Tiger Board Logo

Donor's Den General Leaderboards TNET coins™ POTD Hall of Fame Map FAQ
GIVE AN AWARD
Use your TNET coins™ to grant this post a special award!

W
50
Big Brain
90
Love it!
100
Cheers
100
Helpful
100
Made Me Smile
100
Great Idea!
150
Mind Blown
150
Caring
200
Flammable
200
Hear ye, hear ye
200
Bravo
250
Nom Nom Nom
250
Take My Coins
500
Ooo, Shiny!
700
Treasured Post!
1000

YOUR BALANCE
Once again, I come to you to talk about Lexington District 1
storage This topic has been archived - replies are not allowed.
Archives - General Boards Archive
add New Topic
Replies: 34
| visibility 1

Once again, I come to you to talk about Lexington District 1


Jan 20, 2022, 4:08 PM

and once again, I am complaining. I know none of yall care, but this is for me. it keeps me from showing my A S S at board meetings and ending up on a terrorist watch list. Oh, btw, they're building a 10 acre FBI office behind the Lowes in Lexington.

Here's a letter from the District. My comments are in bold.

Dear Lexington District One Families:

Out of abundance of caution, all Lexington District One schools will shift to worthless e-learning tomorrow, Friday, Jan. 21, because of potentially severe winter weather predicted for our area.

Though the National Weather Service doesn’t predict a major event for our county, the forecast indicates the potential for bad weather during our arrival and dismissal time. 7AM calls for 35*F and a 17% chance of precipitation. 3PM calls for 31*F and 50% chance of precipitation. That could be dangerous for our buses and drivers – some of whom are teen drivers headed to and from our high schools. Teen driver or not... either somebody is a licensed driver or they aren't. Furthermore, it is the parent's responsibility to get the kid to school. If the parent doesn't think their kid can drive safely, then they need to take them, put them on the bus, or let them stay home.

The temperatures are also expected to drop throughout the day which could cause worsening conditions.

For these reasons, we made the decision to shift to e-learning Friday, Jan. 21.

All afterschool activities and sports are canceled for Jan. 21. We will make a decision about sports and extracurricular activities for Saturday (Jan. 22) by Friday afternoon. We will communicate that decision tomorrow.

Here is what our students need to do. Around 8:30 Friday morning, check your learning management system and/or your district email for assignments and directions from your teacher(s). Families may also want to check their email in case your student’s teacher emails you with directions.

Students will have five school days to complete all assignments to be counted present.

Thank you for your patience as we navigate this weather situation aka winter, which is 1/4 of our freaking year . As always, the safety of our students and staff is our top priority oh, and we're scared to death that somebody will sue us, so we let our lawyers call all the shots.

2024 white level member flag link military_tech thumb_downthumb_up

S??? ????? ???? ??? ??????? ?????? ???? ??? ??????,
S??? ????? ?? ?? ???????? ???? ? ??????? ??? ????? ?????..


Pssssh - up here they decided yesterday to punt


Jan 20, 2022, 4:12 PM

the rest of the week

Between snowmagedon and COVID kids here have been home since last Wednesday

That includes the colleges

2024 orange level memberbadge-donor-15yr.jpgringofhonor-cu85tiger.jpg flag link military_tech thumb_downthumb_up

“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” Isaac Asimov
Panta Rhei Heraclitus


and every day my kids get dumber and fatter


Jan 20, 2022, 4:15 PM

I joke, but for reals... there's some truth to it.

2024 white level member flag link military_tech thumb_downthumb_up

S??? ????? ???? ??? ??????? ?????? ???? ??? ??????,
S??? ????? ?? ?? ???????? ???? ? ??????? ??? ????? ?????..


Private school is on the same schedule


Jan 20, 2022, 4:16 PM

Imagine paying all that tuition for this.

2024 orange level memberbadge-donor-15yr.jpgringofhonor-cu85tiger.jpg flag link military_tech thumb_downthumb_up

“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” Isaac Asimov
Panta Rhei Heraclitus


I know. At least I get what I pay for.


Jan 20, 2022, 4:19 PM

I'm still not happy about it.

What bothers me most is that I am 99.9% certain this is all liability CYA crap. No genuine concern for students.

2024 white level member flag link military_tech thumb_downthumb_up

S??? ????? ???? ??? ??????? ?????? ???? ??? ??????,
S??? ????? ?? ?? ???????? ???? ? ??????? ??? ????? ?????..


I read something the other week it was estimated


Jan 20, 2022, 4:19 PM [ in reply to and every day my kids get dumber and fatter ]

kids collectively have lost like 20 IQ points over the past couple of years. The future is going to be interesting, I don't think society can function if we get much dumber.

