Mercedes Schneider Wishes You a Happy New Year, with a Wonderful Video Too

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1. Patricia Clarl says:

   January 1, 2016 at 1:58 pm

   Be Nice! I love it!

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2. Jayne D. Baker says:

   January 1, 2016 at 2:39 pm

   Thanks for sharing! That was fun and NICE! Happy New Year!

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3. retired teacher says:

   January 1, 2016 at 4:06 pm

   What a delightful video! It demonstrates how public schools function as a community. It shows how the staff worked as a team and put in the time and effort, even if the intention was only to put a smile on peoples’ faces and encourage students to be ‘nice.’

   Years ago when our custodian, a native Italian, retired, about half the staff stayed after school to learn the tarantella as a surprise for him. We performed it for the entire school at our Italian inspired “farewell” to our beloved custodian. More that just academics, schools are communities.

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4. Chiara says:

   January 2, 2016 at 9:15 am

   The President is now promoting the idea that public schools should borrow money to buy iPads:

   “Last year, President Obama hosted the “ConnectED to the Future” summit, a convening with superintendents from around the country, which included Superintendent Adams, to build on the momentum of the ConnectED Initiative. The president notably highlighted and commended the Coachella Valley Unified School District community at the summit for taking the lead in eliminating the digital divide, equipping every student from pre-school to high school with an iPad.

   “They paid for it through a bond measure, which voters overwhelmingly approved, so the whole community is committed to their children’s education,” Obama said at the 2014 summit.”

   Please, please don’t take the Obama administration’s advice on technology purchases, school districts. This is a bad idea, you will regret it, and voters will punish school districts who make poor decisions by denying funding in the future. The President and his appointees will be down the road when voters figure out this is a bad deal but the school district will still be there.

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   • SomeDAM Poet says:

     January 3, 2016 at 11:28 am

     “Commandments from On High”

     Obama came from the mountaintop
     With tablets in his arms
     Commandments: buy the Apple crop
     And patronize their farms

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   • Akademos says:

     January 3, 2016 at 11:58 am

     Cool that Obama can clown with Seinfeld, but I’d have preferred a president that was more truly with it, and less superficially and superfluously hip. I really wish he actually got education.

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5. Akademos says:

   January 2, 2016 at 12:32 pm

   Off topic here, but NYT leaves ed off short list for Cuomo.

   http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/01/02/opinion/mr-cuomos-challenges-the-short-list.html?referer=https://www.google.com/

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