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Posted on 09/04/2003 5:11:55 AM PDT by RikaStrom
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To: CholeraJoe
no subway stop to G'town. Hillary CLinton and SENATORS live there, you know they don't want to sully their little niche with the commoners that take public transit! never will be a subway stop there. she would have to walk about 4-blocks down the hill to Key bridge and then across to Rosslyn. it is doable, bc i used to live in Rosslyn when i was in lawschool and had no car and i would walk to G'town. but i don't think i want her doing that just yet.
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posted on
09/04/2003 7:07:28 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: xsmommy
I remember my first day of HS. Because of where it was in relation to where I lived - it was a 3 city bus ride to and from.
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posted on
09/04/2003 7:07:39 AM PDT
by
Gabz
(anti-smokers - personification of everything wrong in this country.)
To: Gabz
Not here. They can be sent to the Alternative Learning Center and then sent back into the school. Sure they may have things written in the handbook but see how often they follow their own rules.
83
posted on
09/04/2003 7:08:03 AM PDT
by
secret garden
(are you ready for some football?)
To: RikaStrom
Egytians want to
sue the Jews
They best watch out for what ensues
A fatuous case
That is way off base
May end paying the Jews their dues.
84
posted on
09/04/2003 7:08:58 AM PDT
by
doubled
(I ordered a new tagline from Bella_Bru, but it hasn't arrived yet.)
To: xsmommy
Any possibilities from the zipcode party?
85
posted on
09/04/2003 7:09:03 AM PDT
by
secret garden
(are you ready for some football?)
To: secret garden
Now i'm PISSED OFF!
To: VRWCmember
Sorry. Really. But maybe there's a silver lining and we can use this issue to beat over voters' heads.
87
posted on
09/04/2003 7:11:08 AM PDT
by
secret garden
(are you ready for some football?)
To: secret garden
you know, we just don't do stuff like that. we are a self sufficient lot and don't cotton to relying on others. when xshub is out of town i will call the upperclass St James girl and ask her to give xsteen a ride. : )
88
posted on
09/04/2003 7:11:45 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: Gabz
Here in the backwards south you can get booted in a heartbeat. We don't allow no BS here. Except in the innercity schools that drain money and produce laborers. Birmingham public schools have a program called "Just Show Up" because absentees hurts dey money. "Just Show Up" what an inspiration to be somebody. Just Pooooooot
89
posted on
09/04/2003 7:11:49 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(Of course I like it here. I just may not like you.)
To: Gabz
several of xsteen's new friends live in DC and take the bus, which is why i think she was adventurous enough to try the subway. she really didn't balk at the suggestion when her father made it. i was horrified when he suggested it, but didn't let on to her.
90
posted on
09/04/2003 7:12:56 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: secret garden
I just know what I have experienced with what friends of mine in Delaware are going through.
There is a thread about parents suing one of the Delaware school districts over it - there is a lot of corruption - but once these kids get expelled - there is no going back.
91
posted on
09/04/2003 7:13:39 AM PDT
by
Gabz
(anti-smokers - personification of everything wrong in this country.)
To: Flurry
the computer geek got the gremlins out of my computer.
92
posted on
09/04/2003 7:13:57 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: Gabz; secret garden
i don't know what the experience is in pub schools. i know that bootings from St James do go on. There were triplet boys that came from pub school for 7th grade and they were not back for 8th! that was the exlax in the music teacher's coffee cup episode... no lie.
93
posted on
09/04/2003 7:15:46 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: Flurry
That's one of the reasons we wanted out of dover - hubby refused to allow his daughter to wind up in the same "day care" center (as he referred to the local district) as he himself had endured.
I also saw, through my niece, what happens to the kids that do excel, they are given token 'advanced' classes and allowed to get bored. The premise being the district will get more money if it looks like they are filled with under/non achieving students.
To me that is bass-ackwards - I would think they would want the high achievers to promote what a great school they are and encourag others to attend, thus increasing their funding. But what do I know, I'm a product of Catholic schools?
94
posted on
09/04/2003 7:18:03 AM PDT
by
Gabz
(anti-smokers - personification of everything wrong in this country.)
To: xsmommy
Oh that's right. They all take limos and live in gated communities or well guarded high rises.
I live in a tarpaper shack in Montana across the street from the LtGov and don't have to lock my doors. Oh and I can carry a gun just about anytime I want.
95
posted on
09/04/2003 7:19:02 AM PDT
by
CholeraJoe
(In other news: Cruz Bustamante will neither confirm nor deny that he's a racist.)
To: xsmommy
Yea for the geek!
96
posted on
09/04/2003 7:19:05 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(Of course I like it here. I just may not like you.)
To: xsmommy
You have to start loosening the ties, sometime (VBG)
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posted on
09/04/2003 7:19:28 AM PDT
by
Gabz
(anti-smokers - personification of everything wrong in this country.)
To: xsmommy; secret garden
I also have no personal experience, just what I saw my SIL and some friends go through with their kids in Delaware schools (different districts, not the same one)
And I did a lot of research about the Accomac district before we made the final decision this is where we were coming.
Only time will tell, and I do plan on being involved.
98
posted on
09/04/2003 7:23:00 AM PDT
by
Gabz
(anti-smokers - personification of everything wrong in this country.)
To: Gabz
i am ready to loose them, i was just anticipating her reaction and was pleasantly surprised that she was amenable to the idea. This HS is going to really broaden her horizons and help her achieve independence and maturity. i am very proud of her.
99
posted on
09/04/2003 7:23:34 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: Gabz
It's fo da chilrens.
100
posted on
09/04/2003 7:24:07 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(Of course I like it here. I just may not like you.)
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