Comments on: Williams Evaluation a Conflict of Interest?

By: rastamick

rastamick — Sat, 30 May 2009 23:42:49 +0000

Peter A. You know I hope you’re right my friend. Plus I never said my money had any smarts now did I ? One does weary of the endless parade of do-overs when people should be facing consequences for a litany of abhorrent behaviors.

By: Peter A Reese

Peter A Reese — Sat, 30 May 2009 01:22:15 +0000

Rastamick:

How much smart money you willing to wager on this one? We are more than a little persistent.

By: rastamick

rastamick — Fri, 29 May 2009 16:49:59 +0000

Can we safely assume that the allegations of impropriety raised immediately after the election, the ones regarding THE PARTNERSHIP, will go the way of the McKinley High inquiries, the ResulTech hustle and the laptops from 44 ? Smart money says we’ll never hear another word about any of it. Good luck John Licata !

By: Catherine Nugent Panepinto

Catherine Nugent Panepinto — Thu, 28 May 2009 15:52:49 +0000

Retire the Debt Party tonight at 153 Bidwell to celebrate John Licata’s win for an at large seat on the Buffalo School Board. Please come to celebrate and make a donation for John’s largely self funded campaign. Thankfully, he spent about 1/10th of what the Partnership spent so he only needs small donations. Donations in lieu of attending can be made out to Friends of John Licata and mailed to the Bidwell address above – 153 Bidwell. thank you.

By: Carlota Magdalena

Carlota Magdalena — Mon, 25 May 2009 03:52:50 +0000

My daughter attended Da Vinci High School a few years ago. It was a very repressive place to be. Students were not allowed in the college book store or eat in the college cafeteria. The building used to be a dormitory and at one time or still housed elderly nuns on the top floor. It’s simply too small for 400 students and it was made to house only 300. It’s a second choice school for those students unable to get into City Honors. The principal allowed very little parental involvement in the school and she was present at the meetings and pretty much determine the officers. Although students are able to take college courses, the campus is off-limits to the Da Vinci students. At the tune of $1 million in rent annually, the students should be more integrated into the college campus–and be allocated more space; use the college cafeteria, the college bookstore, the swimming facilities, etc. What about travel abroad programs similar to what City Honors students experience? These students deserve much more than what they are getting. So they need to get more for their $1 Million or its time to move….

By: Peter A Reese

Peter A Reese — Fri, 22 May 2009 22:44:48 +0000

John S:

Gutsy move to post here. Nice to see from kids today. Hope you suffer no retaliation.

By: John Szablewski

John Szablewski — Thu, 21 May 2009 21:49:28 +0000

As the Senior Class President of Da Vinci high School and the Supervisor of the campaign to preserve it on the D’Youville College Campus, I believe that Ms Panepinto has the right idea. Sister Denise should not be involved in this because we are currently in a situation where da Vinci needs a new lease to stay on the campus. This is a conflict of interest and Sister Denise should not be asked to do such a task.

By: Peter A Reese

Peter A Reese — Tue, 19 May 2009 23:36:00 +0000

It appears that Sister Roche is acting in the role of a judge in this evaluation process. The standard for judicial recusal is that even the appearance of bias should be avoided. When any doubt arises, and it is usually better to recuse than not. Therefore, Ms. Nugent Panepinto is correct in her assertions and the good Sister should recuse herself. As a resident of the North School District, I am pleased that my elected representative has shown the wisdom and courage which she has displayed. It would be nice if all the trustees of our schools behaved similarly.

By: rastamick

rastamick — Tue, 19 May 2009 20:53:32 +0000

Though I am not familiar with the machinations of this particular catholeducational institution I am well aware what you my friend may be in for in attempting to ask a nun to be forthcoming and deign to answer any of your questions. When my daughter was expelled from our nearby Catholic high school I was never allowed my say, none of my questions were deemed worth answering. The overtly phoney attempt to pretend that they were not acting on the wishes of a major donor’s family (whose granddaughter had a problem with my girl) was carried out to the bitter end. These people operate under cover and thick insulation, they feel no need to be troubled with people who don’t have a checkbook in hand or a free smartboard to donate to them. I wish you better luck than I had but I wouldn’t count on it. They have institutionalized a form of edu-religious hubris that transcends all reason.

By: John Q Blogger

John Q Blogger — Tue, 19 May 2009 20:07:35 +0000

Do not confuse ethics in the same sentence with the name of Sister Denise Roche.

She deals from the bottom of the deck when your watching.