tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23302571.post114553310272278101..comments2009-07-13T10:33:13.138-05:00Oley Concerned Citizensoleytaxpayers@hotmail.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23302571.post-1148917367273480732006-05-29T10:42:00.000-05:002006-05-29T10:42:00.000-05:00Please feel free to check my blog.<BR/>Just google search Keith Stamm and click on Keith stamm school director site / you will see i deal with the liberals all the timeKeith R. Stammhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11604858756699156577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23302571.post-1147089510302275742006-05-08T06:58:00.000-05:002006-05-08T06:58:00.000-05:00Cindy Smith knows the facts. She has compassion and with 5 children she gets involved in the real issues of this district. She does not have time to go to feel good meetings. She cares deeply about this school district. We all want this district to be run the way it should be. The children and homeowners are at risk with the current board. We cannot keep spending the peoples money on non-educational items. We need to put the children and the education of them back to priority 1. I would have Cindy help my children with anything if I needed her and she would always find the time for what is in the best interest of the children.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23302571.post-1147054291865752102006-05-07T21:11:00.000-05:002006-05-07T21:11:00.000-05:00It look likes the PTO lady is stating the wrong facts. If she really knew what was happening in this district she would be on our side if you could call it sides. We are just average citizens stating facts, facts that need to be changed for the good of all in this district and for sure the children. We welcome you to start getting involved at Board meetings, and maybe you could even run next year as the board will have 5 openings. Change is what we need.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23302571.post-1147034370149013692006-05-07T15:39:00.000-05:002006-05-07T15:39:00.000-05:00Perhaps you should reread what I wrote. I did not say that I was the only woman at the last school board meeting. My comment was that at most of the school board meetings, I am the only woman there (meaning in the audience). Please do not put words into my mouth and reread what I wrote. The PTO lady whom I was speaking about was not you, and I did not say that it was you.<BR/><BR/>The other posts on this particular blog heading are not from me. Until this post, I have not said anything under this heading. I responded to your post, and am not responsible for the other posts, so please do not confuse me with those people.<BR/><BR/>The PTO lady I am speaking about knows who she is, and incidentally, she did apologize to me, and yes I do not know who you are and did not post the things you are referring to. I am specifically posting to your one comment on the blog. You are correct, I do not know you, and never said I did. In fact, I asked you to come up and introduce yourself to me at the next meeting. <BR/><BR/>So pretty much everything you just posted does not have to do with me. I did not twist anything. You twisted my words. And just for your further information, I have not verbally attacked anyone on this blog. People who know me, know my writing and I have dealt just with facts and have not badmouthed anyone, except for stating fact about Dr. Zackon. I also do respect other people's opinions and perhaps that is why I have parents calling me and asking me to advocate for their children.<BR/><BR/>Please reread what I posted.<BR/><BR/>Thank you for your attention.<BR/><BR/>Cindy SmithAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23302571.post-1147009471761925422006-05-07T08:44:00.000-05:002006-05-07T08:44:00.000-05:00I have been attending school board meetings and I do know what is going on in the district, once again because my opinion differs you all want to say that I don't attend meetings and have no clue as to what goes on.A registered Nursenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23302571.post-1147009293110346442006-05-07T08:41:00.000-05:002006-05-07T08:41:00.000-05:00It is amazing how you all twist things. At the last school board meeting at least 3 women spoke, and more were sitting in the audience, yet Cindy says she is the only woman there. As for the PTO lady(me) I do not work as an aide at the elementary school so you do not know who I am even though you pretend that you know me and can pass judgement on me. This is typical of your groups behavior. I did not sign my name because as just happen when someone disagrees with your opinion you are out to discredit them within the community. The difference between us is that I can respect your opposite opinion without getting nasty about it. I also have a copy of the PA. code for schools and our school districts code, yet you all want to say that I am uninformed just because my opinion differs. I don't know why you can't have a rationale debate about a topic without trying to get all personal about it. If you can defend your point logically and within the code, mean remarks should not have to be said. That is what I meant about the middle school comments because that is what children do when trying to defend their opinion.A registered Nursenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23302571.post-1146973313446264582006-05-06T22:41:00.000-05:002006-05-06T22:41:00.000-05:00Had a typo in my last post - should have been ask instead of aky.