Comments on: Lowering my Expectations http://askewednews.blogpeoria.com/2008/01/31/lowering-my-expectations/ Sarcasm you can depend on! Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:20:12 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: diane vespa http://askewednews.blogpeoria.com/2008/01/31/lowering-my-expectations/comment-page-1/#comment-772 diane vespa Sat, 09 Feb 2008 20:00:54 +0000 http://askewednews.blogpeoria.com/2008/01/31/lowering-my-expectations/#comment-772 Other school districts allow parents to be bus monitors.. after those parents submit to a background check. I'm not sure who gave you the "insurance" line, but it could be they said that instead of "we'd rather not mess with that". One of the newstations did a report on the prevalence of bus drivers within D150 that have criminal records. Certainly if their "insurance Provider" would overlook that then what's the big deal about parents being bus monitors? Other school districts allow parents to be bus monitors.. after those parents submit to a background check. I’m not sure who gave you the “insurance” line, but it could be they said that instead of “we’d rather not mess with that”.

One of the newstations did a report on the prevalence of bus drivers within D150 that have criminal records. Certainly if their “insurance Provider” would overlook that then what’s the big deal about parents being bus monitors?

]]> By: NewsAnchorMom http://askewednews.blogpeoria.com/2008/01/31/lowering-my-expectations/comment-page-1/#comment-760 NewsAnchorMom Sun, 03 Feb 2008 18:30:53 +0000 http://askewednews.blogpeoria.com/2008/01/31/lowering-my-expectations/#comment-760 Wow! I had no idea what it is like to ride the bus. I lived within walking distance. I am certainly thinking twice about whether to drive my kids to school and let them take the bus. Wow! I did a post on bullying a few weeks ago. Maybe there's something in there that would help?? http://newsanchormom.blogspot.com/search?q=bullying Wow! I had no idea what it is like to ride the bus. I lived within walking distance. I am certainly thinking twice about whether to drive my kids to school and let them take the bus. Wow!
I did a post on bullying a few weeks ago. Maybe there’s something in there that would help??
http://newsanchormom.blogspot.com/search?q=bullying

]]> By: East Bluff Barbie http://askewednews.blogpeoria.com/2008/01/31/lowering-my-expectations/comment-page-1/#comment-757 East Bluff Barbie Sat, 02 Feb 2008 16:22:13 +0000 http://askewednews.blogpeoria.com/2008/01/31/lowering-my-expectations/#comment-757 Rixblix, Changing an IEP in District 150 is like pulling teeth unless that change cuts the services to your child. Most IEP meetings I have been to involve how to cut services to your child. Money is what motivates everything at District 150 not the welfare of children. Rixblix,
Changing an IEP in District 150 is like pulling teeth unless that change cuts the services to your child. Most IEP meetings I have been to involve how to cut services to your child. Money is what motivates everything at District 150 not the welfare of children.

]]> By: Rixblix http://askewednews.blogpeoria.com/2008/01/31/lowering-my-expectations/comment-page-1/#comment-750 Rixblix Fri, 01 Feb 2008 20:28:52 +0000 http://askewednews.blogpeoria.com/2008/01/31/lowering-my-expectations/#comment-750 Diane's plan might be the best way to go, avoid the underlings and go to the top. However, those parents who have students with IEPs can use that as an avenue for remediation as well. If nothing else, it's a way to MAKE the district address your concerns in a timely fashion. Diane’s plan might be the best way to go, avoid the underlings and go to the top. However, those parents who have students with IEPs can use that as an avenue for remediation as well. If nothing else, it’s a way to MAKE the district address your concerns in a timely fashion.

]]> By: jenjw4 http://askewednews.blogpeoria.com/2008/01/31/lowering-my-expectations/comment-page-1/#comment-749 jenjw4 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 19:07:48 +0000 http://askewednews.blogpeoria.com/2008/01/31/lowering-my-expectations/#comment-749 EBB, How frustrating. It's bad enough to have your child bullied but not having the adults in the situation take it seriously is very, very frustrating. It seems crazy that all school buses don't automatically have moniters. It seems a matter of basic common sense and safety. Jennifer EBB,
How frustrating. It’s bad enough to have your child bullied but not having the adults in the situation take it seriously is very, very frustrating.
It seems crazy that all school buses don’t automatically have moniters. It seems a matter of basic common sense and safety.
Jennifer

]]> By: reno http://askewednews.blogpeoria.com/2008/01/31/lowering-my-expectations/comment-page-1/#comment-748 reno Fri, 01 Feb 2008 18:28:32 +0000 http://askewednews.blogpeoria.com/2008/01/31/lowering-my-expectations/#comment-748 Go get 'em, tiger. Go get ‘em, tiger.

