What's your opinion on this happening?
It horrible!! We will get crappy new teachers, lose the amazing ones we have, it will end Westwinds, Ape-Men and Firecrackers and it will be the end of Westfield's record as one of the best music schools in the country. But yeah, that's worth not paying an extra couple bucks a year. /sarcasm
Quote from: Agrus Kos, Enforcer of Truth on September 05, 2013, 09:14:01 PM
It horrible!! We will get crappy new teachers, lose the amazing ones we have, it will end Westwinds, Ape-Men and Firecrackers and it will be the end of Westfield's record as one of the best music schools in the country. But yeah, that's worth not paying an extra couple bucks a year. /sarcasm
Some of the tenured teachers will be kept. If only people knew the behind the scenes and the full story.
Quote from: Mozilla butcher on September 05, 2013, 09:24:25 PM
Quote from: Agrus Kos, Enforcer of Truth on September 05, 2013, 09:14:01 PM
It horrible!! We will get crappy new teachers, lose the amazing ones we have, it will end Westwinds, Ape-Men and Firecrackers and it will be the end of Westfield's record as one of the best music schools in the country. But yeah, that's worth not paying an extra couple bucks a year. /sarcasm
Some of the tenured teachers will be kept. If only people knew the behind the scenes and the full story.
Yes but good teachers that don't have tenure like Mr. Tramonta will be pushed out by teachers from Brocton. I just feel that the Board hasn't been clear enough on the perameters of the merger and what it will actually do for us. Also buses are going to be horrible because some people who live on the far end of Westfield (on the Ripley/Sherman line) are already on buses for like 45 minutes, this could add another hour to it. I say if you aren't going to tell me exactly what we will have, the plan isn't thought out well enough to even vote on.
To run with the Greek Mythology theme of Magic:
"Croesus, king of Lydia beginning in 560 B.C., tested the oracles of the world to discover which gave the most accurate prophecies. He sent out emissaries to seven sites who were all to ask the oracles on the same day what the king was doing at that very moment. Croesus proclaimed the oracle at Delphi to be the most accurate, who correctly reported that the king was making a lamb-and-tortoise stew, and so he graced her with a magnitude of precious gifts. He then consulted Delphi before attacking Persia, and according to Herodotus was advised, "If you cross the river, a great empire will be destroyed." Believing the response favorable, Croesus attacked, but it was his own empire that ultimately was destroyed by the Persians."
I won't cross the river until I know which empire will be destroyed, if you know what I mean.
We had a huge merger of schools here and it's been crazy... Some of the kids are actually riding city buses to school instead of school buses...