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molly mead May 18, 2013 at 09:34 am
What are the other "various" ways communities are getting involved? Besides Staples…Read More discounts, the article doesn't say.
Jessie Sawyer (Editor) May 15, 2013 at 11:00 am
Hey Carolyn, I'm not finding the text you posted, but your photo upload worked, so you're all set…Read More for the contest! Did you post the text in the Speak Out board? Let me know if you have further questions about posting blogs or boards. I can also have our newly appointed regional community editor Jeff Brush (jeff.brush@patch.com) help you out.
Carolyn Marshall May 15, 2013 at 09:22 am
Hi, i posted a photo of my mom and I and also wrote a piece. I am still "learning" this…Read More newer Patch format. Please see if you have it. I may have been logged in under Avon (last time online was for Avon LL). Carolyn Marshall
Jessie Sawyer (Editor) May 11, 2013 at 02:40 pm
Hey Kathy! Can you add your photo by going to avon.patch.com/groups/opinion, subscribing and…Read More clicking on the photo icon? That should let you upload it from your computer. Let me know if that does not work! Thanks so much.
Jessie Sawyer
Editor, Avon Patch
katy alvord May 11, 2013 at 09:00 am
https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/167839_105050299571831_3634287_n.jpg
My…Read More favorite picture of my mom:)
Bill Klemm April 27, 2013 at 09:12 am
I have a few thoughts here, both as a parent of children in the Avon public schools and as a product…Read More of the Avon public schools.
The first is, that despite the recent tragedies, schools remain one of the safest places for a child to be, if not the safest place. To assert that children are unsafe based on, while horrific and tragic, anomalies of human behavior is simply not true. The second is that nationally and locally schools are being decimated in terms of their budget. Every year in Avon voters turn out to either further cut or try to protect the education of the town's children or to protect their property tax (both valid and I'm not inviting that debate). To ad even a fraction of the level of security measures would have a deleterious effect on either the property taxes or the education of students. Third, schools are communities. Classrooms are neighborhoods. Each child's desk is his home. Students and educators need to feel safe and welcome in the school environment. The measures outlined would have little practical impact on safety, as school violence with deadly weapons/force is rare, given the number of students who attend public schools and would have a significant impact on an environment where children should be encouraged to feel safe to take risks, to learn, to grow, to succeed and to fail, all while being supported by the community of peers and educators. The fourth and final point is that I attended Avon schools (graduating in 1992) and carried a pocket knife with me almost every day. I continue to carry a pocket knife as a matter of course and have never once been told directly or indirectly, that anyone felt threatened by my having a knife.
If the town wants to devote energy to making the schools safer for children, I would think that teaching around bullying, conflict resolution respect for others and most importantly respect for self. These are things that I learned as a student in Avon and am enjoying watching my children develop as they pass through some of the same hallways I passed.
The towns educators are committed to making each child's education as meaningful as possible. The town continues to show its support, not only for schools but for the community as a whole. Community, compassion, patience and understanding have bred one of the safest and nicest communities I've ever lived in, right here in Avon. It is not the presence of the police on every corner that lets me sleep at night knowing my children are safe, it's the presence and concern of my neighbors that allow me to feel both safe and welcome.
Observor April 3, 2013 at 12:39 am
Nor any other type of loan. But the truth is that the lenders are the ones with the financial…Read More savvy, and consumers are conditioned to believe that if they qualify for credit the bank has determined that they will be able to pay it back. The problem with student loans is that they are given to people who could never otherwise qualify because the government guarantees them. Are those consumers naive or badly informed? Probably, but the statute books of the federal government and all fifty states are planted thick with laws to protect borrowers who lack sophistication.
The student loan bubble is no different than the housing bubble. Give people loans for which they are not really qualified so they can buy something they want and you flood the market with cash. In response, the prices of things people want to pay for with their loans (diplomas and houses) skyrocket, the sellers knowing that Uncle Sam will keep pumping more cash into the system. The housing bubble burst and when there are enough people unable to carry the non-dischargable debt they took on to pay $40,000/year tuition the student loan bubble will also burst.
Since we taxpayers will be picking up the pieces I am not willing to just say "nobody forced you" and leave it at that.
J. Smith April 2, 2013 at 09:17 pm
Two professional, hard working Taxpayers, perhaps if they continue to be employed, pay their taxes…Read More and stay off the dole, the Government will see they deserve a break. The Government does have high hopes for their projected revenue (taxes) in the future. “I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.”
Steve April 2, 2013 at 08:55 pm
Maybe they should not have deferred and chose to overpay the outstanding debt on the student loans.…Read More Looks like they make a pretty good buck between them, maybe 150k a year. Tell them to look in a lower price range, maybe they need to work up to the dream home. I did, and so did a lot of the rest of us who paid off their student loans and didn't put it off.
Paul Bahre May 11, 2013 at 10:55 am
I don't know about the behavior problems but it becomes an excuse to give the children amphetamines…Read More which increases performance in school. Since we live in a school district where performance is everything, you get a lot of parents lining up for the smart pills. As these pills will help anyone get their school work done and will help anyone concentrate. Look even the MLB has noticed an increase in ADHD:
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3822193
bob May 10, 2013 at 12:17 pm
i have adhd and i do beleive that schools do use that as a excuse for behavior problems.
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