Comments on: “Bloody Monday” Set For Garden Valley School Staffers https://boiseguardian.com/2011/04/09/bloody-monday-set-for-garden-valley-school-staffers/ A different slant on the news. Thu, 14 Apr 2011 22:56:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Frustrated One https://boiseguardian.com/2011/04/09/bloody-monday-set-for-garden-valley-school-staffers/#comment-23350 Wed, 13 Apr 2011 18:57:57 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=6213#comment-23350 Well said “Government worker”. No one has a clue, even though Mountain Mom seems to think she does, at how much paperwork has to be done for reports & such. You can’t even compare it to what they did in schools 10 years ago..it changes that much and increases each year. I think the school does great on the administration they have. Just people being ding-dongs!

]]> By: Government worker https://boiseguardian.com/2011/04/09/bloody-monday-set-for-garden-valley-school-staffers/#comment-23348 Wed, 13 Apr 2011 16:35:07 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=6213#comment-23348 I’ve worked for government a lot, and in GV the district has one business manager, one principal for the school, and a part-time super to manage all of the federal and state reports. That is pretty lean.

One thing is sure – the feds and state will always demand more and more reporting, more forms, more data. If they are holding the line on admin they are doing very well.

]]> By: JIMV https://boiseguardian.com/2011/04/09/bloody-monday-set-for-garden-valley-school-staffers/#comment-23347 Wed, 13 Apr 2011 15:25:34 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=6213#comment-23347 When one speaks of cuts one has to see where the money is…I suspect one would have to get rid of a lot of cooks and janitors to total one ‘educator’.

]]> By: Frustrated One https://boiseguardian.com/2011/04/09/bloody-monday-set-for-garden-valley-school-staffers/#comment-23345 Wed, 13 Apr 2011 14:38:44 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=6213#comment-23345 Well said “not stupid”….Mountain mom (I see it’s not Mountain Mon anymore)… just who do you think would do all the buiness office things…state reports, etc?

]]> By: Not stupid https://boiseguardian.com/2011/04/09/bloody-monday-set-for-garden-valley-school-staffers/#comment-23340 Wed, 13 Apr 2011 04:14:29 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=6213#comment-23340 Mountain Mom, that is just stupid. The Business Manager is only one person, it is a bit hard to downsize when she is the only one to manage the bank accounts, pay all employees, and pay bills. If the district lays her off…who does the required daily finance work?

It looks like cooks and custodians are also exempted – but they can probably be cut anytime.

]]> By: Mountain Mom https://boiseguardian.com/2011/04/09/bloody-monday-set-for-garden-valley-school-staffers/#comment-23332 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 21:50:20 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=6213#comment-23332 I’m simply saying the BM SHOULD be on the list – like everyone else. That seems most “humane”.

]]> By: Frustrated One https://boiseguardian.com/2011/04/09/bloody-monday-set-for-garden-valley-school-staffers/#comment-23327 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 19:55:30 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=6213#comment-23327 Mountain Mon…I see that there is a story listed above this one, which clearly list that the BM is NOT part of the clerical staff…hope that helps clear up the confusion you must have on who is who, since that seems to be your place to figure that all out.

]]> By: JIMV https://boiseguardian.com/2011/04/09/bloody-monday-set-for-garden-valley-school-staffers/#comment-23325 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:11:15 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=6213#comment-23325 Above Idaho standards or national standards is not all that grand when one figures we spend more than all but 3 modern industrialized nations on education yet rank toward the bottom in results. The bottom line remains the same…there is no money. If educators want to maintain full employment they need to agree to fewer benefits and less pay.

]]> By: Frustrated One https://boiseguardian.com/2011/04/09/bloody-monday-set-for-garden-valley-school-staffers/#comment-23323 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 15:03:55 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=6213#comment-23323 Mountain Mon….the BM is NOT a secretary, has never been classified as one, so when I said all 3 secretaries got slips, as well as all aides, that was still correct. Also, I’m so impressed with how much you (think) you know:”GV absolutely does not need nearly two full-time administrators” and yet “And the para-professionals often are the ones working one-on-one with special needs students which is mandated by law”. Isn’t it easy for you to say we don’t need administrators, but yet we need paras. Have you ever been to the school? There are some aides that work like dogs, and then there are others that just walk around, waiting for someone to find them something to do. We have too many of them, they need a Spec Ed director that can delegate jobs better, do better scheduling with who she has and run a tighter ship. Oh that’s right, the school HAD someone on board to do that, until some crazy community member ran them out of town. Same song & dance, different day!

]]> By: Mountain Mon https://boiseguardian.com/2011/04/09/bloody-monday-set-for-garden-valley-school-staffers/#comment-23322 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 13:27:55 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=6213#comment-23322 JIMV – Those numbers are not current. And the para-professionals often are the ones working one-on-one with special needs students which is mandated by law. They just don’t have a choice when it comes to IEPs.

And GV doesn’t get mediocre results – above state standards and many areas national standards.

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