Relocatable Schools.

[JPC, Sr.]

The new plans for building a nice new public Elementary school in Wildewood has built into the plans and the design the space for putting Relocatable trailers there on that property for classrooms in the future.

Link here for the Enterprise story, it is last sentence of the 3rd paragraph from the end.

This is what I consider to be the second - rate mentality, where the design itself is to put those fire box trailers at the schools even before they are built, so St. Mary's County will continue to have inferior public school conditions as that is the plan.

Only if I am elected will this second rate inferiority mentality be changed and improved because it sure is not happenning now. And it is bragged about right there in the local paper.
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[FromTexas]

You're so smart. What would the county ever do without you?

 

[Wenchy]

Interesting article. Thanks JPC.

Until today, I never knew there was such a thing as a "dual-flush" toilet.

 

[Sharon]

And it is bragged about right there in the local paper.

That is just attacking the messenger and not the message.

It is cheap and dirty to attack the messenger, but here he launches at an article in the local paper.

 

[JPC, Sr.]

The Preacher!

That is just attacking the messenger and not the message.

It is cheap and dirty to attack the messenger, but here he launches at an article in the local paper.

That is very true. See I do as I preach.

 

[Ken King]

The new plans for building a nice new public Elementary school in Wildewood has built into the plans and the design the space for putting Relocatable trailers there on that property for classrooms in the future.

Link here for the Enterprise story, it is last sentence of the 3rd paragraph from the end.

This is what I consider to be the second - rate mentality, where the design itself is to put those fire box trailers at the schools even before they are built, so St. Mary's County will continue to have inferior public school conditions as that is the plan.

Only if I am elected will this second rate inferiority mentality be changed and improved because it sure is not happenning now. And it is bragged about right there in the local paper.
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The single sentence states:

The design allows for eventual construction of an early childhood center, an addition to the gymnasium and room for relocatable classroom trailers.

It seems that they realize that the process of obtaining property and constructing additional schools is a long and arduous process and they have built in contingency plans for the relocatables should they be needed. This sounds quite intelligent to me and forward looking. What are the plans that you have JPC to be able to construct new facilities as the need arises? Oh, that's right; your plan is simply to stop all growth. Yeah, right.

 

[MMDad]

So Jimmyhat, how will you correct the injustice of people living in fire-box trailers? Many of the children who attend school in trailers also live in them. In fact, there are many more trailers being used as housing than are being used for schools.

If the school trailers are inherently unsafe as you claim, aren't the residential trailers as unsafe? If not, why?

Why would you choose to get rid of trailers at schools, when the much larger problem is residential trailers?

Haven't you ever noticed how tornados only hit trailer parks? Maybe we should get rid of trailers so that we won't have any more tornados. Just think how famous you could be: Jimmyhat, the pathetic little man who rid the world of tornados.

 

[residentofcre]

So Jimmyhat, how will you correct the injustice of people living in fire-box trailers? Many of the children who attend school in trailers also live in them. In fact, there are many more trailers being used as housing than are being used for schools.

If the school trailers are inherently unsafe as you claim, aren't the residential trailers as unsafe? If not, why?

Why would you choose to get rid of trailers at schools, when the much larger problem is residential trailers?

Haven't you ever noticed how tornados only hit trailer parks? Maybe we should get rid of trailers so that we won't have any more tornados. Just think how famous you could be: Jimmyhat, the pathetic little man who rid the world of tornados.

Great Point... Residential Trailers can burn to the ground in less than 10 minutes. I saw one do it.

 

[hvp05]

So Jimmyhat, how will you correct the injustice of people living in fire-box trailers?

Jimmy doesn't mind people living in trailers. Jimmy says folks should be allowed to live poorly if they want, and no one should try to change their mind. Too much more out of you and Jimmy's gonna be angry!

Just think how famous you could be: Jimmyhat, the pathetic little man who rid the world of tornados.

I wish hurricanes could be remedied so easily. But we will be able to rid ourselves of them only after the Bush administration is gone.

 

[County_Boy]

Hey JPC....
Do you live in a Trailer Park?
Maybe we are neighbors!!

 

[JPC, Sr.]

The Preacher!