]]> By: East Bluff Barbie http://askewednews.blogpeoria.com/2008/01/31/lowering-my-expectations/comment-page-1/#comment-747 East Bluff Barbie Fri, 01 Feb 2008 18:22:01 +0000 http://askewednews.blogpeoria.com/2008/01/31/lowering-my-expectations/#comment-747 For insurance purposes they can't allow parents to be volunteer bus monitors. I already discussed that with the Assistant Principal. Bus Monitor has to be an employee. For insurance purposes they can’t allow parents to be volunteer bus monitors. I already discussed that with the Assistant Principal. Bus Monitor has to be an employee.

]]> By: diane vespa http://askewednews.blogpeoria.com/2008/01/31/lowering-my-expectations/comment-page-1/#comment-746 diane vespa Fri, 01 Feb 2008 17:56:11 +0000 http://askewednews.blogpeoria.com/2008/01/31/lowering-my-expectations/#comment-746 Call Mike Sullivan, Director of Transportation at District 150. His Phone number is 693-4418. Ask for a face to face meeting. He will handle it for you. Don't talk to anyone but him or you will get the run-around. As you are talking to him, tell him that you want to be on the same Parent-Transportation Liason committee (that is supposedly in the works and I already have dibbs on) as me. One of the first topics I wanted to tackle was the subject of Bus Monitors. If they can't pay for them, I'll organize a parent effort.... keep me posted! Call Mike Sullivan, Director of Transportation at District 150. His Phone number is 693-4418. Ask for a face to face meeting. He will handle it for you. Don’t talk to anyone but him or you will get the run-around. As you are talking to him, tell him that you want to be on the same Parent-Transportation Liason committee (that is supposedly in the works and I already have dibbs on) as me. One of the first topics I wanted to tackle was the subject of Bus Monitors. If they can’t pay for them, I’ll organize a parent effort…. keep me posted!

]]> By: Grandma's Attic http://askewednews.blogpeoria.com/2008/01/31/lowering-my-expectations/comment-page-1/#comment-745 Grandma's Attic Fri, 01 Feb 2008 17:27:08 +0000 http://askewednews.blogpeoria.com/2008/01/31/lowering-my-expectations/#comment-745 I went to Dunlap High School and rode the bus 3 times the entire 3 years I went there. I could tell you horror stories about the bus situations that occurred out there. My daughter went all 4 years to Dunlap HS as well as Dunlap MS before that, and Banner Elementary. Bullying is alive and well all over. I even knew kids that smoked cigarettes and pot on the buses at DHS and drank booze. Anyway, this is not endemic to Peoria. What is endemic is the amount of funding the Dist. 150 schools get compared to the 'white flight' school districts. Keep fighting as that is the only way change comes about! I went to Dunlap High School and rode the bus 3 times the entire 3 years I went there. I could tell you horror stories about the bus situations that occurred out there. My daughter went all 4 years to Dunlap HS as well as Dunlap MS before that, and Banner Elementary. Bullying is alive and well all over. I even knew kids that smoked cigarettes and pot on the buses at DHS and drank booze. Anyway, this is not endemic to Peoria. What is endemic is the amount of funding the Dist. 150 schools get compared to the ‘white flight’ school districts. Keep fighting as that is the only way change comes about!

]]> By: East Bluff Barbie http://askewednews.blogpeoria.com/2008/01/31/lowering-my-expectations/comment-page-1/#comment-744 East Bluff Barbie Fri, 01 Feb 2008 16:33:50 +0000 http://askewednews.blogpeoria.com/2008/01/31/lowering-my-expectations/#comment-744 It isn't my special ed son that is being bullied. That was just the excuse for not putting a monitor on the bus. In fact the kid who was going to bust the bottle is in special ed. The Assistant Principal is diciplining the kid and he will be suspended from the bus for either 2 days, 5 days, or 10 days depending on which offense this is. After they have reached the 10 days suspension then they are thrown off the bus for a calender year. Considering how many incidents there have been and how many kids are doing the bullying, I don't see anyone getting the year long suspension anytime soon. It isn’t my special ed son that is being bullied. That was just the excuse for not putting a monitor on the bus. In fact the kid who was going to bust the bottle is in special ed. The Assistant Principal is diciplining the kid and he will be suspended from the bus for either 2 days, 5 days, or 10 days depending on which offense this is. After they have reached the 10 days suspension then they are thrown off the bus for a calender year. Considering how many incidents there have been and how many kids are doing the bullying, I don’t see anyone getting the year long suspension anytime soon.

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