CROSSING LINES WHEN BARRIERS REMAIN

Lynn City Council lines up against charter expansion

By fighting a battle you've already lost,
No one sees the long term cost.

After public schools die,
Charters will ask how instead of why

Classrooms will suddenly become crowded
When there's no where else to go.

The future will become clouded
And corporations will say "Whoa,"

"We didn't signup for this!"
Charters will go bust

And they'll be no public schools left for those the lottery do miss
Thanks to businesses' money lust.

Toothless resolutions are a waste of time
Rather the focus should be on a practical way out of thisbind.

BUDGET BUSTING - OFF THE CHART(ER)

Tomorrow Night - Tuesday, November 14th Lynn City Hall Room 402 7:45 p.m

 

TIGERS ON THE ATTACK

James Runner III

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I hope everyone is enjoying this great Saturday...if your looking to do something tonight, come to manning field @7pm my tigers take on a tough #2 seed cathedral high school for the North Sectional finals! Tickets $7 for students $10 for adults! LPS staff have your badges and help with the crowd. It will be cold (but we live in New England )! If you don’t come, you might miss out on history😉! My tigers are hungry and the time is now! #lynntech #tigerpride #lynn

POST ELECTION BLUES

Soon the Lynn School Committee will change by almost half.
Do you think thinks will change?
Stop it, don't make me laugh.

Serious problems were left behind
While real solutions are are rare
Because the truth is not kind.

The classrooms will still be crowded.
Answers have not really given
So local education's future remains clouded.

The city's coffers will still be low
Given the trouble with the state and the feds
Where will they now go?

It's easier to campaign than to govern.
From where will the money come?
Especially when raising taxes are such a concern.

The state mandates how much we must spend
Looks like services will be slashed.
That means campaign promises will come to an end.

The Washington Post: Inside Betsy DeVos’s efforts to shrink the Education Department

Inside Betsy DeVos's efforts to shrink the Education Department

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WHAT TIGERS CAN TAKE

A reminder from our Athletic Director about what is allowed and NOT allowed at the game this weekend. Please follow these simple rules

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SO LONG SPED

 

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HAD TO TOUT THEM TIGERS

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A few words from Coach Runner

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Words can’t describe how I feel. My team won our last regular season game 13-0 over Gr.Lowell for the conference championship. I’m so proud of my team and my coaches! Life is truly unreal. Time to get focused and get ready for round 1 of the mass playoffs. #lynn #lynntech #tigerpride

TIME CHANGE FOR THE DISABLED

DeVos rescinds 72 guidance documents outlining rights for disabled students

The guidance documents helped parents and educators understand student's rights under the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act.

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THE RIGHTS FIGHT

 Glad to see my good friend HONG NET, Councilor-At-Large last night sat Rick Ford's Campaign Kickoff for his bid for one of the At-Large Seats.

HONG has been a particularly strong champion for HUMAN RIGHTS since he joined the COUNCIL even successfully fighting for the establishment of the HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE for the city. It has been an honor to know him.

SANDRA SEES NEEDS

Happy to meet fellow candidate for LYNN SCHOOL COMMITTEE, SANDRA LOPEZ tonight at RICK FORD'S, COUSELOR-AT-LARGE KICKOFF EVENT. Fresh ideas and new energy is needed now more than ever.

MAGEE IS THE MOST

Honored to meet candidate for MAYOR of LYNN THOMAS MAGEE. Senator MAGEE has such a steller resume of public service leaves me in awe.

DONNA ALWAYS DOES RIGHT

How great it was to get to spend a little time with long time when I was at RICK FORD, COUNCILOR-AT-LARGE CAMPAIGN KICK-OFF PARTY with LYNN SCHOOL COMMITTEE member DONNA COPPOLA. Not only did I work with her for years at the Department of Mental Retardation but also I have cherished her as a dear and trusted friend. Her tireless crusading for the students of Lynn has always been inspiring for me. I can only hope to be as half the advocate for parent and student's rights as she has been.

FOLLOWING GEORGE THROUGH THE JUNGLE

I was thrilled tonight to finally meet GEORGE MIMETEAS, CANDIDATE FOR WARD 3 who is a fellow TRUTH TO LIGHT warrior.It was refreshing to tal with someone who likes to see through the spin.

FULL DISCLOSURE = He gave Me and TRIPPY a ride home tonight from RICK FORD"S campaign kickoff.

THE BEST OF BILLY

Glad to have the opportunity to meet up with William Trahant, retiring (at least temporarily) WARD 2 COUNCILOR. Told im what a lasting memory he made for my daughter ASIAH when her photograph with him for the FIRST Lynn Youth Council made the front page of the Item.He laughed and said that he still thinks he has that picture in his office.