2024 white level memberbadge-donor-15yr.jpgringofhonor-lakebum1-110.jpg flag link military_tech thumb_downthumb_up

So like 20 IQ points spread over 60M kids?


Jan 20, 2022, 4:31 PM

That doesn't seem THAT bad.

2024 white level memberbadge-donor-15yr.jpgbadge-ringofhonor-19b.jpg flag link military_tech thumb_downthumb_up

Yeah....To put it in football terms, I guess if you're


Jan 20, 2022, 4:35 PM

accustomed to winning 4 games a year, only winning 3 isn't a huge deal.

2024 white level memberbadge-donor-15yr.jpgringofhonor-lakebum1-110.jpg flag link military_tech thumb_downthumb_up

LSD be like


Jan 20, 2022, 4:16 PM



flag link military_tech thumb_downthumb_up

Whats the hate with eLearning?


Jan 20, 2022, 4:19 PM

That would have been friggin' awesome when I was in school.

Never have to be around those functional idiots that I had to be around for 12 years?? Sign me up!

I would have voluntarily checked out of that crap as soon as possible and never checked back in.

badge-donor-05yr.jpg flag link military_tech thumb_downthumb_up

the hate is that there is no learning involved


Jan 20, 2022, 4:21 PM

and the kids are in the house

2024 white level memberbadge-donor-15yr.jpgringofhonor-willmo.jpg flag link military_tech thumb_downthumb_up




Cat on a tin roof, dogs in a pile,
Nothin' left to do but smile, smile, smile!!!!


Yes. They get like 2 math questions that are years below


Jan 20, 2022, 4:25 PM

grade level... and are asked to voluntarily read for a few minutes. That. Is. It.

2024 white level member flag link military_tech thumb_downthumb_up

S??? ????? ???? ??? ??????? ?????? ???? ??? ??????,
S??? ????? ?? ?? ???????? ???? ? ??????? ??? ????? ?????..


More time to learn how to grow and sell marijuana


Jan 20, 2022, 4:33 PM

If they aren't going to learn book smarts, they should probably learn street smarts. I want my kid to be the leader of the cartel, not the guy smuggling heroin balloons in his bhole.

2024 white level memberbadge-donor-15yr.jpgringofhonor-lakebum1-110.jpg flag link military_tech thumb_downthumb_up

Well maybe I want more for my kids


Jan 20, 2022, 4:24 PM [ in reply to Whats the hate with eLearning? ]

than to be a grownazzzz adult, still renting a house.
















jk, nuttin but love, homie. I agree, it'd be awesome to be a kid, or a teacher, or really anybody other than a parent.

2024 white level member flag link military_tech thumb_downthumb_up

S??? ????? ???? ??? ??????? ?????? ???? ??? ??????,
S??? ????? ?? ?? ???????? ???? ? ??????? ??? ????? ?????..


I had a really chitty family that didn't provide a dwelling


Jan 20, 2022, 4:59 PM

for me to inhabit. Had I mistakenly created some fsck trophies, they may have felt sorry for them enough to allow me (and them) to live with them cost free, but alas, I didn't, and my family all still lives in their own homes, and would rather I didn't join them.

Unfortunately, I have had to subsist from the meager rewards of my own toilings, and my life apparently spiraled to a point that the last resort was living 200 yards from the ocean on an island for the last 15 months. It's depleted me so much that I haven't even taken a vacation from the horrors of this rancidness. What if I go somewhere that's worse than this!?

It's a lifestyle that is so terrible that it only makes sense that the people I see around me are those that are stuck to dwell here as well, and those who randomly, apparently completely by accident, tour through to visit the terribleness and squalor that I have to suffer through on a daily basis. Just today, I wanted to purchase some grool for lunch and the marina store was closed!

But back to the schooling...wouldn't you want your children (at some point) to become responsible enough for themselves that they don't have to be compelled by corporal punishment in a state institution to actually want to learn something on their own? Certainly you wouldn't be complaining about elearning because it somehow inconveniences you or your regular schedule, right?

badge-donor-05yr.jpg flag link military_tech thumb_downthumb_up

If my kids were in high school i'd be preaching self


Jan 21, 2022, 10:20 AM

responsibility.

But in 2020, I had one in pre-K and a 3rd grader and at that age they haven't developed the skills to be reliably wipe their own bottoms, much less be responsible for their own education.

My daughter is a straight A student in real school, homeschool she was a C student at best.

