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GARY KLAHR June 7, 2013 at 07:23 pm
mODZELEWSKI SAYS IT ALL-. WHAT is wrong with school kids wearing jeans and tee shirts with…Read More diverse colors and patterns------like 80 pct of U.S. kids???????????????
Jax June 10, 2013 at 05:19 am
The troy school board is forgetting it is a public school owned by the taxpayer not the board or a…Read More private entity. The fact they were very secretive about whole thing tells me they are trying to be sneaky and tell the parents the cost of this program to the taxing body. We need to remember the school board members that are being very sneaky and dictator like about our school and I say we vote them out next time..If Don White can't gather the courage to tell the board what he wants for the tax money coming in then he should go to..Great guy but no guts when it comes to the board
John Roberts May 23, 2013 at 12:29 pm
Why don't the city use some of that Surplus they all of a sudden found....My guess is because the…Read More schools are not on the way to the boats.
Muha May 23, 2013 at 09:12 pm
I am glad they are asking for private donations, and not forcing it upon the taxpayers.
Karen Sorensen (Editor) May 9, 2013 at 06:43 pm
Old Newspaper Guy -- Here's what the city's press release said: "The Joliet Junior College…Read More Foundation relocated the Cronin School to the Joliet Junior College Main Campus and restored it to its original condition in the 1930’s to serve as a living history museum." So, you can see how easy it is to misunderstand what was being said!
jolietkenny May 9, 2013 at 07:35 pm
Hi Karen, Yep, looks like whoever did the press release hit a 3 instead of the 8. This info is from…Read More JJC web site. ---> The nearly 145-year-old school house was moved to the Main Campus in 1987, where it has served as a living history museum. Originally located on Black Road, the Cronin School served Troy Township until January 1950. The effort to restore it was spearheaded by two former JJC agriculture professors.
Tammy Barnes May 10, 2013 at 07:14 pm
Hi Karen,
My name is Tammy and I am the field trip coordinator at the college and this is a…Read More wonderful article. Just FYI, the school is turning 150 years old this year. Two of the colleges professors were instrumental in relocating and preserving the schoolhouse in 1987. Also, I want to recognize the 3 gentlemen that selflessly volunteer their time to give presentations at the schoolhouse. Mr. John Cronin and Mr. Lew Davies actually attended the schoolhouse and Mr. Russ Ghilain whose mother was a teacher at the schoolhouse and he is a retired teacher who worked at Joliet Township. Not only do they give presentations, but they give their time to decorate the schoolhouse for the holidays. These wonderful gentlemen, retell interesting and amusing recollections of their experiences of the schoolhouse. This is truly an honor receiving the Joliet Historic Preservation Commission's seventh annual Historic Preservation Award and I would publicly like to thank the Joliet Historic Preservation Commission for bestowing this honor of the Cronin School.
Parent May 18, 2013 at 02:28 am
http://mokena.patch.com/articles/h-f-high-school-named-among-newsweeks-top-in-the-country
Another…Read More reason why I am so thankful I moved into the New Lenox school district instead of Shorewood. Again - worry less on the clothes and instead focus on the education your kids are not getting.
Michelle Ronchetti April 4, 2013 at 01:11 pm
What a nice story to start off the day with. Yea! to the thoughtfulness of the JJC students and…Read More staff. Blessings and strength to Ms. Muller and her family.
Lisa S. May 4, 2013 at 12:18 am
First, the legitimately lower income and financially strained can request a deferral of exemption…Read More from payment. Second, if you are unemployed you should have plenty of time to stay home with your kids and keep them away from gangs and off drugs. It doens't take the proverbial village to raise a good kid. It takes a good parent.
Lisa S. May 4, 2013 at 12:23 am
Underpaid? Really? Go to http://www.familytaxpayers.org/ftf/ftf_salaries.php and search for…Read More Plainfield 202. Most of those teachers work a little over 9 months, get almost full paid benefits for 12, and pay very little into their pensions. So take the salary and add the perks and tell me they don;t do OK.
Mark Donahue April 30, 2013 at 05:35 pm
I love this! When can they implement it at Dirksen Junior High? My son goes there, and they need the…Read More help badly.
boozer mcgee April 24, 2013 at 08:35 pm
teachers are all told to pass the dumb-asses or look for another job!
Trina April 17, 2013 at 05:12 pm
He is such a caring dean/principal! He was my dean when heritage meadows first opened up. Congrats!