A NOD TO NATASHA

Though we have clearly had on the role CHARTER SCHOOLS play in public education, I have never doubted the sincerity of her wanting what she perceives as best for the students of LYNN. That;s why it is a great honor to be competing with NATASHA MEGIE-MADDREY for one of the six seats on the LYNN SCHOOL COMMITTEE.

THE PAYOFF OF PERSISTENCE

Loved meeting with BRIAN CASTELLANO, a fellow candidate for LYNN SCHOOL COMMITTEE tonight at RICK FORD, CANDIDATE FOR COUNCILOR-AT-LARGE'S campaign kickoff event. Brian has a great story of human persistence and I hope for the honor of working with him in the future.

READING THE AUDIENCE

Met with BRIAN FIELD. CANDIDATE FOR COUNSELOR-AT-LARGE at tonight's Campaign kickoff for RICK FORD'S bid for one of the COUNCILOR-AT-LARGE positions. The fact BRIAN played such a key role in the last voting in which the tax overide was defeated indicates he has his fingers on the pulse of the community. Always wanting to learn.

THE OTHER RICK

Great to meet tonight  at RICK FORD, CANDIDATE FOR COUNCILOR-AT-LARGE'S FUNDRAISER with RICK STARBARD, a candidate for WARD 2 Councilor and a former LYNN SCHOOL COMMITTEE member. Have always found Rick full of powerful insights and usually good for a ride home on most nights.

SLUSH GOES THE FUND

Everybody loves the new MARSHALL school now. It's a modern, state of the art educational facility. While seemingly to have  not done enough to solve our overcrowding problem imagine if you will if it had not been built. Yea maybe we should all agree now it was a good idea that we bonded $92 million for it. You know they say hindsight is 20/20.

Then again maybe we need to look back through some corrective lenses. What role does the servicing of that debt in the city's current financial crisis? Don't forget an extra $4 million or so was added onto that bond to pay for the demolition of that supposedly inhabitable school. Now I thought I heard yalk about the possibility of selling it to a potential private developer and if so what happens to the money supposedly set aside for its demolition?

Could the money we are paying to service this debt have allowed us to release some of the pressure on the tightening of our public service budgets? There are no easy answers but we got to ask probing questions to get the best answers.

TIME FOR REBIRTH

I have offended my fair share of people with this blog and for that I am sorry, not sorry. My constant overwhelming mission was to enlighten, inform and generally get the attention of educators, elected officials, and parents everywhere to the important issues surrounding our schools. I figured the administrators and elected leaders were big enough to risk getting their feelings hurt in order to insure that proper attention and due diligence was being carried out. Well after much reflection and consultation with my kids and a few others, I have tried to turn over a new leaf and make a serious attempt this time at getting elected to the school committee.

I am still poor, disabled, and able to turn a phrase. What is different is I feel the need to share my unique perspective and insight into what looks to be an increasingly troublesome outlook for public education, all manners of education for that matter. Consequently I've decided to get serious in my delivery of my goals for a better education. I hope they are yours as well!

STEPPING FORWARD BY STEPPING OUT

Glad to have a chance to talk with Drew Russo of the LYNN MUSEUM the other night. The LYNN MUSEUM has wsorks closely with the LYNN PUBLIC SCHOOLS providing the possibility of enhanced learning and promoting a sense of community ownership.

It is the leveraging of community resources that will provide SMART GROWTH for our cash strapped educational system. Thank you Drew for your leadership in this area.

RESULTS ORIENTED

As Taso Nilolalakopoulos, Candidate for Councilor-At-Large pointed out in his remarks the other night, the city of Lynn has an obligation to appropriately educate 100% of our students not just the minority that go on to college. A majority of the city budget goes to the schools and it is in our future's best interest to make sure that we provide a variety of pathways that our students can achieve success. Since he is a owner of the popular JOHN'S ROAST BEEF and a former president of LYNN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, I look forward to picking his brain over the course of the campaign to develop innovative approaches to solving our problems.

LET ME BE YOUR VOICE

I am just a poor parent with no money only words but a willingness to use them.


STAN WOTRING, CANDIDATE FOR LYNN SCHOOL COMMITTEE

THE TRUTH OF THE ART

GOOD LISTENING IS MORE THAN JUST HEARING WORDS BUT KNOWING WHAT THEY'RE SAYING.

LOOK FOR POWER IN TRUTH!

