Petition for the August 1st Calendar
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Tami Gallagher Guest |
#1 Balanced school year calendar2011-02-18 17:34I find it deplorable that our elected officials take a survey of the community then go directly against the wishes of the people who put them in office to serve that community. RECALL! |
Teresa Baxter Guest |
#3 Please sign this petition2011-02-18 22:17Petition to bring back the Aug 1st calendar. Majority does count, make the school board see their error |
Ray Guest |
#4 Spelling2011-02-18 23:00I'm all for this change, but for the sake of some credibility can the petition be amended to spell "calendar" correctly as opposed to the current "calender?" |
Deborah Isenbletter Guest |
#5 August 1st Start Date2011-02-18 23:22Please sign this petition to see if we can the date changed back. |
Janet Metcalf Guest |
#6 August 1 calendar2011-02-19 00:18Do not understand how our votes did not count - please explain |
concerned parent Guest |
#7 calendar2011-02-19 00:40Is the spelling correct for calendar on the main page...just want to make sure? |
Cristina Martin Guest |
#8 Majority rules2011-02-19 01:12What is the point of surveying, if you are not going to use the results? |
Ericka Graziosi Guest |
#9 Give us back the Balanced Calendar2011-02-19 01:57I think what the school board did to the teachers, children and parents of Cobb County was out of line... they are here to help US... not themselves.... We voted the balanced calendar, it was promised for 3 yrs now lets keep it |
Barbara Powell Guest |
#102011-02-19 02:31Why change it? Leave well enough alone. I have grandchildren in the CCSD and they love it. |
Debbie Worthy Guest |
#12 Calendar2011-02-19 03:07I cannot believe that CCSD voted against a calendar that had the support of 82% of teachers, 69 percent of parents and 78 percents of students. Next time don't bother asking if you aren't going to listen to what we want!!! |
Blake Tippens Guest |
#13 Abuse2011-02-19 03:08Regardless of my opinion about which calendar option was better, it really isn't the issue. The real issue is that elected officials gave a survey to their constituency under false pretense. It has nothing at all to do with the calendar. It has everything to do with an obvious abuse of power and a serious disrespect for democracy and the community they serve. |
Rachel Wilson Guest |
#14 August 15th calender change2011-02-19 03:15this is supposed to be a democracy. not a dictatorship. i think it's pretty obvious what everyone wanted. i know who will be voted out next election |
Marisa Pruss Guest |
#15 Balanced Calendar2011-02-19 03:31It is hard to imagine how board members could vote for a calendar that was clearly not favored by the parents, students, teachers, and staff. It is even more amazing that no explanation for this decision was offered on the Cobb county school website along with the decision. I know some board members ran on a platform of getting rid of the balanced calendar but that is not an excuse to disregard the will of the vast majority of more than 80,000 survey respondents. |
Eve Wall Guest |
#16 Re: Calendar2011-02-19 03:32As a 24 yr. veteran teacher and mother, I did vote for the balanced calendar but only because of the Dec. 23rd winter break days of the other two choices. Even though I voted for the balanced calendar, I am not in favor of it. I simply voted this way in order to have the week off before Christmas. Technically, many of us are in the 82% of the people who are supposedly in favor of the balanced calendar but indeed do not support this concept. We were simply voting for Christmas. |
Upholding Democracy Guest |
#17 Re: Balanced school year calendar2011-02-19 03:32#1: Tami Gallagher - Balanced school year calendar Guess we were the monkeys who filled out the survey. The survey was simply a means to appease the masses...it was obvious the Boardmembers chose to ignore the voice of their constituents! |
Disgruntled Senior (High School, not citizen) Guest |
#18 Schedule2011-02-19 03:39I petition the calender revision for 3 simple reasons. 1. It was set in such a manner that it should remain the same for 3 years, to go back upon this flies at the face of order. 2. It appears that the majority is in favor of the current school year's schedule. 3. It causes needless uproar among our suburban community, and having to listen to this "hot topic" debate is infuriating. |
Lynn Bixler Guest |
#19 Cobb County August 1st start date calendar2011-02-19 03:43The additional weeks off during the school year have made the larger class sizes and everything else bearable. Teachers and students need a break periodically. |
Guest |
#20 Calendar2011-02-19 04:05We need to get "calendar" spelled correctly~ |
Melanie Luther Guest |
#21 Guys! Correct spelling!!2011-02-19 04:07I've shared this on facebook and gotten a couple of comments about the misspelling of the word "calendar" I'm soooo loving the person who created this, and am with you (and am myself a horrible "speller"), but change that "calender" to "calendar" so we don't get made fun of by "the other side" ;) |
Guest Guest |
#22 Re: Re: Calendar2011-02-19 04:26The reason people voted one or another is not at issue. The problem at hand is that the school board went completely against what the majority of stakeholders wanted in Cobb County. As taxpayers, we pay their salaries and we depend on them to represent us and support our wants/needs because we live in a country with a REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY!! What happened last night at that board meeting was not at all democratic and it is completely unjust! I am a Cobb County teacher and since I am fortunate enough to have a job, I will be there to teach on whatever days I am told to be there. I am just not willing to sit back and let the board completely steam roll the majority of the people in the county. I am completely disgusted by this. |
Guest Guest |
#23 Re: Re: Re: Calendar2011-02-19 04:33I agree with you totally. I just wonder what the true percentage is of the people who are actually in favor of the balanced calendar rather than doing what I did...and I know of many others who did.. vote this way to on order to be off the week before Christmas. I truly believe the percentages are skewed a bit. |
Guest Guest |
#24 Re: Spelling2011-02-19 04:35Ha! I just commented on the same thing!! Change it QUICKLY!!!!!! |
Kathryn Dix Guest |
#25 Great Idea2011-02-19 04:50Thank you for putting this together. |
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