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14 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Governor signs bill re... · 0 replies · +7 points

How will a 'generic' evaluation form like this be used to evaluate teachers in subjects like PE, Music, and Art, etc.? Those teachers do not teach things that are measured on the state wide tests - at least not yet.

ironwaffle is right. Something needs to happen to the reporting system that allows schools to set aside the kids who are on IEPs (are in special ed classes). They are never going to pass the State tests. Most of them should never even be tested, it's not really fair to them to make them sit and try and pass a test when they can't read it.

14 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Man accused of mistrea... · 4 replies · +10 points

What a horrible situation. Where is her family? Why wasn't this niece checking up on her to make sure she was okay? Why did she leave a 78 year old man to care for her? There are a lot of questions that need answering here.

14 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Without a reading, boo... · 0 replies · +1 points

It's still in both of the high school libraries... at least for now! They haven't gotten around to banning books from the school libraries, but I'm afraid that might be a next step.

14 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Without a reading, boo... · 4 replies · +18 points

It was the School Board members that hadn't read the book; I THINK the people on the committee had. But it's hard to say with the parents on that committee. If it's their normal work, they just go through the book and count up the 'bad' words and give it a rating from A to F.

This has been a huge problem in Richland for the last couple of years and teachers are frustrated by the small group of parents and a couple of school board members who are pushing their own agenda. There is a school board member who home schools her own kids... why is she on the board?? It's crazy!! There are people running against them this fall though so hopefully there will be some changes.

15 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - 2 Des Moines teens fil... · 0 replies · +1 points

Thanks for clearing that up for me, I wasn't sure. Not sure why I got so many negative hits on it! :)

15 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - 2 Des Moines teens fil... · 9 replies · -12 points

Isn't it statutory rape as well since she was only 15? I thought the age of consent in Washington was 16 and since he's a couple of years older it falls into that category, but I'm not sure.

15 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - 2 Des Moines teens fil... · 0 replies · +13 points

Yes, but they got married... they weren't having sex in front of a room full of people!

15 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - 2 Des Moines teens fil... · 9 replies · +15 points

No way is it the teachers job! We already have way too many things to teach... reading and writing and math are more than enough! :)

15 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Columbia-Snake rivers ... · 0 replies · +1 points

Great for the locks, bad for the people of the Tri-Cities who are having to pay much higher gas prices. Gas, as well as many other things, is normally shipped to us on barges, and I read that it takes over 700 semi-truck tankers to carry as much as 1 barge can carry. Gas has already gone up about 20 cents in the week the locks have been closed. What do you suppose it will be in March, assuming it re-opens on time?

15 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Local game developer a... · 1 reply · +2 points

It's so nice to have games that aren't full of violence or other dark and evil things!

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