<BR/><BR/>Cindy SmithAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23302571.post-1146951872921700672006-05-06T16:44:00.002-05:002006-05-06T16:44:00.002-05:00The PTO lady that was nasty to you also is nasty to children. I have heard alot of negative remarks about her. The school district likes her, she is like them. I see her as an aide in the elem. school all the time. We need one that acts like the rest like a hole in the head.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23302571.post-1146951869054412302006-05-06T16:44:00.001-05:002006-05-06T16:44:00.001-05:00The PTO lady that was nasty to you also is nasty to children. I have heard alot of negative remarks about her. The school district likes her, she is like them. I see her as an aide in the elem. school all the time. We need one that acts like the rest like a hole in the head.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23302571.post-1146951866260262032006-05-06T16:44:00.000-05:002006-05-06T16:44:00.000-05:00The PTO lady that was nasty to you also is nasty to children. I have heard alot of negative remarks about her. The school district likes her, she is like them. I see her as an aide in the elem. school all the time. We need one that acts like the rest like a hole in the head.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23302571.post-1146929133100170412006-05-06T10:25:00.000-05:002006-05-06T10:25:00.000-05:00Hey good time PTO lady, come to a board meeting and see the real action, and how this board spends our money. This year they say they need approx. $23 million dollars to run this district. Come and see what they will not spend the money on. Education keeps being taken out and put in the low priority list. And they say the children are what they care about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23302571.post-1146881779548981282006-05-05T21:16:00.000-05:002006-05-05T21:16:00.000-05:00To the person who attends all the PTO meetings and the school board meetings. I beg to differ, as there are usually only 2-3 people at most of the school board meetings, and I am the only female, so where exactly are you sitting; and perhaps if I did not have to work 2 jobs and reteach my children when they come home from school, I might be able to attend the PTO meetings.<BR/><BR/>And speaking of our wonderful PTO parents. At one of the last school board meetings that I was at,the meeting where they had the students attend to get the track passed, one of your PTO do-gooders was absolutely rude and verbally attacked my children. What a wonderful role model. She asked me why I didn't aky my 13-year-old son what he wanted in the way of the track. That's such an intelligent comment to make, and this is why we have children with their wonderful, "I am better than everybody else attitude"! My children are taught to be nice and polite to everyone, regardless of who they are and what they wear and how they act!<BR/><BR/>And just for your information, my name is Cindy Smith!<BR/><BR/>Please come forward and introduce yourself at the next Budget Committee Meeting and Combined Committee Meeting, as this meeting will be a very important meeting for this district - or do you not attend the important meetings that really address the issues that this district has?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23302571.post-1146840143126423472006-05-05T09:42:00.000-05:002006-05-05T09:42:00.000-05:00A 1/2 day of school for a prom and approx. $1.3 million track this is what education is all about? With test scores so low in this district you really should think twice before giving kids more time off and using our money on non-educational items. The above should not be happening. We are not giving our kids 180 days of education. NO-WAY!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23302571.post-1146839033297530402006-05-05T09:23:00.000-05:002006-05-05T09:23:00.000-05:00After reading your lecture about signing anonymously I see you did not sign your name either. That is called hypocrisy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23302571.post-1146838553614566952006-05-05T09:15:00.000-05:002006-05-05T09:15:00.000-05:00I never in my life felt so strongly about issues and problems within a school district then I do with this district. My children have lived in many states and attended all kinds of schools with all kinds of children and never did we have these many problems. This is a small district and if we had the right people running it, this could be even a blue-ribbon school. We did not even make the top 1000 schools in the country. Only one school in Berks made it. We need a county wide system. We have too many SUPERS and administrators in Berks Cty. and the test scores are showing that we are not making the grade. In the Carolina's there is only one administration in a whole county and 2 of there high schools was top 100 in the country. Why is that????A caring parentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23302571.post-1146837712757231132006-05-05T09:01:00.000-05:002006-05-05T09:01:00.000-05:00The truth is the truth. We cannot make up this. The facts speak for themselves. Wake up and smell the coffee. Stop living in lala land.