tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481330.post4517881489209669618..comments2023-10-24T11:05:25.288-04:00Comments on Mark Rauterkus & Running Mates ponder current events: My second question to Dan Onorato at the cyber town hall is about schoolsMark Rauterkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17157914569686528007noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481330.post-39298890756297664312009-01-16T17:22:00.000-05:002009-01-16T17:22:00.000-05:00It's absolutely idiotic to think that it's NOT abo...It's absolutely idiotic to think that it's NOT about race.<BR/><BR/>Good God. If this isn't about RACE, nothing is. NOTHING.<BR/><BR/>Where's the William Jefferson Clinton School in the urban area?<BR/><BR/>Barry Obama has accomplished NOTHING other than to hoodwink a gullible electorate. Nothing more.Thomas Leturgeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07452123582626408864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481330.post-57890143354449462442009-01-16T07:53:00.000-05:002009-01-16T07:53:00.000-05:00No. It isn't about race. It is about timing. Perha...No. It isn't about race. It is about timing. Perhaps too about purpose.<BR/><BR/>The school is with an urban district and with an international flavor. And, it is going into operation now. <BR/><BR/>Heck, Carnegie was named after a guy because they wanted a factory / mill there. He was still alive. <BR/><BR/>Perhaps it is also about leverage and/or handouts. Perhaps it is also about hype and notice. <BR/><BR/>The school is a 'magnet' that folks from all around the city can attend -- and others from outside the city could go to and pay tuition to attend.<BR/><BR/>Plus, Obama works with the mascot name of Olympians. <BR/><BR/>Perhaps we put it to a city-wide vote. <BR/><BR/>Perhaps we use Olympians High School / Jr. High and only that as the mascot until after his term(s) end and then slap down the Obama name -- after the legacy is proven by history without a jail term or some other global disgrace.Mark Rauterkushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17157914569686528007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481330.post-60359655349841018652009-01-15T23:41:00.000-05:002009-01-15T23:41:00.000-05:00Seriously,Naming a school for Barack Obama right n...Seriously,<BR/><BR/>Naming a school for Barack Obama right now is an asinine idea.<BR/><BR/>Where's the G.W. Bush schools? <BR/><BR/>A Barack Obama-named school is racist. Pure and simple. It's all about race.Thomas Leturgeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07452123582626408864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481330.post-60529047691587617012009-01-15T22:49:00.000-05:002009-01-15T22:49:00.000-05:00BTW, the Obama name is NOT my original idea. I did...BTW, the Obama name is NOT my original idea. I did come up with the mascot of "olympians" for the IB school and Zombies for the combined sports team that will compete at U-Prep and Sci-Tech. <BR/><BR/>But, the Obama part came from another parent. <BR/><BR/>I do think it has some merit. Perhaps we (Pgh) could get Mrs. O to come for the first school graduation. He'd be expected upon his retirement -- if not sooner.Mark Rauterkushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17157914569686528007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481330.post-19878429861865618122009-01-15T22:43:00.000-05:002009-01-15T22:43:00.000-05:00Historic rise? Unfortunately, the lowest-common-de...Historic rise? Unfortunately, the lowest-common-denominator had no idea what it was doing.Thomas Leturgeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07452123582626408864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481330.post-91431060114497218302009-01-15T22:32:00.000-05:002009-01-15T22:32:00.000-05:00A school on Long Island has been renamed Barack Ob...A school on Long Island has been renamed Barack Obama Elementary School in honor of his historic rise to the presidency. <BR/><BR/>The move at the largely black and Hispanic school in Hempstead is among the first in what will likely be a wave of name changes around the world now that Mr. Obama has been elected president, from schools and streets to parks and mountaintops. <BR/><BR/>source: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/11/21/national/main4626367.shtmlMark Rauterkushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17157914569686528007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481330.post-47736174027759065102009-01-15T21:56:00.000-05:002009-01-15T21:56:00.000-05:00There are already schools being renamed for B. Hus...There are already schools being renamed for B. Hussein Obama already. <BR/><BR/>REALLY? Really.<BR/><BR/>This is absolute horse crap. <BR/><BR/>In no way, shape or form should a school be renamed for someone who, as of this very writing, isn't even PRESIDENT. <BR/><BR/>What are people thinking?<BR/><BR/>Barack Obama is the "American Idol" of presidential candidates. Nothing more.<BR/><BR/>Will it be next to Clay Aiken Prep?"Trapper" Tom Leturgeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00061724834969877785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481330.post-87319751575976753142009-01-15T16:37:00.000-05:002009-01-15T16:37:00.000-05:00Schools are named after people who are alive.Schools are named after people who are alive.Mark Rauterkushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17157914569686528007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481330.post-12401506183671391662009-01-15T16:33:00.000-05:002009-01-15T16:33:00.000-05:00I thought a person had to be deceased to have a sc...I thought a person had to be deceased to have a school named in their honor, so it is not appropriate at this time. We all wish Mr Obama a long and prosperous life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481330.post-81967067133878136642009-01-15T09:06:00.000-05:002009-01-15T09:06:00.000-05:00University partnership school to bear Mrs. Million...University partnership school to bear Mrs. Milliones' name<BR/>Thursday, January 15, 2009<BR/><BR/>Pittsburgh Post-Gazette<BR/><BR/>The Pittsburgh school board Wednesday will vote on naming its new university partnership school for Margaret Milliones, the late board member and activist who lived in the Hill District.<BR/><BR/>A group appointed by Pittsburgh Public Schools Superintendent Mark Roosevelt suggested the name ???University Preparatory School at Margaret Milliones.<BR/><BR/>A committee of three board members -- Jean Fink, Thomas Sumpter and Randall Taylor -- endorsed the idea and asked the full board to adopt the name at the legislative meeting Wednesday.<BR/><BR/>The Hill District school, which opened in August, is located in a former middle school building already named for Mrs. Milliones.<BR/><BR/>The school, featuring a partnership with the University of Pittsburgh School of Education, has about 130 students in ninth grade. It eventually will expand into a school for students in grades six through 12.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com