02.14.08 Happy Valentines Day
Here’s one for the folks on Manderson,
Last night around 8:15 a man opened his door to a man saying he had a Valentines gift. The man did ,because when the door opened he pulled a gun and attempted to rob the couple who was having none of it and pulled a knife and preceded to kick his ass. Go Team. The would be robbers get away driver sped off and all three went to the hospital with the would be robber facing the worst injuries.
We would comment on Jim Suttles earth shattering proposal for a stadium but frankly can’t stop laughing long enough to type it. Jim, you did that as a joke didn’t you? If not, save your money and don’t run for Mayor because somebody will use that video clip against you.
Word is the ACLU is watching the Plattsmouth Schools policy of having parents submit to background checks if the want to attend in class activities. Some parents are concerned because the form sent out has something on it about a credit check and asks for your Social Security Number. What your credit has to do with serving cookies to second graders I will never know.
State Senator Brad Ashford has a bill, LB1159, that takes out the sentence that allows School Districts to accept on it’s face value a parents excuse for and absent child. WHAT?????
Deputy Douglas County Attorney Kim Hawekotte said by taking that sentence out schools have to react when a youth isn’t in school no matter what the reason. So Kim does that mean every-time little Billy doesn’t feel well you have to run him to the doctor to get a note because mom and dad are not capable of determining the illness thus driving up a family’s medical cost yearly for unnecessary trips to the doctor? “The School should have the responsibility to look into the reasons no matter what the parents say” she was quoted.
So in other word’s the State will decide if your kid can miss school or not. Hope this raises an eyebrow with some of the Hockey parents who sometimes pull their little Gretzky out early on Friday to get to a weekend tournament. Even though your kid may be on the honor role it won’t matter.
As introduced the law would get law enforcement involved sooner including the County Attorney (giving Kim some extra job security) and fining parents of truant children.
This law looks like a logistics nightmare and an added level of bureaucracy already not needed in the school system. I think there is something in the no child left behind that covers this as it is but I need to research it today. Brad sometimes you scare us.
Senator Pirsch’s bill to increase the penalties for super speeders was signed into law. Now when police catch the fast and the furious on West Dodge it will be a little more painful to the pocket book.
Three Bellevue East students are accused of snorting cocaine in shop class. Bellevue police have arrested one 19 year old for possession. An anonymous caller tipped off the authorities to the students snorting cocaine while the class was going on.
Lincoln Potato Chip maker, Weavers , is closing it’s doors leaving 70 plant workers out of a job. The chips have been produce there since 1932 and falls the way of Kitty Clover and Guy’s. Company officials say a supplier was to provide Nebraska grown potatoes but delivered Texas grown ones instead and they were unacceptable thus making it impossible for the company to fill it’s orders.
And Omaha Police report a large number of complaints of people getting unwanted porn images sent to their cell phones. Imagine walking through the store, your phone rings and when you open it you get Debbie doing Dallas…..these freaks will stop at nothing to market their crap. Police say if you receive one of these unsolicited calls to report it to police. In some cases they can get the phone service sending them shut down.
Everyone have a Happy Cupid day….
More later Bugs Manderson
If Brad gets his law passed the I think every parent should send their kid to school when they are sick and tell them to go directly to the school nurse, especially in cases of vomiting and anal leakage and then Brad and Kim should be required to come in and confirm.
Put Brad in charge of the leakage clean up since he is so good at sticking his nose in everyones shit.
Keystone remembers, Brad.
Comment by Betty — February 14, 2008 @ 8:53 am
I got a letter a couple weeks ago stating my child missed so many days and if she missed any more we might be reported to the authorities. She goes to a Millard high school and plays sports. She has missed 12 days so far this year. 7 of these days were for college visits, camps at the colleges she is interested in and a few days we took her out for a college exposure tournaments where the coaches she wants to play for in college were attending. 3 and 1/2 days she has been sick. I called the school and was informed that if she missed a total of 20 days this year they would consider her truant and would report us to the District Attorneys office. GIVE ME A BREAK!! So now she is at school while not feeling very well because of the flu running wild in the school, not to mention an outbreak of mono. Her immunities are low but she is still going to school because she can’t miss any more days now because we know she will miss a few in the spring while attending additional college visits.
I realize there are kids and parents out there that don’t give a crap about school or school attendance but for some kids especially during their Jr/Sr year they are going to miss more days then normal. If it is a school related event whether for high school or college visits etc. the school shouldn’t count that in the allowed number of days missed. If my kid was struggling with her grades that would be different to but she is an honor student, has a 3.75 gpa and scored a 23 the first time she took the ACT…..as a sophomore! I think her missing school to attend a college visit or a tournament where she just might get a scholarship because of attendance should out weight the absence. They pass this new law and kids like her and parents like us are going to be penalized for allowing her the right opportunity! THIS IS A CASE OF SOCIALISM if I ever saw it!!!
Comment by Ifubuildit — February 14, 2008 @ 9:09 am
YA Think?????
Betty we like your idea on Brad having to inspect the seepage deposits….He knows a load of crap when he sees it and he never saw a pile of crap he didn’t like…..
Bugs Manderson
Comment by eyeonomaha — February 14, 2008 @ 9:18 am
You know that’s how these people think. They know better how to raise your children than you do, and the State does such a good job anyway. Look at the shuttle drivers it hires to move the wards.
And you wouldn’t want one child to have an opportunity that is greater than anyone else so the trips to the college should be unexcused in their eyes I am sure.
The entire education system has gotten crazy. It is geared more to a social agenda anymore than teaching the kids something that they can actually use.
Why the people in Ashfords district continue to send him to Lincoln I will never know.
