D Living in Tall Grass, I too now live in the WV attendance area. I feel that M2 is NO representation to ANYONE but himself. I am soooooo proud of our area! Way to get out and vote! |
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Post by SouthernWolf on Apr 9, 2009 21:11:28 GMT -6
I want to apologize to the good folks in Tallgrass. I was critical of the apathy in the South in a previous post (suggested that we got what we deserved because we did not care enough to vote). Tallgrass had the highest D204 turnout in Will County (at 40 plus percent of the registered voters). TG is part of will. will had 12% turnout in Will D204 areas. good article in naperville sun about it. I agreed with your earlier post. the south is irrevelent at this point if it does not come out to vote. I guess it was a good master plan all along. divide and conquer. isolate out a couple neighborhoods as they cant hurt you overall due to voter apathy in will. Smart...very Smart. same thiing happened to brookdale in the north a few years earlier. it just turned out better for them with the HS site change (they voted the 3rd HS down by a wide margin due to the boundries and MS splits etc with school located at BB) |
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Post by proschool on Apr 9, 2009 21:58:15 GMT -6
I disagree that the south is irrelevant. Everyone would be happy when they see school board candidates come forward with good ideas if they are willing to role up their sleeves for the good of the district.
I am not saying that the group of four did not have good intentions. What they failed to do was make it clear. They would have had to been entrusted with over one billion dollars during their first four years as a majority of the school board had they won. IMO, the public did not know enough about them to entrust them with that kind of power.
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Post by researching on Apr 10, 2009 8:17:29 GMT -6
I want to apologize to the good folks in Tallgrass. I was critical of the apathy in the South in a previous post (suggested that we got what we deserved because we did not care enough to vote). Tallgrass had the highest D204 turnout in Will County (at 40 plus percent of the registered voters). TG is part of will. will had 12% turnout in Will D204 areas. good article in naperville sun about it. I agreed with your earlier post. the south is irrevelent at this point if it does not come out to vote. I guess it was a good master plan all along. divide and conquer. isolate out a couple neighborhoods as they cant hurt you overall due to voter apathy in will. Smart...very Smart. same thiing happened to brookdale in the north a few years earlier. it just turned out better for them with the HS site change (they voted the 3rd HS down by a wide margin due to the boundries and MS splits etc with school located at BB) Will by and large did have a poor turnout. The TG area rocked! Here is Arch's link to the will county polling numbers. winsome.cnchost.com/204/WER-BP.pdfCheck out polling places 13, 32, and 33. Our polling spots. The numbers are huge! Although our Will Cty neighbors didn't vote for the most part, we definitely did. However, we are just one section. It appears that the majority of other Will Cty 204 areas are apathetic. It will be interesting to see if that apathy continues when the true results of who has been elected start to be seen. |
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Post by rew on Apr 10, 2009 8:27:49 GMT -6
White Eagle has both Will and Dupage County numbers.
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Post by friend on Apr 14, 2009 17:33:24 GMT -6
I disagree that the south is irrelevant. Everyone would be happy when they see school board candidates come forward with good ideas if they are willing to role up their sleeves for the good of the district. I am not saying that the group of four did not have good intentions. What they failed to do was make it clear. They would have had to been entrusted with over one billion dollars during their first four years as a majority of the school board had they won. IMO, the public did not know enough about them to entrust them with that kind of power. TG is not the only area in the South. I think the reason we did not see more voters from the South is because a large part of the South was not directly impacted by the boundary changes. If Springbrook, Brooks Crossing, Still Water or Ashbury were being rerouted to WVHS, I bet that you would have seen a "different" kind of turn out at election time. I would like to think that people came out to vote, not because of unhappy boundary choices. but because they are concerned about the fiscal direction of this district. |
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Post by steckdad on Apr 14, 2009 21:01:31 GMT -6
I disagree that the south is irrelevant. Everyone would be happy when they see school board candidates come forward with good ideas if they are willing to role up their sleeves for the good of the district. I am not saying that the group of four did not have good intentions. What they failed to do was make it clear. They would have had to been entrusted with over one billion dollars during their first four years as a majority of the school board had they won. IMO, the public did not know enough about them to entrust them with that kind of power. TG is not the only area in the South. I think the reason we did not see more voters from the South is because a large part of the South was not directly impacted by the boundary changes. If Springbrook, Brooks Crossing, Still Water or Ashbury were being rerouted to WVHS, I bet that you would have seen a "different" kind of turn out at election time. I would like to think that people came out to vote, not because of unhappy boundary choices. but because they are concerned about the fiscal direction of this district. so boundaries are a reason to come out and vote, but not a reason to come out to vote? |
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Post by friend on Apr 14, 2009 22:20:00 GMT -6