Chuck Bryan April 4, 2013 at 02:26 am
There was a plan on the drawing board to share the Y, but it was nixed, either because JJC could not…Read More raise the necessary funding or one of the parties (JJC or the Y) backed out.
http://www.jjc.edu/about/college-info/master-plan/Pages/funding.aspx
It seemed like JJC was on the right track for awhile - it really listened to the community when going for the referendum, and did a good job showing people how the buildings helped the local economy and were linked to jobs for students. And then it seems like a few years ago it lost its way and now we're in trouble. But that's what happens when politics drive decisions instead of doing what's right. The good people give up or leave (or are told to leave), and the bad ones entrench themselves and do what's best for them, not the community.
Bill Slabich Jr March 20, 2013 at 11:42 am
As another side note I would like to know if this style of education is the same Chicago is using?…Read More If so why did they just have to close two charter schools? Also they just had to implement that all magnet and charter schools have the same standards and equal scores as the standard school system. Isn't that crazy when the Idea of these schools is to get better grades and scores with their teaching styles. They should always held to a hirer standard, if that's what they sell.
Mim Rose May 24, 2013 at 03:40 pm
The high rankings of suburban schools are directly proportional to the school push-out that occurs…Read More of low scoring students. These schools are badly failing the children whose learning styles don't match teaching styles that are often mandated by misguided guidelines. These left-behind children will serve in Iraq lacking other choices.
If you are interested in organizing to demand school choice, please email me at mdepelichy@gmail.com. I have three children in the Naperville 203 district, two of whom are failing one has straight A's. The reason for this is that the school system caters to one and only one style of learning. My children NEED Montessori but it is not allowed as an option in these schools. The No Child Left Behind Act guarantees options for children who can't learn in the schools that are available while it is exceedingly hard to find the correct tools to assess children effectively enough to ascertain their alternative learning needs. I feel this is because there are stipends going to corrupt organizations that want funding--therefore the many possible alternative education options are suppressed. Please email me if you have similar concerns. I am not for simply delegating children who fail in the No Child Left Behind school system to an online alternative--we need REAL school choice. That said, if an online alternative were available, one might hate to say it, but given the limited schooling options we have, it would be preferable in some circumstances.
DoSiDo March 20, 2013 at 03:42 pm
if telling middle school and high school girls that they look sexy in their shoes is okay and noting…Read More that you would like to pleasure yourself onto a pair of shoes is someone that you want teaching your kids than fine but i sure as hell don't want someone like that around my kids. no adult should be trying to interact with kids online whether it be twitter, instagram or a message board. isn't that how "grooming" starts?
i applaud the person who turned this information over to the authorities to look into. it is unfortunate that it got leaked to the patch but what would you have said if this person sat on this information and something terrible happened? then everyone would be slamming her for not doing something with it.
J. Ann March 20, 2013 at 09:53 pm
@ doSiDo---Yeah, I agree. Whether or not he would eventually act out his fetishes and fantasies,…Read More it's not worth risking. Best to be wise and proactive in this case. It's not about judging, but about nipping some unwise behavior in the bud. Glad my teens are grown. And it's true---if something, God forbid, would have happened, you bet they'd heap the condemnation on the silent parents who "should have" spoken up!!
RB March 18, 2013 at 04:57 pm
I like the idea of competition but this online charter concept smells bad to me. I can see it as a…Read More viable alternative for remote areas in the country where it might not be viable to keep an appropriate school infrastructure. Use this concept in the suburbs seems like a way of routing good tax dollars to lower quality education.
Mim Rose May 24, 2013 at 03:40 pm
The high rankings of suburban schools are directly proportional to the school push-out that occurs…Read More of low scoring students. These schools are badly failing the children whose learning styles don't match teaching styles that are often mandated by misguided guidelines. These left-behind children will serve in Iraq lacking other choices.
If you are interested in organizing to demand school choice, please email me at mdepelichy@gmail.com. I have three children in the Naperville 203 district, two of whom are failing one has straight A's. The reason for this is that the school system caters to one and only one style of learning. My children NEED Montessori but it is not allowed as an option in these schools. The No Child Left Behind Act guarantees options for children who can't learn in the schools that are available while it is exceedingly hard to find the correct tools to assess children effectively enough to ascertain their alternative learning needs. I feel this is because there are stipends going to corrupt organizations that want funding--therefore the many possible alternative education options are suppressed. Please email me if you have similar concerns. I am not for simply delegating children who fail in the No Child Left Behind school system to an online alternative--we need REAL school choice. That said, if an online alternative were available, one might hate to say it, but given the limited schooling options we have, it would be preferable in some circumstances.
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