"DREAM POLICE" cheap trick

CORRECTION; IT SEEMS SENOR PAINESVILLE PUT ME ON THE RIGHT TRACK. PRETTY RELIABLE SOURCE CLAIMS REPUBLIC DISPOSAL HAS WON THE REFUSE CONTRACT FOR PAINESVILLE.  IT DOES SEEM BAG CUSTOMERS  (AROUND 350) OF YOU WILL EXPERIENCE STICKER SHOCK AT THE NEW BAG PRICES. AGAIN THANK-YOU SENOR.

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You know that talk is cheap
And those rumors ain't nice

The old saying "there's never one around when you need one"


Dropped into our local school board meeting last evening learned a lot of new stuff.

Jaylin Shepp one of our Writer's of the Week gave a research paper "The Clever Fox" it can be viewed online at the PCLS site she is a 5th grader at Chestnut.

Superintendent Sheperd   and Coach Coffee presented Certificates Honoring Heritage Athlete's

Also Harvey wrestler Logan Smith for being CVC 126 pound Champion.

Trans-gender student issues came up, something people of my age group never had to deal  with or even discussed . Not only bathroom issues but what about overnight field trips?  There was a time school only concerns were reading, writing and arithmetic's it's become a very complicated world.

Substitute teacher issues were discussed. Seem in the last school year the system had a need for 2,711 substitute teacher days, 1,534 were sick days. the others were personnel days. at times even the Superintendent  has even been called into classroom duties?  Teachers are scheduled for less than 190 days a year and with that a they seem to be a  very sickly bunch? As far as the personnel days that should  be done by seniority with a cap on how many out on a certain day? This entitlement grants (3) days of paid personal leave each year. One (1) of the three (3) days shall be unrestricted. As someone who worked his whole life in the private sector I will not comment on this subject.

Resolution Recognizing The Responsibly Of The Painesville City Schools To Affirmatively Further Fair Housing (AFFH)  I don't know? What I do know is if the  overall number's don't go up within the school district the housing market in Painesville will suffer further. I don't believe many of you realize how the two are so closely  connected.

Central YMCA has assured the board that additional funding was found for PCLS summer program and will again be available this year. Seems like the Y is going to be an awful busy place this summer?

Rumors? I questioned the Board about the administration going outside the Painesville Police Department for an SRO officer at Heritage Middle School? Seems after meeting with our city administration the school administration put out feelers if the Lake County Sherriff Department or Lake Metroparks were interested?  As a resident I'm not quite buying this? And I questioned them "is there something we don't know that you could share with us?" No it seems the main obstacle is that that City of Painesville not the school system has to write the grant for funding this officer and that the city administration doesn't have a grant writer. The school treasurer would be willing to help the city with the grant writing. Also the claim was made that presently Painesville Police do not have the staffing to put an officer at Heritage? To council lady Jenkins do you understand now why I kept bring this up at city council meetings?

The school board also want's to incorporate along with an SRO officer to also be a DARE officer on the subject of ever increasing drug use in our community. Just me, but get that DARE officer into the elementary schools this world is changing fast! A board member also wanted to make sure an SRO officer liked children? That question is like asking a K9 officer if they like dogs isn't it? Going into this field pretty much makes that issue clear.

I explained I didn't have much faith in this. Because first we have PPD at Harvey and say a Park Ranger at Heritage if the police need to be called who do you call? Well of course Painesville Police Department?  This along with my statement These are Painesville schools, with Painesville students that should be protected by Painesville Police. Along with keeping our money in our city.

How did a simple request get this complicated? I suggest Mr. Sheperd, Mr. Haffa, Mr. Carson and Police Chief Powalie sit down and work this out before the next school year starts. There are not many successful operations in our city and schools as the SRO officer Ponder at Harvey, please build on this  success.

A friend passed a book on to me it is an autobiography Junior Sines Scared as Hell. The story starts in the hills of West Virginia to serving with the 82 Airborne coming to Cleveland and moving to Painesville where he married his wife Betty settling in Perry and having a very successful gas and oil business. It was co-written by a Painesville resident Michael Urban. Just a good read how a man came from nothing to something. His most proud achievement was not the company he built but that he succeeded without hurting or exploiting his fellow man. Interesting read.
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