TG is not the only area in the South. I think the reason we did not see more voters from the South is because a large part of the South was not directly impacted by the boundary changes. If Springbrook, Brooks Crossing, Still Water or Ashbury were being rerouted to WVHS, I bet that you would have seen a "different" kind of turn out at election time. I would like to think that people came out to vote, not because of unhappy boundary choices. but because they are concerned about the fiscal direction of this district. so boundaries are a reason to come out and vote, but not a reason to come out to vote? I have family that lives in the Clow attendance area. Sad to say, they were only concerned about SB decisions if it directly impacted where thier kids went to school. Having lived in Owen "west" for many years I have been on a roller coster ride with boudaries several times. What have I learned? 1. You never have control of where you will go to school. 2. If you do not like the boundary change, move or go to a private school. 3. Most people do not care unless it impacts them directly. There are many people in this district that can not afford to move or go to private school. So I supppose that group would vote for SB based on boundary issues. Maybe. I did partially. I can only speak for myself. I personally will never re-elect a SB member that does not take the time to hear all sides to a major decision that impacts people's lives. Point and case......When the SB threw Owen "West" under the bus in the last boundary issues. Not one SB member even discussed how much Owen "west" had been sliced and diced already in the "war of the boundaries." The SB did not give anyone from Owen"West" a chance to speak. Just a discussion, even if we did not like the outcome, not a "slam dunk" decision. With that said, I did not vote for CV. I voted for 4 SB members that I thought would bring some good financial background and a better communication skill set to the SB. Destart is the only one that won that I voted for. |
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Post by southsidemom on Apr 14, 2009 23:40:49 GMT -6
By HS boundaries, how does the area representation on the SB go? Is this correct? Vickers - WV Metzger - WVPiehl - MV Rasmus - MV Bradshaw - MV Tyle - NV DeSart - NV Researching, I mean this most respectfully. I am from the WV attendance area. I would thank you very much if you would never, ever, ever again state or imply that Mark Metzger represents me or my children in any way. It causes me nausea. Thanks!  Go to Walgreens and load up on Pepto because you are going to need it in years to come baby!!!!!! |
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Post by researching on Apr 15, 2009 0:48:04 GMT -6
TG is not the only area in the South. I think the reason we did not see more voters from the South is because a large part of the South was not directly impacted by the boundary changes. If Springbrook, Brooks Crossing, Still Water or Ashbury were being rerouted to WVHS, I bet that you would have seen a "different" kind of turn out at election time. I would like to think that people came out to vote, not because of unhappy boundary choices. but because they are concerned about the fiscal direction of this district. so boundaries are a reason to come out and vote, but not a reason to come out to vote? For some, boundaries are the ONLY reason to come out and vote. Just ask our Spring Brook neighbors who voted in Cathy Piehl. They basically threw one of their own under the bus to elect this woman. You remember her excuse for M2's M F'er email, the mean old parents drove him to it. It doesn't matter that the victim and his family are from the Spring Brook attendance area. As long as they protect themselves from being moved out of NV, it appears many of them will sell out to anyone. If the Spring Brook area cared about anything OTHER than boundaries, they never would have voted for Cathy Piehl. |
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Post by treehugger on Apr 15, 2009 5:47:23 GMT -6
That's right. Most everyone is looking at the world through boundary colored glasses.
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Post by steckdad on Apr 15, 2009 7:27:02 GMT -6
so boundaries are a reason to come out and vote, but not a reason to come out to vote? I have family that lives in the Clow attendance area. Sad to say, they were only concerned about SB decisions if it directly impacted where thier kids went to school. Having lived in Owen "west" for many years I have been on a roller coster ride with boudaries several times. What have I learned? 1. You never have control of where you will go to school. 2. If you do not like the boundary change, move or go to a private school. 3. Most people do not care unless it impacts them directly. There are many people in this district that can not afford to move or go to private school. So I supppose that group would vote for SB based on boundary issues. Maybe. I did partially. I can only speak for myself. I personally will never re-elect a SB member that does not take the time to hear all sides to a major decision that impacts people's lives. Point and case......When the SB threw Owen "West" under the bus in the last boundary issues. Not one SB member even discussed how much Owen "west" had been sliced and diced already in the "war of the boundaries." The SB did not give anyone from Owen"West" a chance to speak. Just a discussion, even if we did not like the outcome, not a "slam dunk" decision. With that said, I did not vote for CV. I voted for 4 SB members that I thought would bring some good financial background and a better communication skill set to the SB. Destart is the only one that won that I voted for. kudos on your reply friend. |
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Post by anteater on Apr 15, 2009 7:33:37 GMT -6
Boundaries are definitely something that get people's attention and prompts them to vote on election day. Given that early voting was so light - unlike the last general election - the low turnout shouldn't be too much of a surprise. The interesting thing is that the only boundary issue in play this time stemmed from the rumor that the slate was intent on redrawing them.
Finances will also motivate people, but everything in that area seem to be below the radar at this point. That may change when tax bills are delivered and people see that lower property values haven't really been reflected coupled with the fact that the higher CPI from last year means the SD can collect more. Along with the projected deficits on the horizon, this could easily overtake boundaries as the hot-button issue in the next year or two.
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