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| So how is Northern VA using it's Stimulus Funds?; How does that saying go, George? | |
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| Luke's Dad | Nov 30 2010, 08:08 AM Post #1 |
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When you've lost WaPo... http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/25/AR2010112502738.html
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| jon-nyc | Nov 30 2010, 08:13 AM Post #2 |
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Cheers
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Many of you know Rontuner from WTF or PW. He had a full time job at a school system keeping their musical instruments in good order. He got laid off earlier this year. Then came this bill, after which he was called back. |
| In my defense, I was left unsupervised. | |
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| Luke's Dad | Nov 30 2010, 08:58 AM Post #3 |
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I remember ron. Very knowledgeable and very good technician. A good guy to boot. Still, in all fairness, I don't believe there's a call for any school system to have a full time 36-40 hour a week technician on staff unless they have over 180 acoustic pianos actively being used in the school system, and that's being generous. There aren't many school distriscts out there actively using over 180 pianos, and if there are, then most of those likely should be digital. I'm glad for Ron that he got his job back, and I'm sure that that school district has some of the best sounding pianos of any schools in the nation, but without knowing more of the details, I do question the need. |
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| Kincaid | Nov 30 2010, 08:59 AM Post #4 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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I'm not sure how this money was used in our area. There are a lot of teacher layoffs going on. The school where my wife works voluntarily cut back their pay in order to avoid as many layoffs as possible. They still had to cut 11 days of the school year (without pay) and some teachers were still let go. Other districts were less nice, refusing to cut back their hours voluntarily (I guess enforcing their contracts) and those districts lost a lot more personnel. A district in one of the more well-off areas ended up cutting 20+ days of the school year. My wife has convinced me that merit pay is a poor idea, but she has not yet convinced me that teacher's unions are a net benefit to society. |
| Kincaid - disgusted Republican Partisan since 2006. | |
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| Copper | Nov 30 2010, 09:07 AM Post #5 |
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I actually have a Loudon County high school student as a flight student. Due to the paid holiday we had a flight lesson last Monday. So there was a little bit of stimulus. |
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The Confederate soldier was peculiar in that he was ever ready to fight, but never ready to submit to the routine duty and discipline of the camp or the march. The soldiers were determined to be soldiers after their own notions, and do their duty, for the love of it, as they thought best. Carlton McCarthy | |
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| OperaTenor | Nov 30 2010, 09:14 AM Post #6 |
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For the record, Ron doesn't just work on the school's pianos. He performs instrument repair on *all* of their musical instruments. He's more of a big-picture musical facilities guy. From what I understand, it's a full-time job for him. |
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| Luke's Dad | Nov 30 2010, 09:17 AM Post #7 |
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That is quite a bit different. Is it a contractual affair, or is he on payroll? |
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