Okay maybe I wasn't the FIRST but I would bet I was in the first dozen. Anyway I believe I can safely say I was the MOST vocal on the need to investigate the NET SCHOOL SPENDING crisis which is at the center of the city of LYNN'S precarious financial position. I have always pushed the need for transparency for intelligent decision making. I strongly ask for one of your six votes in the upcoming election. Now I just got to get enough signatures to get on the ballot!

I'M NOT WORRIED, I HAVE TWO SECRET WEAPONS, MY NEWLY GRADUATED KIDS, TRIPPY AND ASIAH.

STAN WOTRING, CANDIDATE FOR LYNN SCHOOL COMMITTEE

ANOTHER RUN? THIS COULD BE SERIOUS

You know I was really planning to ride off into the sunset. My kids graduate this year and I was kind of looking forward to writing poetry and reading philosophy. Both kids are going to college, they'll be involved with a new more grown up life and I would get to sit back and reflect maybe even finish my autobiography. Ha ha, I always tell people I've lived an eventful life.

Unfortunately a dark cloud of impending devastation looms over the school system and some people have pushed me to run for SCHOOL COMMITTEE and stressed that I may be the best person to point out these dangers so we can avoid them in order to avoid falling further behind. Of course there is the added reason Trippy threatened me if I didn't run he was going to pull papers and run himself. Ha ha, he needs to devote his attention to being a freshman at Salem State.

"BUILD SCHOOLS, NOT WALLS"

Lynn teachers step up on May Day

PAC IS WHERE YOU PUSH

Tomorrow @ 6 pm in the Lynn Public Schools Administration building at 100 Bennett Street we are having the next to the last PAC meeting of the school year. A call goes out to the parents of all the SPED parents in LPS for a monthly reminder.

This will in fact be the last meeting I attend as a parent of an LPS student since Trippy graduates June 1 and has been accepted into Salem State College. I has been a long ride but if you stay involved the system works.

HISPANIC SCHOLARSHIP SUPPER

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WITH TREES UP

Hands-on education at Connery tree planting

NO FACE, NO GUILT

A spotlight on the shadows
Only makes sure the anger grows.

The population sought to protect
Highlighted to object.

Maybe born good of good intentions
Providing questionable preventions.

HEY LOOK OVER HERE.. . .

 City seeking student sanctuary

 I am sure the symbolism makes some people sleep a little easier. I'm all for that. In fact I even had a wife once, the first one, who thought sleeping should be an Olympic sport.

BUT. . .,

you know what is also a symbol? A flashing light to identify danger up ahead or the screaming sound of a smoke detector to alert you of a possible fire.

In LPS's case we have the MAYOR going around on national TV, newspapers, or anyone who will listen to blame all our problems on refugees (unaccompanied minors) and questioning their legal status. Anything to attract the attention of, I don't know,ICE agents.

IT JUST SEEMS KIND OF HYPOCRITICAL TO ME.

SATTERWHITE-NEW BLOOD FOR THE FIGHT

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My name is Michael Anthony Satterwhite. I am a long time Lynn resident and I am running for Lynn School Committee.

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Family Engagement Fair at Marshall Middle

DECODING

Police and fire chiefs ask for more resources

 It appears the MAYOR is again blaming the school
Clearly playing the citizens for fools.

 In growth are city is not alone
 Still answers others have shown.

No one has as large of a problem with school spending net
As our city always seems to get.

She advocates changing NSS how the do calculate
So teachers would become irate

And LPS's budget bear the burden of the brunt
See crying foul is no more than a publicity stunt

Either way the city will lose
It's just who to layoff you choose.

THE POLITICS OF THE APOLOGY

Mother to mayor: Your comment was hurtful

To reassure the public a statement was given
Only turns out it's not how we're livin'.

To explain the brazen attacks
Required the use of alternative facts.

In an attempt for political cover
Sacrificing the grief of a mother.

Sorrow may be expressed,
The sincerity to be guessed.

COME TO AN ANNUAL COMPETITION

THE LANGUAGE OF LEARNING-LITE

REWRITING HISTORY LESSON

THE DAY THE EARTH WAS SCORCHED

The choking smell of exhaust
Has replaced the odor
Of award-winning vegetables
Growing on the asphalt.

The humming of the diesel engines
Drowned out the not
So silent protests destined
For ears unprepared to hear.

Days of salad off in the distance
As if history had not been remembered
And could be rewritten, resurrected
In order to stroke swollen egos.

WHAT IS THE EARTH WORTH?

 Salad days ahead for Ford School

This nice considering what they once had there (NOT)!

