Third attempt to get the JAM NOTICE right for 05-09-08

Hi [patient] folks…

Sorry to be cluttering up your mailbox… I’ve just had difficulty sending information to the server. Part of the fault is mine for inattention and interruptions. And part of it I just can’t fathom.

BUT… Today’s program deals with the NC Court of Appeals reversal of a previous decision that maintained parents’ say in where their children go to school. The Court of Appeals went directly opposed to statutory wording in the NC code and OK’d year round schools in Wake County saying parents (or students for that matter) had no right to a nine month school term, even though the law specifies the opposite. Another example I fear of the ‘divine right of judges’ apparently. One you’ll want to be on the lookout for.

Here are links to the audio and script sites for your use. (I tried unsuccessfully to make a change – perhaps next week.)

http://www.jebcovoice.net/audio/jama05-09-08.mp3

http://www.jebcovoice.net/scripts/jamt05-09-08.doc

And below is today’s script.

Cordially, IN HIM

Jack

“JUST A MINUTE”

THE SCHOOLS WILL BE A-CHANGIN’

Just A Minute – Schools in North Carolina are being put on notice to expect change, according to Kristen Blair of the North Carolina Education Alliance.

Should parents be key players in year-round school assignment decisions? Not according to a ruling by the North Carolina Court of Appeals.
On Tuesday, the North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that the Wake County Public School System does not need to obtain parents’ permission before moving kids to year-round schools.

This week’s ruling marginalizes parents ignoring (quote) “express and clear statutory language,” says the Locke Foundation’s legal analyst, Daren Baskt. North Carolina statute specifies (quote) “there shall be operated in every local school administrative unit a uniform school term of nine months.” Based on the appellate court’s interpretation of the North Carolina Constitution, however, students do not have a “right to a uniform nine-month term.”

So the simple court answer is: sooner or later parents will just sit on the sidelines and send their kids to wherever the school board says. Hmmm -- sounds like a real democracy.

<> I’m Jack Buttram

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