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Yes, a rail may have saved Mary Denny. I will give you that. What happened yesterday was horrific. My heart goes out to the Denny family and I will keep them in my prayers.

Unfortunately, people are killed on roads with barriers, too. They just hit the ones on their side, instead. I really think what the parkway needs is a little more police presence. I drive that stretch twice every day for work and see all kinds of unbelievable things....except rarely do I see a police car. If they patrolled that road on a regular basis....well, who knows. Maybe I'm not the only one who should do some research, eh pyle? Have a nice night, and drive carefully.

You're right...I doubt this had anything to do with the road itself. I drove through there about an hour before this accident tonight and had a person slow way down and swerve in their lane at the location of yesterday's horrible accident, I suspect to get a closer look. Sounds like the latest accident happened at just about the same spot.

People need to think about what they're doing...building barriers and lowering the speed limit is not going to prevent anything. We spend far too much time and money in this country trying to save people from their own stupidity.

You're right. I was trying to make the point that I think there's been a breakdown of values and priorities across the board. But you'd be surprised what the kids of financially-strapped families sometimes have in their possession. I really believe it all comes down to the values passed on by parents. Some kids never have a chance.

Woops, this was meant in response to an earlier post.

Your're right. I was trying to make the point that I think there's been a breakdown of values and priorities across the board. But you'd be surprised what the kids of financially-strapped families sometimes have in their possession. I really believe it all comes down to the values passed on by parents. Some kids never have a chance.

My question exactly...there is no quick fix. Schools are failing children because society has failed them...and not just the ones in the urban districts. Anyone who has spent time in ANY school district knows that there are many wealthier children who have no support at home, either. I agree with you completely.

I disagree. You don't have to be wealthy and live in a million dollar home to care about your children's education. You don't have to be wealthy to make sure your children do their homework and actually make it to school each day. It is no surprise that the wealthier districts have higher graduation rates, for obvious reasons. However, the urban districts are failing because we are only trying to fix what we can see, and what we can throw money at. It's like a person who is so unhappy with themselves, so they go spend thousands on plastic surgery, expensive wrinkle creams and fancy clothes. NOW, they think, I WILL BE HAPPIER. And yet, they are not. It's much harder to fix the real, underlying problems...and much easier to just say, "we need more funding." How much? What are we going to use it for? Do we know why the current programs we spent loads of money on are not working? That is the problem.

This reflects more of a societal problem than an educational one, in my opinion. I get tired of hearing that we need more funding. Money being thrown at the problem solves nothing. It was reported earlier this week that the Kansas City School District is closing half of its schools because all of the money they threw into new buildings and programs have failed... The Liverpool Schools proposed budget is $132 million dollars, and yet the science dept, I have recently learned, has a severe shortage of textbooks. I don't believe either of these problems reflects a lack of funding, but rather a lack of priorities. That is a problem that permeates our society.

We're always being introduced to "the next big thing", when we don't even understand why the last big thing failed! Kids do not have support at home...children should not be wandering the streets at 11 o'clock at night. More emphasis is placed on "things" than character...no one, most especially a child, needs a Coach purse, and they will not die without an iphone...many children in our schools have no respect for themselves, others, authority, or the value of an education. We need an ideological reform. Fix that and the rest will follow. But that would be up to all of us, and not to the school administrators and politicians.

How does the old "House" system compare with the "academies" that Dr. J is pushing for. We moved into the district when my children were very young because of the excellent, nationally ranked education we learned of when looking at the local communities. My oldest was just beginning kindergarten at that time, so we never experienced the house system.

My question(s) is, if we have a model of education that we know to have been successful (such as the house system of 10-15 years ago), are we looking at why that model was successful? What changes were put into place just as graduation rates, etc. began to fall (block scheduling, maybe)? Why wouldn't we try to return to that system? I'm sorry if this has already been answered. It just seems we should be trying to figure out why the system failed in the first place before we even START talking about funding the "next big thing".

I'm still trying to figure out how all of this is actually going to save the district money. I am all taxed out.

Seriously, you people need to read...Christie is taking it over, not Carrie.

That's what we need...more people in politics chasing the dollar for themselves! She walked away from the job she was voted into by the people of Alaska...and I suspect it had a lot to with how much more money she could make spreading her unintelligent blabber (the ticket price for last weekend's Tea Party convention alone was over $500, so I'll bet she had a pretty decent cut). She has no commitment, no brain, and I CANNOT believe people are still listening to her. She has done more to hurt women in politics (as per the "at least she's hot" comments on here) than anyone else I can think of.

Because it's not all about you...it's about educating our citizens for a better future, in theory, anyway. ;) And that is everyone's responsibility...even yours. Those ARE your meetings, and elections. Use them.

Yea...lets close Craven Crawford!

Not surprising...eat whole foods! (not all that processed stuff) Just like Mom always said. Michael Pollan's book "In Defense of Food- an Eater's Manifesto" is a very interesting look at what we put in our bodies everyday, how it affects our health, and how we can sensibly make better choices (without necessarily needing an index). His motto: "Eat Food. Not too much. Mostly plants". I highly recommend reading it.

Thanks for the article...everyone could benefit from paying more attention to their food.

Unbelievable! Yes, she should not have gotten out of her car...that goes without saying. But I am blown away by the number of posters who think this guy was justified in tasering her!! No way! She is standing there, she's not attacking him. I realize we cannot hear what is being said, but this is not what a taser is to be used for! I would've struggled, too, if a man (cop or not) was pulling me out of my car to arrest me for what?!!!!

There are a lot of great people in law-enforcement, but this is a line of work that also attracts controlling, power-hungry individuals as well. They need to police their own and weed out the idiots like this one who throw aside their training when they get angry.

Hmmm...no wonder the district didn't want to release the charges. Is anyone surprised? A battle of egos...and for what?!! So...the taxpayers took a bath, and folks who tried to do the right thing were dragged through the mud. Will there be restitution? I highly doubt it. The parties involved - GM, BL, Matousek, O'Hara, and every board member who went along with this fiasco - failed the district horribly and should be held accountable.

Maybe they should take down the "Visit Rochester" sign that greets people entering Syracuse on 81N.

Thank you for not posting a link to the spoilers. However, the Post Standard Wednesday edition took care of that.

After my son, who reads the paper, saw the link (no searching necessary!) he went to the site out of curiosity to see the chapter headings. Now he is devastated because information he did not want to see was right at the top! Stupid?! Yes, but he is 15, and self-control is not one of the strong points of kids that age.

I realize that the spoilers can be found if you really want to search for them, but printing it in the paper made it all too easy. I am extremely disappointed that our local paper would choose provide a direct link and contribute to these jerks.