NO FORM FOR THE NEW NORM

When the mayor and others say that crime is like a stumbling block and say that this isn’t Lynn — as if we aren’t Lynn. This is where we live, this is our community. Those statements sounded like Lenny and his friend deserved what they got because they might have known these people.”
 
It's all in who you know
For respect some to show.

Says more about them than you
Cause respect for life no clue.

A position without shame
When the victim you choose to blame.

MAKE WAY FOR O'SHEA

Election fight looms in Lynn’s Ward 1

Now I usually don't like lawyers as a rule
But to ignore the obvious would make a fool.

Turns out there's a candidate in my ward
Against costs we cannot afford.

He asks questions that I have asked
On the costs we are tasked.

The answers may be at the state not the city
Still not to raise them would be a pity.

SCHOOLS WILL BE A KEY ISSUE IN THIS COUNCIL RACE

Election fight looms in Lynn’s Ward 1

BULLDOGS LOOKING FOR SOME BOUNCE

Anderson chosen as new English basketball coach

RELOCATION RHETORIC

TALK IS TOUGH, WALK NOT SO MUCH

We need more police on the streets, Ford says

  Same old line everybody says.

THE NEXT STEP FREE?

North Shore Community Promise: free tuition

NSCC will be the first community college in the Northeast to offer a self-funded free college program.

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NO TIME TO HIDE

 

Violent acts terrible but not random, mayor says

Calling the violence RANDOM to make me feel better only makes it worse

When it comes time for re-election this will  be your curse.

For danger that comes without prepare

Leads to constant need to beware.

Trying to shift the blame

Always brings more shame.

As long as responsibility you abdicate

The violence will only escalate.

FARMING THE FUTURE?

HORIZON HAPPENINGS

Reach out to your Senators and Congresspersons to Protect the Multiple programs that Support Community Schools

President Trump's proposed budget for FY 2018 eliminates or severely cuts many programs that support youth and families and community schools. We must stand together against these cuts.Take action here 

Of particular concern to us is the proposed elimination of the 21^st Century Community Learning Centers program, which at $1.1 billion provides core funding for after-school programs and community schools. The Full-Service Community Schools program at $10 million is also at-risk, as is Promise Neighborhoods and Title IV Part A, the new program in ESSA authorized at $1.6 billion that can be used to implement community schools.

Several other programs inside and outside the Department of Education are proposed for elimination, including:

• Title II-A ($2.1 billion) which provides professional development for educators
• Corporation for National Service that funds Americorps programs, a majority of which are located in schools ($1 billion)
• the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), which supports housing, community facilities, economic development, and social service projects, mainly for low- and moderate-income residents ($3 billion); and
• the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG), which provides anti-poverty services through local non-profit and public agencies ($714 million).

 Taken together, these proposed cuts would be devastating for youth, families and communities who access these programs and supports and that are shown to be effective. We need to tell Congress that this budget is absolutely unacceptable. And we need to protect these programs for the remainder of FY 2017 with the vote Congress will take by April 28 on the final FY 2017 budget.

We are partnering with the Afterschool Alliance on their outreach platform. Take action here to call on Congress to maintain or increase funding for these programs to ensure our young people and their families and communities can continue to learn and thrive.

We encourage you to take a step further and take other actions to reinforce the message:

1)      Call your Senators and Congressperson and urge them not to cut these programs

2)      Join with other advocates for youth and families in your community and state and advocate to your members of Congress together

3)      Visit the district offices of your members of Congress to share this message in-person (or call them)

4)      To advocate more for 21^st Century Community Learning Centers, follow the Afterschool Alliance and share their messages

 

Thank you in advance for taking a stand for the youth and families in your community and for community schools.

Sincerely,

The Coalition for Community Schools Team at the Institute for Educational Leadership

 

 

Coalition for Community Schools  

4301 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 100  

Washington, DC 20008-2304  

 www.communityschools.org

THE ROOT

Shots fired
Yet no one heard.

When history has no ears
We repeat the absurd.

Curse the present, blame the fast
All  in an effort to get the last word.

CITY OF SIN WHERE TO BEGIN

 

 Treat the cause not the effect
Symptoms just manifestations of neglect.

The answers found at the root
Otherwise treatment is mute.

Fighting to find who to blame
When there's no shortage of shame

For history to share.

THE ART OF THE AUDIT

Cuts to public safety, easy to blame the Mayor
Finding the money, I know not where.

Everybody cries when their budget's cut
And blames others for waste and glut.

Truth is the problems been long term
Avoid the choices, avoid the squirm.

Sacrifice the cause to treat the effect
Remember that when time to elect.