tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post5674417752867470168..comments2023-10-17T22:56:42.784-04:00Comments on Only in The Republic of Amherst: What If They Gave An Election ...Larry Kelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-18389310102820730902014-01-18T12:31:52.911-05:002014-01-18T12:31:52.911-05:00Someone, please, list out specifically, the academ...Someone, please, list out specifically, the academic benefits for Amherst students? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-60873365321386572282014-01-17T19:01:22.466-05:002014-01-17T19:01:22.466-05:00It's all part of the corporatization of school...It's all part of the corporatization of schools. None of it is good for children or for learning. It is making sure no student is smarter than any other, and good students will have to suffer for the bad, that social class in school swill not exist and that individualization does not exist. In the end it is the dumbing of America at the core with many generations to come. Nowhere in the country where this is happening are people happy and now where is it working for eh benefit of the children.Walter Graffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-43102935516346085572014-01-17T17:34:24.583-05:002014-01-17T17:34:24.583-05:00Even as an Amherst resident, I have trouble seeing...Even as an Amherst resident, I have trouble seeing many benefits to regionalization for the Amherst schools.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-82961921711928662192014-01-17T17:11:28.711-05:002014-01-17T17:11:28.711-05:00So Amherst is supposed to give up control of its e...So Amherst is supposed to give up control of its elementary schools and over $20 million and Leverett is supposed to give up control over its school…. and so on--for what benefit to any town? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-16175665766073950522014-01-17T15:14:37.883-05:002014-01-17T15:14:37.883-05:00I can think of specific voting rights violations h...I can think of specific voting rights violations here. This is even less "legal"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-73770554440162336932014-01-17T15:10:24.354-05:002014-01-17T15:10:24.354-05:00I guess I just don't understand the willingnes...I guess I just don't understand the willingness to give up one's autonomy to a bureaucracy, especially if there's little likelihood of it being beneficial to the smaller entity. Before we (Leverett/Shutesbury) jump into the fray we should talk to the folks in Worthington.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com