Ever wonder why people home school?
Comment by Simone — February 14, 2008 @ 9:47 am
I agree with Betty. Send them to school sick and let the Nurse be Judge and Jury. You know how fast this policy would go away once the school became liable for the health care of the student body?
The nurse at my son’s school doesn’t think a kid is sick unless they are running a fever and refuses to call the parents is they are not. Thanks to that thought process every kid his core group caught the respitory infection that was going around.
Comment by Mary Mary — February 14, 2008 @ 10:36 am
More nanny-state BS from Ashford. I expect that crap from Schimek (anybody surprised she wants State oversight of Homeschoolers?)but Ashford is SUPPOSED to be a Republican!
Comment by jimbob86 — February 14, 2008 @ 11:27 am
So if you are a doctor, nurse, emt, etc do you get a free pass and the school will take your word for it? What if another parent on your hockey team is a health care professional-can they write the note for you? This is ridiculous, I would think the schools in this city have more to worry about then a Mom making a judgement call when her child doesn’t feel well. God forbid they concentrate on the coke, guns, sexual assaults, and child predators, nope-lets worry instead if Mom was right keeping a child home that may have strep to PROTECT the other students at the school and to let the child rest.
Comment by Mom — February 14, 2008 @ 11:50 am
I think that I understand the problem that they are trying to resolve. We have a society where parents have no problem calling their kid in sick or bringing them in late because the parent is too much of a lazy ass to get out of bed in the morning. Responsibility is a thing of the past for some people.
That being said, this isn’t the way to fix the problem. Having big brother get that far into our lives is wrong, what is next? Maybe if the school concerned itself more with the proper education of our children, this wouldn’t be an issue. How many kids just get run through the system? How many of those kids parents didn’t care enough to get involved. This is a societal issue and not one that we can fix through more government.
Comment by Captain Obvious — February 14, 2008 @ 12:22 pm
This is typical of Right Wing Christian Republicans. Always want in your business Don’t be too surprised if this bill passes.
Comment by 3 dog night — February 14, 2008 @ 1:45 pm
Actually this is not a right wing idea. More government influence into your daily life is exactly what conservatives are trying to stop. Less government, more freedom are conservative principles. Better living through more government is a liberal idea. Keep in mind that both the Rebuplicans and the Democrats have liberal, moderates, and conservatives. Where did you get your politics training 3 dog night, Shambala? Maybe if you understood the difference between right and left, it would bring Joy to the World. Looks like you are so wrapped up with being opposed to someone from the “other side” you are not concerned with the substance of their ideas. It would appear that you just want to have a conflicting opinion.
I am not exactly sure how you think that this idea has anything to do with someone’s faith but it brings me to my next question. Someone please enlighten me… Why is it ok to display anti-Christian sentiment but not anti-other religions? For example if someone called this a Jewish idea, people would be up in arms and rightly so. It is even politically incorrect to show anti Muslim sentiment but it is ok to slam a Christian. Don’t most liberals profess to be “tolerant” of race, sexual oreintation and religion. When did it become ok to bash Chirstians?
Comment by Captain Obvious — February 14, 2008 @ 2:33 pm
I agree totally. My take on it is at http://honeypot.net/nebraska-wants-adopt-your-kids . I wrote my senator, Mike Flood. He seems to be pretty reasonable and listens to rational arguments, here’s to hoping that he takes our side.
Comment by Kirk Strauser — February 14, 2008 @ 2:57 pm
Under these new guidelines; Would a student be granted a legitament sick or Tardy slip from the Nurse if he/she became dizzy from snorting White Lightning off the Bench Grinder in shop class?
Comment by Sling_Blade — February 14, 2008 @ 3:35 pm
FYI
Nebraska ranked 6th in 9th Graders who graduated. We run at about 80 percent. That is where Ashford gets his one in five number from. Iowa is 3rd at 82.9 and believe it or not New Jersey is first at 86.9,
A question for Mr. Ashford though. Would you want to make sure that every kid is in school till they finish 12th grade even though they could be there well into their 30’s or is it more important that some kids attend even though all they will accomplish is to be a distraction to the others that are there willing to learn and not cause problems.
The fact of the matter is you will always have a group of people who are not interested in learning and never will be and if you were even able to force every one of them to attend school the problems they would create would far outweigh any positive benifits you seem to thnk you can accomplish.
Sure 20% non graduating seems like a high number and I believe there is more that can be done to help some of those children in that group that are willing and capable to learn, but tossing parents in jail because their child missed over 20 days is not the answer. It would only compound the problem and add more names and numbers to the already overcrowded justice system.
Think again about this Senator, it is the wrong idea.
Comment by Phil J. — February 15, 2008 @ 11:56 am
I live in Oklahoma and I am currently sending my 10 year old daughter to school sick - for the past two days: cold/borderline flu. I had received a call from the principal informing me that my child had already gotten her alloted 9 absences for the period. If she had any more absences, I would be required to go before a school board with “compelling evidence” of why she was absent. If not approved, she would not “get credit” for her 9 weeks. Never mind that she is the ONLY straight A student in her grade!! Basically all that hard work and good grades would be thrown in the trash. So, it’s off to school she goes, with a fever and chills and a cough. We don’t run to the doctor for every cold, stomach virus or flu - it’s costly and time consuming. Not to mention the doctor can’t cure these common illnesses any faster than just OTC medicine and staying home, resting, and waiting it out.
Our schools get $$$ for “Average Daily Attendance”. I HATE the government telling me what to do concerning my own child. Where is the common sense in all this?!
Comment by Julie C. — March 4, 2008 @ 10:38 am