User profile: vsestini

A new TV reality show will soon be filmed in Las Vegas, and will be called "Can You Top This Stupidity"... basically the show is a national challenge to find another school district anywhere in America that is run more incompetently, rehires more of its own former administrators, refuses to hire more certified teachers, wastes more money, and produces students with less academic achievement than the CCSD.

The CCSD is becoming a real embarassment to the taxpayers of this county and yet the school board and its crony administration continue on their merry way of doing more of the same in the way of failing to truly educate our students.

A major Grand Jury investigation of every facet and aspect of the district from top to bottom needs to be given a thorough, independent and in depth investigation. Finances, hiring pracices, purchasing procedures, bond issue financing, adminsitration of testing and all other aspects of district operation must be completely investigated.

When will our two local papers begin to call for the resignation of Walt Rulffes? When will the two local papers begin to demand that this school board stop catering to Rulffes and his cronies?

Students don't have enough textbooks, paper is rationed to teachers even for test writing, and the administration continues to load the docket with retired, former local administrators for a unknown number of politicla jobs. The "good ole boy" network begun under Kenny Guinn continues unabated, unrestricted and continues to send this district into financial oblivion.

It is time to stop the mollycoddling of the administration, fire 50% of all administrators throughout the district and stop the 'double-dipping' of these nerdy clowns from enriching their final retirement pay checks.

The environemnt of parental rudeness is exactly the kind of environment teachers encounter with students every day in the CCSD. Teachers are expected to go into overcrowded classrooms and correct disruptive behavior of out of control students while instilling in them a love of learning. The teacher must observe and report any visible signs of abuse, and attempt to raise student self esteem and personal pride.

Teachers serve as pseudo nurse practitioners checking children for head lice, vision problems, personal hygiene and cleanliness , signs of malnutrition as well as documenting and reporting antisocial behavior.

Among the duties of the teacher are those that require observing clothing attire and dress habits, censoring inappropriate messages on T-shirts, advising the administration of any clothing items or markings associated with gang affiliations. Teachers regularly have to check backpacks for weapons or illicit drugs; monitoring student behavior and activities in the cafeteria, hallways between classes, on the school grounds and supervise on and off loading of bus loads of students.

Teachers are mandated to provide all students with an equal education regardless of special needs, handicaps and other diverse differences. Parents must be notified continuously in English, Spanish or other languages about individual student progress. Communications may be by letter, telephone, newsletter, e-mail, progress report and a report card.

Student and parental concerns about homework, special projects, exams and other such activities are top priority and must be accommodated on an individual basis.

Teachers become parents in absentia teaching good citizenship, honesty, ethical behavior, sportsmanship, fair play and need and importance for a quality education.

Teachers do all of this often for salaries that qualify for food stamps; all of this with a lack of books, paper, supplies while maintaining a professional attitude, a big smile and loving the job of teaching.

Rude behavior at a public performance in public schools? Really, what the writer Rodney Owens needs to do is to attend a local high school graduation ceremony to see the ultimate in rude, rauchous, boisterous, out of control behavior and the blatant lack of respect for a dignified, time honored ceremony.

Local High School, and sadly enough, university graduation ceremonies have been degraded to the level of what one would expect at an athletic contest...shouting, cheering, booing, cat calls, sheer scream of whistles, bull horns,air horns, whistles...and on an on... Dignity and the solemnity of the ceremony has been lost on the crude, ignorant, uneducated moronic public populating our community. Las Vegas has never been none for much CULTURE and CLASS and unfortunately these activities reinforce that image....

Unfortunately, these behviors are becoming a universal standard throughout this country. It is only in a few high quality national known private schools where graduation is a time honored and dignified ceremony ...

Senator Reid you are trying oh so hard to pass this health care legislation. Why, since you and your federal government colleagues will not give up your own federal insurance that you benefit from? You continually claim that this is the best plan for all Americans...all except those employed in the federal government. Why? Please tell us why you will not join us in this ideal of all ideal health plans?

Why don't you become a real, top notch leader and be the first to declare that you will opt for whatever health care plan is finally passed by Congress for the rest of us? Why not be a real leader and initiate legislation to require all government employees, including the President and Congress, to participate completely in this plan?

Perhaps, Senator it is because you know damn well that you already have an outstandng health plan for life and would not want to become one of us with this federal plan for all Americans. Do you have the guts to give the 'new change' health care plan a try?