Franklin County Career and Technology Center students to get ac...

Chambersburg's school district will move academic classes for its tech center students back to the high school campus in the fall of 2010.

[Hal]

Funny. At one point CASD was going to build an entire academic wing "out there." Now they want to move the kids back to CASHS. Now they have to cut staff just to make ends meet? How did this administration get everything so financially wrong? Terrible financial planning? Too much spent on Taj Mahal gyms? Poor top management? Poor board leadership?

By the way..."out there" is the Franklin County Career and Technical Center. Ms. Rockwood makes it sound like some horrible outpost in the hinterlands.

[Truth]

When the plan didn't go as desired instead of
reporting the truth, just change the reason.
Approval was NOT given to build the wing at the
Career Center. CASD has few alternatives.
Ms. Rockwell, you need to do better with giving
the truth. Some individuals in Franklin County
can obtain previous information. Fluff is so
unattractive and disrespectful to us as taxpayers!

[Agreed]

Truth wrote:

When the plan didn't go as desired instead of
reporting the truth, just change the reason.
Approval was NOT given to build the wing at the
Career Center. CASD has few alternatives.
Ms. Rockwell, you need to do better with giving
the truth. Some individuals in Franklin County
can obtain previous information. Fluff is so
unattractive and disrespectful to us as taxpayers!

How true! Sib can say I was doing as I was told from the pack of liars!

[Rob]

Jeez, I hate that article....CASD makes it sound like the "costs" wasn't the ONLY reason when actually, it was.

All the other crap about extra courses, additional counselor services for the students is BS.

God, I can't stand the whole lying through the teeth presentations from the CASD board.

[no one special]

quickly losing all respect and trust in our CASD board and administration

[parent]

3years ago as parents we talked about this at a meeting and the super.didn't want to hear what the parents had to say because their minds were already made up now look changing it back when they said they were keeping it this way. I'm glad my kid is out because having academics at career center helped most kids out smaller classrooms and the teachers were great.

[Wonder]

Is spokesperson for CASD a need? Let's cut that cost. For years all others in the administration spoke for themselevs. Does anyone in this administration or board every speak the truth?

[Gruntled]

I'm sure the 320 CT students will still have their own full time assistant principal. Since they will be in a "block schedule," will they will be segregated in their own classes again? Not much higher level math and no foreign languages were offered the last time that was tried.

[FORT LOUDON]

Finally these people are waking up and realizing we need to cut expenses and SAVE MONEY!!!!

[Concerned]

Wow, I thought that our district was concerned about “career pathways” and doing what was good for the students. At the FCCTC school we have students and teachers who are dedicated to careers that are in great demand in our society today. Very few opportunities will be opened up for these students when they are put back at CASHS, most of those classes are taught all year, not a semester. When there finally seems to be a good program in which the students, parents, and teachers are very happy, why do they have to change it – there are other ways to cut money – this is the wrong place!

[South Hamilton]

How many assistants assistants could we get rid of to really make a difference in the budget? I'm sure no one wants to look inside the Stanley building for the significant cuts that would not hurt the students or be even noticed. The answer is NOT teachers, aides, custodial, cafeteria...these people don't make enough to be a consideration. We need to look at the top and work down...

[Henry]

Why doesn't the PO do an article on the Number and salaries of the administrative staff in the CASD? Would that be too much to ask of the PO? It would be very informative.

[Slim Shady]

Another brilliant move by Padasak and the lame school board. They could save the $170,000 by getting rid of Ted Rabold and other paid for life consultants. It is no secret that some of the teachers and students at the high school look down on vo tech kids as not being equal. This will never change. If these vo tech kids wanted higher level math and other subjects,they would have never went to the vo tech in the first place.

[S S Fort Loudon]

Close it all together!! That will save some money....

[not good]

closing the school not a good idea. getting rid of some high paying people or just lowing there pay to the normal people. I do agree there is alot of teachers and student that do not like the votech kids. Its because they have a career start in mind when they get out of school.

[uncle bill]

i can't figure this one out there is this woman who lives in waynesboro .she is on unempolyment in pa and pa is paying for her too go back school which is a good thing because she is 30 but i dont understand why the school is in maryland and she flunked out once already and on her 2nd round off unemployment

[Gruntled]

If all Chambersburg Career Tech studends are to go to the partially renovated CASHS in the 2nd semester next year, it would require them all to be in their shops the 1st semester. They now constitute 45% of the enrollment at FCCTC. Would that mean that close to 90% of the 1st semester students would be from CASHS? Do the other districts have send most of their students 2nd semester? Most districts (except tiny Fannnett-Metal) split their students evenly each semester. Would they go along with this plan? Or is this plan all a smokescreen by Padasak to get the academic wing expanded at CT?
The renovations at CASHS and making the school a 9-12 high school were based on a rather rosey projection that 1000 students would at CT fulltime.

[Joe md]

uncle bill wrote:

i can't figure this one out there is this woman who lives in waynesboro .she is on unempolyment in pa and pa is paying for her too go back school which is a good thing because she is 30 but i dont understand why the school is in maryland and she flunked out once already and on her 2nd round off unemployment

I know a woman who is in about the same way unemployed trying to better herself by going back to school and if she didn't make the grades last time SO WHAT not every one does but she is not giving up thats great and what difference does it make where she goes to school as along as she has the chance . I say go for it GIRLS both of you !!!

[uncle bill]

Joe md wrote:

<quoted text> I know a woman who is in about the same way unemployed trying to better herself by going back to school and if she didn't make the grades last time SO WHAT not every one does but she is not giving up thats great and what difference does it make where she goes to school as along as she has the chance . I say go for it GIRLS both of you !!!

thats not what i meant , sorry . what i meant was why should we pay for anyone to go too an out of state school when we have schools here and keep the money here ! also helping people who have loss a job learning to get a new job is more inportant the just a degree . just because you have a degree does mean your going to be a doctor or lawyer... so at the interview when they ask you " ok you have a degree so what can you do an how much experiance do you have ? " there are millions of americans with out a degree who go to work everyday and earn a check also most inportantly keep this country running every day damn day !!!! my hats off to them !!!!

[Money Talks]

Henry wrote:

Why doesn't the PO do an article on the Number and salaries of the administrative staff in the CASD? Would that be too much to ask of the PO? It would be very informative.

I think that this is an excellent suggestion. Come on PO, step up, grow a pair and write this article. It shouldn't be that hard to gain access to all of the salaries since it's a matter of public record. Do something for the greater good of the community and put some pressure on CASD to make some real cuts...at the top, instead of at the bottom of the pay scale. You owe it to the public!