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    <pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 02:11:05 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: We Want Change, Change, and More Change!!!</title>
      <link>http://discussions.oxfordpress.com/read.php?81,71550,71569#msg-71569</link>
      <author>tomahawk35us</author>
      <description><![CDATA[I think they mean the change in your pockets plus all of your dollar bills. They want it all.]]></description>
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      <title>We Want Change, Change, and More Change!!!</title>
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      <author>The Watchdog</author>
      <description><![CDATA[They clamor. And yet, the biggest public wastes of taxpayer money are in the school system and municipalities.And yet, change isn't what we demand. Take the school district. Page 2, &quot;We will continue to highlight our equity work and strive to earn a rating of &quot;EXCELLENT&quot; on the school districts report card.&quot; Obama right? No, just Price and articulation of unobtainable gaols...again.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:44:44 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Sports- The New Open Enrollment Strategy</title>
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      <author>The Watchdog</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Middletown football is doing well (congrats), undoubtedly the new theme and strategy from Price et al, will be on open enrollment for football players. And on the next levy, they'll use the sports cuts to their advantage.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 15:51:31 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: SShhhh- I think they're asleep.</title>
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      <author>spiderjohn</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Bravo Mr.P!

Funniest(intentionally) line I have read on these message boards.
And perfect!]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:41:19 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: SShhhh- I think they're asleep.</title>
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      <author>Mike Presta</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Panther Wrote:
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&gt; Should we &quot;Let a sleeping dog lie?&quot;


Or vice versa???]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:54:56 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: SShhhh- I think they're asleep.</title>
      <link>http://discussions.oxfordpress.com/read.php?81,70966,71005#msg-71005</link>
      <author>Panther</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Should we &quot;Let a sleeping dog lie?&quot;]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:33:25 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>SShhhh- I think they're asleep.</title>
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      <author>80corvette</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Haven't heard from our illustrious school board or fine superintendent for awhile. Last contact was about Greggie Tyus having some words with the band members during the Todd Bell ceremony at Barnitz. Surprised we haven't heard a response from Dr. Steve Price concerning the rejection of the rejection of the second or third (lost count) appeal of the land grab from Franklin. The suspense builds as we await the next move (and taxpayer money waste) from our great superintendent. All certainly seem to be keeping a low profile these days.Darn, no ammunition to talk about! What a disappointment!]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:31:53 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Congratulations to the board</title>
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      <author>Long time gone</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Great job by your school board on attempting to take part of Franklin territory away. You have now lost for the 3rd time and only cost $83,181 for Franklin and $217,940 for Middletown, according to the districts' treasurers. Its a shame you did not have gone out and ask most any of your citizens, they would have told you this was a looser from the start.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:46:32 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>More levies and cuts</title>
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      <author>tomahawk35us</author>
      <description><![CDATA[will be just around the corner now that King  (we don't have any money)Price has wasted over 200k of our money(that's right) our money battling Franklin. Why don't you worry more about education ( 5 out 30).Your game is getting very old and you need to move on and you can take that joke of a School Board with you.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 22:43:29 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Isn't it amazing</title>
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      <author>hah!</author>
      <description><![CDATA[1) nobody sticks around down there long enough to see what the results are; 2) they
never bother to ask the teachers; 3) they just keep tagging on some ridiculous new
program to the ones that already don't work; 4) they blame the teachers for not doing their jobs; 5) they don't want to admit that they don't know what they are
doing.....]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 12:53:45 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: hiring of coach krause--TYUS &amp; MCNEIL????</title>
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      <author>hah!</author>
      <description><![CDATA[He must have forgotten what he said, he's there at the football games............]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 09:04:17 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: &quot;Push Back&quot; KC</title>
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      <author>hah!</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Right!  There have been a couple of principals, though, that have done an excellent
job but went elsewhere.....and for a cut in pay...........hmmmm?]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 08:56:36 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Isn't it amazing</title>
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      <author>80corvette</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Understand- thank you- if the schools have a choice on teaching technique and books, why hasn't Middletown changed the way they do things, given the fact that since the inception of the proficiency testing, Middletown has not moved from the bottom of the pack? Usually, when one fails to achieve, after trying the same way repeatedly, logic would have one try a new direction. Why hold on to failed ways and is Price the problem?]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 17:36:46 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: &quot;Push Back&quot; KC</title>
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      <author>KC</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Agree with you on this too, hah.  I believe years ago neighboring districts &quot;stole&quot; MCSD teachers because of the great training and professional development they had as well as their skill set.  Now, teachers are &quot;running&quot; of their own will.  Ever notice that few principals leave?  Could it be that they have such a short contract year for excellent daily rates of pay?  And they aren't held accountable for student achievement!  Again, it is alack of effective leadership all the way to the top!  Nice and popular guys and girls are not always educational leaders.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:47:04 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: &quot;Push Back&quot; KC</title>
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      <author>hah!</author>
      <description><![CDATA[I absolutely agree with you!!  Let's do this the easy way and count how many are 
left?!  Wouldn't you think that someone would be thinking that something must be wrong?  Not only retirees and moving on, how about all of those younger teachers 
that have gone to Lebanon, Monroe, Lakota, and Springboro??  How about the high 
number of new people they are having to hire to replace those that are leaving?