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23302571.post-1146837494111954402006-05-05T08:58:00.000-05:002006-05-05T08:58:00.000-05:00I used to go to PTO meetings, and they are just feel good meetings. You do not have a clue what is going on in this district as it pertains to education and how this board spends our money. PTO meetings are just to organize fun activities, without talking about the real issues. My kids went to city schools not in PA and they learned alot more and had more caring teachers and administrators then this district combined. My biggest mistake was moving into the Oley district. Come to a board meeting and see for yourself. You need to show up every month not just once in a while. I even spoke at a principal meeting in the past regarding serious issues and I was told not to bring it up at those kinds of meetings. Everything in this district is swept under the rug. Even last night at the concert when the parents and kids starting taking the food and drinks before the end of the concert, no one with authority could or did anything. I was sure glad the children that performed got something to eat and drink, it was for them to begin with. Why do we even have all these administrators, they cannot even make an announcement telling the people not to take the food or drinks. A parent or a child cannot stop 100 people from taking the food and drink. We are in need of major changes.A parent that knowsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23302571.post-1146834577930583502006-05-05T08:09:00.000-05:002006-05-05T08:09:00.000-05:00Wow this sight is really an eye opener. You all sound like middle school kids with your nasty comments. Why don't you grow up and act like responsible adults. I am concerned about this community and the schools. I am very active in all the PTO's. Many of you have children here yet I never see you and PTO meetings. You just want to complain and not do anything to help. I also work full time and have 2 kids, I have a mother who is 70 and needs alot of help. Yet I find time to go to meetings for school board, PTO, and the parent discussion meetings. I volunteer as much as possible to make this a good school district.<BR/>You all need to wake up and see what other kids in other school districts are like. I work with kids from Reading and Phila and you want to complain about our district. These kids would love to be in a community like ours. WHY DON'T YOU WORK FOR A SOLUTION INSTEAD OF JUST COMPLAINING! And no I am not a board member or related to any of them. You all publish your comments under anonymous because you don't want anyone to know who you really are, that's brave.a Registered Nursenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23302571.post-1146768433888235722006-05-04T13:47:00.000-05:002006-05-04T13:47:00.000-05:00Stop working the little guy to death. If you can afford to give Zackon a raise you can afford to hire the right amount of staff for the grounds, health staff, etc. This is terrible that we do not have the right amount of staff. I see our grounds keeper working way to hard to keep the middle and elem. school looking nice. Why can't we get someone to help him? You people are cheep is the areas that you should not be. Start spending our money the right way or get the heck off the board.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23302571.post-1146768223230094952006-05-04T13:43:00.000-05:002006-05-04T13:43:00.000-05:00Instead of using our money for a new track why not fix the elem. and middle school mold problem. I have talked to alot of parents that are telling me when their child started at Oley they were told not long after being in our buildings that the child had developed Asthma, they will hear from me and others about the mold problem until you people decide to fix the problem. My daughter also suffers all year with mold allergies, and is always on medicine. You are making our schools very unhealthy for our children and teachers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23302571.post-1146701362781006952006-05-03T19:09:00.000-05:002006-05-03T19:09:00.000-05:00The $5 mil in Oley's pocket is a real eye opener. Why the heck would these people even think of raising our taxes again when they have this kind of money sitting to be used on our children. We are sick of the way they handle our money and this district. One day God willing they will all vanish. Leave this beautiful valley to the real kind good moral people to run this district the way it should be.<BR/>You are a bunch of no-brains!!!A very caring personnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23302571.post-1146527773663692442006-05-01T18:56:00.000-05:002006-05-01T18:56:00.000-05:00It is really nice to laugh and be happy every now and then. It is hard to stay that way too long with all the junk going on in this district on an on-going basis. I would even like to see a community cookbook made, it would maybe bring somebody a smile and we could even use the money to help out a family in financial hardship. Too bad there is most likely more than one family with hardship. Oley school board can give the taxpayers a no tax increase this year, if they have enough money for a new track then find a way to pay for everything else. 5 mil is sitting and we need to be able to use it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23302571.post-1146516951456359392006-05-01T15:55:00.000-05:002006-05-01T15:55:00.000-05:00I am the one who left the recipe -- and it really is from an Oley school cook from the 40's through 60's. She's gone onto her reward by now so we can't get anymore of the old recipes. But, they didn't make tater-tots in the old days ... we had real mashed potatos and such, instead of a lot of junk food. Thought it would give us a moment of levity. Let's all just have a good laugh. I just did!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23302571.post-1146515675952984572006-05-01T15:34:00.000-05:002006-05-01T15:34:00.000-05:00GOOD OLD CAPPA STRIKES AGAIN. WHAT RECIPE TO YOU WANT TO SHARE?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23302571.post-1146504585054001822006-05-01T12:29:00.000-05:002006-05-01T12:29:00.000-05:00Recipes now? Great. Anyone have one for shepherds pie or tater-tots? Or how about sloppy joe's from lunch lady land?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com