Is the Schenectady City School District going to end up like the Catholic dioceses across the country? Will it be forced into bankruptcy and made to close schools because its administrators did not act in a timely manner to prevent bad behavior by employees? Apparently, both were repeatedly informed of the actions of employees but failed to act appropriately. There are many parallels.
Lawyers always suggest that their cilents say "No comment" because they don't want statements to be used against them in lawsuits filed later.
This is not the time for legalese.
If the board wants to salvage its reputation, it needs to hire a qualified PR counselor who will tell them that lawyers don't always know best when it comes to dealing with the press or public.
Or, maybe they have a PR person and refuse to listen to them! It could explain the mess they're in.
In the section regarding Gambino, it reads "The long-term consolidation of maternity services at Bellevue could present a barrier to women who lack transportation because of their financial situation or other reasons, said Joe Gambino, spokesman for Hometown Health."
And that is exactly the rationale that members of the Berger Commission -- who did not visit the facility or review an accurate set of books -- used when decreeing that Bellevue had to close and services must be consolidated.
That being said, wouldn't keeping it open be a violation of Berger Commission directives? Would Ellis be found in contempt or violation of those directives?
My thanks to the many professional women and men who work in the Schenectady schools and help to shape future generations. I remember my teachers very well. Some were motivated, some were burned out and some clearly worked for those "ah-ha!" moments when students were able to set aside the peer or outside pressures of the day and fully engage in the learning process. I imagine those moments make it all worthwhile. Teaching, and serving as a role model, is a demanding job. It reminds me of that old Peace Corps slogan, "The Toughest Job You'll Ever Love."
<<As for the accuracy of the bible as to being right..it is 100% accurate and every word and meaining in it is correct and true and supercedes all man made literature for Gods word is inspired by the Holy Spirit not mankind.>>
You're kidding, right? It's a book that has been rewritten countless times over the centuries to suit the leaders of whatever church was in charge at the time. Uh, don't you remember that in ancient times popes used to have children? Hello?!?
For those who say that the Bible is the literal translation of God's word, I invite them to read the foreward of any Revised Standard Version (RSV) of the Bible. The RSV is the most popular edition available today. In the one I just pulled from my bookshelf, the publisher mentions how the great book was rewritten and edited when the Saint James version (popular in the 1800s-1910s) was deemed too antiquated and Christian denominations sought to offer their flocks religious text in a more accessbile format in keeping with current societal mores. THEREFORE, the words in the RSV Bible and subsequent editions -- which many quote as the word of God -- have been highly edited, massaged and rewritten over the years. And that, my friends, calls into question the argument that the Bible is a literal translation.
Or, if you want to make it even more simple, remember the childhood game of Operator/Telephone? One person would whisper something to the person next to them and so on, until it reached the last person in line. Rarely did the original statement match the last. How can we be sure that what we hear now is the same as the original statement said thousands of years before the invention of the printing press?
Hmmn. If CSX owns the right of way along the railroad tracks between Albany and New York City, maybe we can encourage them to pick up the huge amount of trash passengers see along the railroad tracks as they approach Penn Station. I bet they could make a ton of money mining the trash for recyclables!
Posted on July 28 at 9:33 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Is the Schenectady City School District going to end up like the Catholic dioceses across the country? Will it be forced into bankruptcy and made to close schools because its administrators did not act in a timely manner to prevent bad behavior by employees? Apparently, both were repeatedly informed of the actions of employees but failed to act appropriately. There are many parallels.
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