Opinion
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KIDNAP: Rights were hijacked
Emily Ward, who had her three children removed in January by police on allegations of "neglect" and was arrested Feb. 17 for "kidnapping," is being unjustly persecuted.
PO'D: U.S. Postal Disservice
I rarely use the Post Office due to their shoddy service. There have been so many incidents of their incompetence in the last couple of years I have started to use the services of a Postal Plus in Dalton Gardens on…
LCDC: Urban renewal, RIP
Honorable State Representatives:
RACISM: Can be covert as well
While I commend the efforts of Tony Stewart and the North Idaho Human Relations efforts, until "generational institutional racial bigotry" is addressed in much the same manner as was the Aryan Nations, "covert" rac…
FISHING: Preserve Priest Lake
The fishing story by Nick Rotunno in your Feb. 3 paper caught my attention. In that story, Jim Fredericks of IDFG is quoted as saying that "Lake trout pose a serious threat to the Lake Pend Oreille fishery. As they…
Civil discourse finds a home
When a passionate veteran scoffed in a public meeting last month about American Legion baseball at McEuen Field that "My wife told me I should leave my guns at home," some in attendance were stunned into silence.
REFORM: There really is a crisis
I am in total agreement to Doug Weir's article. I cannot understand why anyone would want to be a teacher in any school other than a private or possibly a charter school. It's almost like a policeman on foot patrol…
REFORM: More than jobs lost
Everyday I read or hear something about Superintendent Luna's ideas for our schools. It scares me that the financial future and current school district budget can't afford his visions.
REFORM: Laptop plan is flawed
The last District 271 school board meeting focused attention on Tom Luna's plan to rein-in education spending. The Board and teachers' union are strongly against the plan, which will increase average class size by …
UNION: Board, stay out of bed
As a retired teacher and observer of local education issues I am concerned about the relationship between the Cd'A School Board and the teachers' union. This worries me as I perceive a poor relationship between the…
REFORM: 'Thinly masked fraud'
I have a couple of questions for the authors of the educational "reform" bills.
LEVY: District provides details
Jacqueline Mayo asked questions in Friday's Press about the Coeur d'Alene School District. We would like to be sure that Ms. Mayo and others are aware of facts that have been made public, including information prev…
REFORM: It's time to privatize
After reading Doug Weir's excellent observations, I have to respond. The problems with public education are obvious but not simple to fix. They are unionized teachers, politicians for administrators, an army of hun…
These teachers are role models
The story about the Pennsylvania teacher who, on her blog, ripped students as lazy, rude, impatient, disobedient, disrespectful - and even more colorful adjectives - made national headlines this week.
REFORM: The numbers don't lie
The assault on our children continues. Superintendent Luna's proposal to increase class size, replace teachers with computers and remove due process protections from teachers will have disastrous effects on educati…