tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329279.post2614117366000990439..comments2023-08-25T05:18:29.312-06:00Comments on Madville Times: Aberdeen Student Airs Central's Bad Aircaheidelbergerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03261598066395322681noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329279.post-5034706615374890822009-07-26T06:11:26.063-06:002009-07-26T06:11:26.063-06:00Thanks to you, Richard, for taking a public stand ...Thanks to you, Richard, for taking a public stand about an important issue. Civic engagement is exactly what we're supposed to use all that debate training for. Keep us posted!caheidelbergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03261598066395322681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329279.post-82460099406745184712009-07-25T18:07:10.660-06:002009-07-25T18:07:10.660-06:00First of all, thank you Mr. Heidelberger for the k...First of all, thank you Mr. Heidelberger for the kind link, the extra traffic means a _lot_. I can't thank you enough.<br /><br />To clarify, the transfer was ordered, and Mr. Witte did pack his things to go to the middle school, but he was given a couple of days to do so and the public reaction within that time convinced the administration to reconsider. If memory serves, he was absent from class for one or two days as a result of the transfer, but he never actually began teaching at the middle school.Twitchardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06645970407139798243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329279.post-52941078968707004882009-07-20T22:09:27.315-06:002009-07-20T22:09:27.315-06:00The press accounts suggest that Mr. Witte's tr...The press accounts suggest that Mr. Witte's transfer to the middle school was proposed, not carried through.<br /><br />However, the incident reveals something about the state of the education bureaucracy in Aberdeen--and in general. For those who think the solution to education's shortcomings lies in the power to fire teachers at will, this incident gives a glimpse into what it means to have school administrators who like to call themselves CEOs. <br /><br />I also wonder where the teachers union is on this. Their contract must have some articles on working conditions.<br /><br />As far as the matter of air is concerned, that has been a persistent problem with the new high school. The air conditioners are so loud that the neighbors have complained and a sound-dampening structure had to be built over them. But Aberdeen Central is just one of many, many buildings where bad air has caused illness. Modern air circulation systems have some problems that engineers just can't seem to get their minds around. If we have spectrometers that can identify the drugs in a pill, one would think an air sample would not pose such an insurmountable problem.David Newquisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04937837001343753140noreply@blogger.com