Everyone cried, especially me. And then I drank a lot of wine. Also, part of early education is the social emotional development.... and it's hard to do that when you are locked in a house with a drunk Mom all day. Kidding, not kidding. Kinda.

flag link military_tech thumb_downthumb_up

Re: If my kids were in high school i'd be preaching self


Jan 21, 2022, 10:25 AM

So, you are teaching kids about various wines and how to match them to foods and the desired affect for any given situation? Yeah, I get that.

badge-donor-05yr.jpg flag link military_tech thumb_downthumb_up

My youngest says "ROSE ALL DAY" when we pass the wine


Jan 21, 2022, 10:57 AM

section in the grocery store

flag link military_tech thumb_downthumb_up

It's not very good, maybe 20-30% as effective


Jan 20, 2022, 4:24 PM [ in reply to Whats the hate with eLearning? ]

as in-class learning. It also requires adult supervision.

It's good for a day or two, but it was never meant for first covid wave or this whole week.

flag link military_tech thumb_downthumb_up


E-learning is worthless


Jan 21, 2022, 10:30 AM [ in reply to Whats the hate with eLearning? ]

district do it because now they don't have to make up the day

2024 white level memberbadge-donor-05yr.jpg flag link military_tech thumb_downthumb_up

I like your funny words magic man


Schools serve 4 purposes


Jan 21, 2022, 4:21 PM [ in reply to Whats the hate with eLearning? ]

1. Childcare
2. Socialization
3. 2 meals a day
4. Education

E Learning takes away 3 of the 4.

2024 white level memberbadge-donor-10yr.jpg flag link military_tech thumb_downthumb_up

There's something in these hills.


For one day?


Jan 21, 2022, 4:34 PM

And 2 meals a day?

badge-donor-05yr.jpg flag link military_tech thumb_downthumb_up

Wah wah


Jan 20, 2022, 4:19 PM

why don't you cry about it?








































Luckily Greenr works from home, his fucktrophies were at home Tuesday and Wednesday and then e-learning info was sent home today JUST IN CASE it turns bad tomorrow.

2024 purple level memberringofhonor-greenr.jpg flag link military_tech thumb_downthumb_up

Re: Wah wah


Jan 20, 2022, 4:22 PM



2024 white level member flag link military_tech thumb_downthumb_up

S??? ????? ???? ??? ??????? ?????? ???? ??? ??????,
S??? ????? ?? ?? ???????? ???? ? ??????? ??? ????? ?????..


lol, these kids are going to grow up to be adults and


Jan 20, 2022, 4:22 PM

be like "uh oh, can't go outside today...It's 97 degrees! Danger! Danger!". We'll have alerts texted to us like Amber alerts for any sort of temperature fluctuation between 65-85 degrees as if we're tropical fish with water parameters getting out of whack.

2024 white level memberbadge-donor-15yr.jpgringofhonor-lakebum1-110.jpg flag link military_tech thumb_downthumb_up

One would seriously have to think that instead of canceling


Jan 20, 2022, 4:30 PM

classes, the district could go around with rickety donkey carts and pick up all the underfed Lexington School District 1 pre-teen children to work in dangerous sweatshop conditions for pennies an hour crafting blue jeans and unmercifully cane those kids that fail to meet the production quotas.

This is what I suggest you suggest at the next school board meeting when they are taking suggestions.

ringofhonor-rhtig.jpg flag link military_tech thumb_downthumb_up


See, this is an emergency. The gubnah declared an official


Jan 20, 2022, 4:41 PM

state of emergency due to this massive winter storm (JASPER!!!). I drove back from a freaking mountain in 8 inches of snow Tuesday from NC. Not one ###### car sitting in a ditch either. Anyway, since there is a state of emergency, and since there is a chance of a laughably small amount of winter weather (probably NONE), they have no choice but to close the schools.

But Ryan, you have to admit, the clear, dry, warm windy day was a good one, as was the threat of bad thunderstorms that never happened. Those were two that were much better examples of dumbassery and fukery IMHO.

Now if SC got 8 inches of snow, the interstate would look something like the road from Kuwait to Baghdad....



Made the comment to Mrs. Tiggity, somewhere around Charlotte, that we didn't pass a single car in a ditch from West Jefferson to Charlotte. She then told me that's because we're stupid in SC. I tried mightily to disagree, but couldn't really.

2024 orange level memberbadge-donor-15yr.jpgringofhonor-tiggity-110.jpg flag link military_tech thumb_downthumb_up


Stop the spread***


Jan 20, 2022, 4:45 PM



2024 purple level memberbadge-donor-15yr.jpgringofhonor-beeksteak-110.jpg flag link military_tech thumb_downthumb_up

Yo, you worried about ONE day?