When is enough enough?]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 13:46:42 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: &quot;Push Back&quot; KC</title>
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      <author>KC</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Good for Eric and Lebanon.  Very bad for Middletown.  Anyone ever count the number of high quality, knowledgeable educators that have left in the past 3 years?  Don't tell me all retirees were happy.  Middletown just made it so bad they couldn't take it any more is what I hear!]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:17:40 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Isn't it amazing</title>
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      <author>KC</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Some confusion here, Vette.  The curriculum that is mandated by the state is what kids are supposed to learn at each grade.  What books are used, what techniques are used - that is up to each district -generally speaking.  Sometimes additional money is available for a district if they write a grant and agree to some requirements.  No district has to apply for any of this money.  That is a district choice.  But you can't take the money and use it in some other way.  
Schools have changed drastically in the last 5-10 years not to mention the 30 - 40 years you speak of.  Kids have changed.  Society has changed,  Cyberspace is here.  State testing is here.  
In too many cases, teachers still teach how and what they taught years ago and that doesn't work any more.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:11:22 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Isn't it amazing</title>
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      <author>80corvette</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Question- You said that the district can choose an adopted program to use to satisfy the state mandate. What if none of the adopted programs produce satisfactory results? Does the district have the option of inventing their own curriculum,realizing that they loose the grant money. Why do they limit the choices for curriculum selections? Weren't the schools more effective 30-40 years ago? Why did we change how we educate?]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 10:07:51 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Isn't it amazing</title>
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      <author>hah!</author>
      <description><![CDATA[...by the way, what happened to &quot;teach&quot; from last year -- that person might know
more about this...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 08:42:37 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: &quot;Push Back&quot; KC</title>
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      <author>hah!</author>
      <description><![CDATA[...and Middletown has lost our treasurer to Lebanon schools!!!!]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 08:41:25 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Isn't it amazing</title>
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      <author>hah!</author>
      <description><![CDATA[The curriculum does come from the state.  The &quot;how&quot; and the &quot;what&quot; I'm referring to
are the programs selected by the district to teach the curriculum that the state
mandates.  There is a difference.  The state can say that reading/language arts will
be taught in schools -- the district leaders choose the adopted programs and the
grants they can get to back the programs they have chosen.  For example, Reading
First is a grant that is funded with govt. monies.  The state doesn't say that we
have to use Reading First, our district does.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:04:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Isn't it amazing</title>
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      <author>KC</author>
      <description><![CDATA[you're right vette about enforcing rules for everyone.  But HAH says teaching is constantly being changed with new programs, etc and that teachers can no longer teach what and how they want.  Actually the &quot;WHAT&quot; or the curriculum basically comes from the State not from the district.  Don't get me wrong, MCSD is a mess.  But there are no great districts with lousy superintendents.  It's all about leadership!]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:21:11 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: How  about  that improvement!</title>
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      <author>80corvette</author>
      <description><![CDATA[The carnage continues- Life Skills- 0 out of 12 indicators met. Principal Hall says they will try harder and is pleased at the progress made. WHAT???? Do these admin people have little rings at the base of their necks?]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:49:08 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: How  about  that improvement!</title>
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      <author>hah!</author>
      <description><![CDATA[...not holding my breath!]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:37:14 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Isn't it amazing</title>
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      <author>80corvette</author>
      <description><![CDATA[I agree. Enforcing the rules universally is a must. I also think that if you have been using a teaching philosophy for many years and it has produced nothing but failure(last place on the proficiencies/5 of 30 indicators met),common sense tells you to change your gameplan. Don't see Price changing anything-just accepts last place failure every year and the school board condones it and reward him with contract extension????? The whole system has no credibility.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:32:08 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: How  about  that improvement!</title>
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      <author>80corvette</author>
      <description><![CDATA[For the record- I am asking the Journal to interview Price and ask him to address the questions/comments presented on these message board entries. Then, print, in your newspaper,his responses for the town to read. Please do some investigative reporting on this for the benefit of the citizens. We are now waiting for action on your part. (Who's betting the Journal will not respond to this request?)]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:25:30 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Isn't it amazing</title>
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      <author>hah!</author>
      <description><![CDATA[that the superintendent of Monroe is willing to publicly say that if you aren't going to treat all students the same by enforcing the rules OF ALL STUDENTS, then
those rules shouldn't even be on the books!!??  I applaud her for having the sense
to figure that out -- get control of the students in all areas (hers is dress code) and I'm sure the scores will improve.  Comments?]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:53:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: How  about  that improvement!</title>
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      <author>tomahawk35us</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Dr.Price is all talk and no show. Maybe one day  he will learn  that the mouth and ears are connected. When he opens his mouth his ears close.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:28:08 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>And What Happened To</title>
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      <author>the anonymous donor</author>
      <description><![CDATA[the added enrollment to come with the new schools. Oh...the wonders of the Master Plan. Recall how that was saving Middletown, and the school district. The plan, that was fluff, no meat, no substance? What's the latest drop this calender from last year? District dropping $300K in attorneys, litigation, and consultants with no gain. In 20 years, Middletown's population will be 90% senior citizens. Its dying. And the audicity to state it was because of a shortened day. Look at the NEA data, shortened days improve performance and focus. Ad nauseum.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:55:28 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: How  about  that improvement!</title>
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      <author>hah!</author>
      <description><![CDATA[It's all a matter of interpretation of No Child Left Behind and what the admins. think the teachers should be doing.  Teachers have very little say in what and how
they teach these days.  They do programs to get grant money from the govt.  The
excuse of &quot;shortened days&quot;....that was Dr. Price's idea anyway to shorten the days!]]></description>
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