I run a mailing list for parents who have kids with special needs at the school district in which my kids are enrolled. Last week we put together a list of questions specific to our issues and emailed them to all the people who are running for school board (there are 6 of them).
Our questions were pretty straightforward, and if you're running for school board I think it's safe to assume that you would have at least an opinion on them, don't you? Here's a sample:
- Some people assert that students with IEPs cost the district too much money. What are your views about the cost of special education and how to meet the needs of students who have disabilities?
- Many parents report not receiving updates on their child's progress in meeting IEP goals and are not aware of such data being recorded. What are your views on using such data to assess the effectiveness of special education programs and how else should the district evaluate special education?
- How do you think the district should address the challenges of inclusion and improve outcomes for inclusion students?
The candidates were to send back their answers to our questions by Friday (the one coming up). I just heard back from the first person. Here's a sample of what SHE said:
School is an institution within this abusive society, that serves the abuse.... The root of the word education, as you know, is educe - and you know that's about that all people come with content; that that content is NOT, endless language to the contrary, respected - or ABLE to be respected - by school. School is where we are fit into this society at the various levels permitted.
DUDE! You realize you're running for fucking SCHOOL BOARD, right? Shouldn't you, oh, I don't know, have a better attitude about the whole thing???
Consider the main work of the U.S. is war - conquest, service to The Rich's accumulation of property/wealth and power. Their wholly owned legislatures rule control by The Rich of our labor, by which They rape Earth.
Oooohhhhh. Oh, I see. You're one of THOSE. You're like that neighbor of mine who cornered me last year to tell me about how autism was caused by wireless internet and how she can hear it at night, everybody's wireless networks, they're all buzzing around her head and don't people see the connection in the rise of autism cases and the relatively new prevalence of wireless internet? She's always riding her bike past my house with a clipboard, talking to herself probably about how Bush was the mastermind behind 911.
Needless to say, this woman's entire email was like this and there was absolutely no mention of IEPs or inclusion or nuthin! If anybody lives in Berkeley and wants to know who not to vote for for school board, email me and I'll give you her name! :)
6 comments:
I heard about her. She's the self-proclaimed Communist who doesn't believe in schools. I am so voting for her. That's what Berkeley needs: more crazy people in positions of power.
And not the good kind of crazy, either.
There's always someone like that running for office. How sad that's the only person who responded to some great questions.
Reasons to vote for the crazy woman:
1. She met your deadline for responding to the questions. In fact, she was FIRST.
2. Neither she, nor any pseudo-celebrity working on her behalf, has called to ask for my vote.
3. She does not have any garish lawn signs mucking up our fair median strips.
I read the first part about 10 times before I finally gave up. I still have no idea wtf she was trying to say. At all.
Gotta love Berkeley. Does either of them belong to The Rent is Too Damn High Party?
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