Jan 20, 2022, 9:43 PM

Lol

flag link military_tech thumb_downthumb_up


Our district equips all students with chromebooks...


Jan 21, 2022, 10:27 AM

that are used at school and at home for most all work.

It works really well and when they do e-learning, or sick or quarantined, they have a pretty good system and can essentially tap into the live class room, see what the teacher is presenting, etc...

The down side is that they seem to call e-learning days easier because the instruction doesn't suffer like it might where all kids don't have school-issued chromebooks/computers. That places a real burden on households where both parents work (or single parents). We're blessed not to be in that boat and it seems like the learning doesn't suffer over a short period.

Our district declared e-learning for the entire week this week based on winter weather on Monday/Tuesday, number of kids out due to covid, and possible weather today. Probably was the right move overall given the number of kids being sent out due to covid exposure, but again...tough for a lot of families to manage.

badge-donor-05yr.jpg flag link military_tech thumb_downthumb_up

Re: Our district equips all students with chromebooks...


Jan 21, 2022, 10:37 AM

On the plus side, they may not be learning crap about the three Rs but they can operate the heck out of computers. I was lucky to take some college classes for a career change back in the early 90s and used some basic computer programs then, go to work just as they started handing out computers to everyone in the workplace. Thanks to the younger generation I am now computer literate enough to poast on TNet and check my bank account. I shudder to think where I would be today if I had not had that computer exposure.

badge-donor-05yr.jpg flag link military_tech thumb_downthumb_up

I mean, your last line sums it up


Jan 21, 2022, 10:34 AM

That's all there is to it. If it wasn't for litigious parents and the lawyers who know school districts don't have the funds to take these cases the distance, this wouldn't happen. One bus slips off the road and they're getting murdered in court.

2024 white level memberbadge-donor-05yr.jpg flag link military_tech thumb_downthumb_up

[Catahoula] used to be almost solely a PnR rascal, but now has adopted shidpoasting with a passion. -bengaline

You are the meme master. - RPMcMurphy®

Trump is not a phony. - RememberTheDanny


I almost feel like there should be some type of Sovereign


Jan 21, 2022, 12:59 PM

Immunity rules keeping parents from suing school, or at least limiting it.... now I haven't though it through... just thinking out loud here.


What would be helpful, would be for our districts to say, "we are cancelling school because we don't want to get sued... if you want the kids to be in school, you need to vote to have these immunity laws in effect.

IF that is the case, but I'm almost certain it is the case.

I mean, if the bus driver is drunk, or speeding, or some sort of gross negligence, then maybe they can sue, but... I don't know... I just hate to see insurance and lawyers calling shots, where common sense and calculated risk/reward should be in charge.

2024 white level member flag link military_tech thumb_downthumb_up

S??? ????? ???? ??? ??????? ?????? ???? ??? ??????,
S??? ????? ?? ?? ???????? ???? ? ??????? ??? ????? ?????..


They've clearly never ridden the bus with chains


Jan 21, 2022, 10:49 AM

Growing up in rural NY, it took a ####### blizzard to get school cancelled. Only 8 inches of snow? TWO HOUR DELAY WHILE WE WAIT FOR THE PLOW! And if it was icy out? The buses had the chains on. That was always a fun ride to school.

I will say, the nice thing about my elementary school in the winter - it was built in the 1930's so it had one of those old "crank it up to 1000" boilers to provide heat. Inside the school was always about 80 degrees in the winter. Great when you came back in from recess snowball fights.

2024 white level memberbadge-donor-15yr.jpg2006_majors_champ.jpg2008_nascar_champ.gif2015_nascar_champ.gif flag link military_tech thumb_downthumb_up

When we drink, we get drunk.
When we get drunk, we fall asleep.
When we fall asleep, we commit no sin.
When we commit no sin, we go to heaven.
So, let's all get drunk, and go to heaven!


Re: Old Skool built in 1891


Jan 21, 2022, 12:15 PM

14 ft ceilings, heart pine floors, two story, 10 ft. high windows that worked...had to with the steam radiators. The janitor put something on the floors to absorb the dust. Smelled good. Always wondered what they were exposing us to. Part of the playground that was eroding was full of coal cinders from the boiler. Playing "Kill the Man with the Ball" one had to be tough playing with those mill hill boys...and the girls were even meaner. It's still in use as a USC library. With some upgrades.

http://schpr.sc.gov/index.php/Detail/properties/13040



Message was edited by: FishinCrazy®


badge-donor-05yr.jpg flag link military_tech thumb_downthumb_up

Replies: 34
| visibility 1
Archives - General Boards Archive
add New Topic