GUEST COMMENTARY [Name withheld by request out of fear of retaliation] For two decades, Leo Lutz has occupied the mayor's office in Columbia, and his supporters are quick to credit him with every positive development in our borough, but leadership is a two-way street. If Mayor Lutz is going to accept praise for Columbia's successes, many of which, frankly, he had little direct involvement in, then he must also be held accountable for our failures. The facts paint a troubling picture. Despite the mayor's repeated assurances that our streets are safe, we've witnessed a disturbing rise in assaults, shootings, and vandalism. His promises have fallen by the wayside: the foot patrol we were promised never materialized, nor did the bike patrol that was supposed to increase our sense of security. Fiscally, the situation is equally dire. Taxes have increased at least twice during Mayor Lutz's tenure, yet the borough now finds itself millions of dollars in debt. This isn...
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Hopefully they come to their senses, and realize that.
My daughter was bullied to the point that she would cry having to go to Columbia school annd she failed 2 years in a row so I pulled her out and I'm old school so I was real skeptical about this cyber school but I contacted AGORA Charter school and enrolled her and in the first semester she was right on target/average and passing the rest of the time.. The only thing the parents have to do is help the younger kids with their book work and enter grades into the computer and make sure the kids are online for their online classes which is anywhere from 2-6 half hour classes broken up during the day.....with a live teacher and class about 10 other students and individual help is always available with teacher live...
They also send everything you need computer, supplies, books exc.. They will help pay for internet... It's really great you just have to agree to attend the monthly functions which are local... LIke I said it's great for both parents and kids....
Columbia school is an outdated waste and should really in my opinion be shut down....
And that first problem would be for this country to actually respect the education system and academic pursuits in general.
--FMB
Teach your children,,
AND yes teach them respect also.
Some of those kids are out of control and act like little animals but that is because they lack proper leadership and simply don't know any better.
One time I was at the park feeding the squirels before I dropped my kids off to school and these other kids were chasing the squirells with sticks as much as I wanted to scold them for it I offered them some penuts to help feed the squirels and they threw down their sticks and helped feed them... So even though they are mixed up most are still good kids willing to learn and change and for the ones that aren't that just means they need a little extra help.... It's really not their fault the state allows single people who don't work to keep having kids they can't afford then usually as a result of stress and struggles the poor kids get neglected and don't know what it's like to live a normal life... Heck I bet more then half the kids in this town don't even sit down to dinner with their parents cause they are to busy running the streets and in most cases unattended at that.......
Really sad but it's not the kids fault they all really deserve better they what they got now...