[5440 note: as if on cue, the last domino has fallen in East Multnomah County. Purely a coincidence, no doubt.] REYNOLDS BUDGET CHOICES ARE ABOUT VALUES The Reynolds School Board, representing families and taxpayers in our community, looks forward to resolution of our labor contract negotiations. The quality of education …
5440 Note: This open letter was sent to all members of the Oregon Chapter of the American Meteorological Society in response to the Climate Change lecture by Phil Mote, et al, at Portland State University on April 10. After watching both the proponents of man-made global warming on Tuesday April …
Whatever it takes to convince parents to cede their parental responsibilities and turn their children over to “the village” (i.e. the State) as early as possible, that’s what they’ll support…and demand your money to implement it. Notice the socialist key words in his statements. I have highlighted them in bold: …
This week, a post on a new blog appeared that supports a teacher’s strike in three East Multnomah County school districts. The blog purports to represent an organization called Oregon Save Our Schools, and seems to have started in January 2012 in anticipation of a strike by the Gresham Barlow …
Out in East Multnomah County, a low rumble is growing louder as we approach the November elections the end of the school year. Negotiations between a couple of school boards and the teacher unions on new contracts have hit snags in several school districts all at once. This past week, …
At a recent meeting of the curriculum committee, a Hillsboro School District official presented a statistic that looked something like this: Mean test score: 73% Margin of error: 9% Adjusted score : 82% Now, for any of us in engineering or other professions that use margins of error, this looked …
Today on Yahoo! news, there was an article that had all the makings of your typical screed demonizing Conservatives as anti-science flat earthers: Study: Trust in science among educated conservatives plunges But a funny thing happened on the way to characterizing Conservatives as backwards nincompoops. Now don’t get me wrong, …
Warning: The following video contains a graphic exposé of Planned Parenthood’s sexually explicit marketing campaign aimed at minors. This is NOT for children’s eyes (which is, of course, the entire scandalous point): View on YouTube UPDATE: YouTube has pulled the video due to complaints over copyright. In other words, Planned …
Article VIII, Section 8 of the Oregon State Constitution clearly states: “Adequate and Equitable Funding. (1) The Legislative Assembly shall appropriate in each biennium a sum of money sufficient to ensure that the state’s system of public education meets quality goals established by law.” School funding is the ONLY constitutionally mandated expenditure …
This amazing interview was done back in 1985 with a former KGB agent who was trained in subversion techniques. He explains the 4 basic steps to socially engineering entire generations into thinking and behaving the way those in power want them to. To date, we’re currently at step #3. View …
In the 2008 election, 68 percent of new young voters overwhelming chose to vote for Obama and the Democrats’ socialist agenda. That’s a scary statistic, but it’s no accident. It’s the result of a patient, long-term strategy on the part of leftist social reformers, and it’s finally coming to fruition. …
Dispatch from Gordon Fulks, PhD: MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT (Cancelled November Global Warming Meeting Rescheduled) WHAT: The much talked about Oregon Chapter of the American Meteorological Society (AMS) meeting on anthropogenic (human caused) global warming has been rescheduled! Come take a look at the science, both the logic and the evidence. Is …
5440 note: guest post by permission of author, who resides in Gresham, Oregon. TEXT OF GRESHAM-BARLOW SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEMBER DAN CHRIESTENSON AT JANUARY BUSINESS MEETING As we begin a new calendar year, I wanted to take a moment to thank our classroom teachers for their hard work …
As Tri-Met and Metro keep plugging away on their $1.5 billion, seven-mile light rail “extension” from Portland into Clackamas county, the “editorial staff” at The Zero find themselves in complete agreement with thirty-year-olds: they’re miffed and mystified by the intransigence of Clackamas county residents who not only don’t want the thing, but …
Hey thinking about going back to school? I know! how about learning something about being a bum and get credit for being an intern at Occupy Portland! Just head on over to your friendly State University, paid for by the taxpayer. Yep: good old PSU! The Occupy Portland Outreach Commission web site …
This year, the federal government has spent $682,570 to study shrimp walking on a treadmill. “Unbelievable,” you may be excused for thinking – but you’d be wrong. In fact, the National Science Foundation wants even moremoney to continue the “studies”. The NSF has even produced a video on the project titled: “The Importance of Studying …
Your tax dollars fund the salaries, which fund the union dues, which are now being used to fund Occupy protests. Got that? They’re using YOUR HARD-EARNED MONEY – which is forcibly confiscated – to pay for advancing their Leftist political agenda. These are also the people who are teaching YOUR …
http://www.katu.com/news/local/128659033.html?embed View at KATU Earlier this week, the Oregonian reported that Portland Public Schools’ superintendent, top lawyer, and others broke election laws by promoting a bond measure to parents and voters using taxpayer-funded time and resources. In the Leftist mentality, the ends justify the means, because morality is relative. The …
Author’s note: This post originally appeared at http://redcounty.com/content/portland-schools-subject-electioneering-complaints-filed-secretary-state on April 21, 2011. Pertinent archives are being migrated to this new blog. For coverage of the insanity of the new Portland Public School Bond, CLICK HERE. Given the shenanigans pulled by school districts in Clackamas County in the fights over corporate and …
Thuggish teacher’s unions want private citizens to think twice before they dare to speak out against the education cartel at their local school board meeting (or anywhere else). Leslie VanBlaricom has been fired from her job as branch manager for OnPoint Credit Union after pressure was brought on her employer from the McMinnville Education Association. …