So Jimmyhat, how will you correct the injustice of people living in fire-box trailers? Many of the children who attend school in trailers also live in them. In fact, there are many more trailers being used as housing than are being used for schools.

If the school trailers are inherently unsafe as you claim, aren't the residential trailers as unsafe? If not, why?

Why would you choose to get rid of trailers at schools, when the much larger problem is residential trailers?

People live in trailers because the housing cost are too high. If we had affordable housing then the trailers would be far less used for housing. The reckless political policy of uncontrolled growth is the cause of our present super inflated property prices. If I get elected then I will start the process of improving this situation.

And in St. Mary's County we have 84 Relocatable trailers being used for school classrooms so the schools have enough trailers for a fairly LARGE trailer park already. The schools use the trailers for the same reason that citizens use trailers - because they do not have ready housing. SMC schools using the trailers is therefore a sure sign of a deficiency because the trailers are inferior to a school building and the trailers are a second - rate solution that needs to be stopped. Apparently I am the only candidate anywhere in SMC that wants a higher standard for our schools, and I want affordable housing too so the trailer owners can then move into a house.

The American dream is not trailers.

 

[JPC, Sr.]

The Preacher!

Hey JPC....
Do you live in a Trailer Park?
Maybe we are neighbors!!

No trailer for me, I live in a house, but I have lived in trailers before - years ago.

 

[hvp05]

The reckless political policy of uncontrolled growth...

I have not visited SMC in more than a year, so I was curious to see how the area looks when I was driving through yesterday. I entered SMC on Rt. 235, went into California, went W down St. Andrews Church Rd., then N on Rt. 5 into 234. And for most of the time I was surprised at how little development I saw. The region is not overrun with cheesy suburbs and strip-malls. I imagine south of Lex. Park is the same.

Maybe if you would occasionally venture outside the confines of downtown Lex. Park you would realize SMC's true situation, JPC. After all, it has not been that long since you were a great, seasoned traveler.

I want affordable housing too so the trailer owners can then move into a house.

Great. But will they not be forced to live in homes that are the same class as their trailer homes? Or will you support more government subsidies to help them afford better homes? And how do you think the financial backers of such a program (i.e., taxpayers) will react?

 

[JPC, Sr.]

The Preacher!

You're so smart. What would the county ever do without you?

I was also at that Board of Education (BOE) meeting this past August 9th, where the BOE announced the plan and design of the new Wildewood Elementary school.

At that meeting I handed in my comments in written form because I thought it would appear like a campaign speech if I got up and spoke it to the BOE.

The contents of my written comments is shown on this link here,

The Cusick Blog, the first Blog only, comments to BOE on Aug 9, 2006.

Our present local representatives have already accepted this second-rate condition for the St. Mary's County public schools, so anyone can know now that when I am elected to 29b then I will aggressively demand a much higher standard for our public schools then that second rate inferior mentality that people have now of embracing those dispicable fire box Relocatable trailers as classrooms for our public schools.

I do want anyone here to know that I do not just say such things here on the SOMD forum but I do and I have taken this improvement message directly to the St Mary's County Board of Education.

 

[Toxick]

This is what I consider to be the second - rate mentality, where the design itself is to put those fire box trailers at the schools even before they are built, so St. Mary's County will continue to have inferior public school conditions as that is the plan.

With these relocatables, every single one of the students' educational necessities are provided for - anythign beyond that is simply extra that will be used to fuel bureaucracy and line politicians pockets, and will serve little purpose besides increasing the tax-burden on the poorest working people in the county.

 

[JPC, Sr.]

The Preacher!

With these relocatables, every single one of the students' educational necessities are provided for - anythign beyond that is simply extra

Everything is provided except for quality and safty. The trailers are inferior to the school buildings in looks and feel and in quality the trailers are second rate.

Plus two of the Relcatable trailer classrooms have burned down in 29b so the trailers are not safe for our public schools. When a Auto manufacturer finds a defect in one or more cars then they recall all the cars - even millions of the cars are re-called so they can be repaired, because one accident is justification to recall millions of the same product. The same is true of medications or toys and anything that is discovered to be dangerous to the public. So here in St. Mary's County we have some 84 Relocatable trailers and two (2) of those trailers caught fire and burned to the ground and no one (except me) is calling for those fire box trailers to be recalled. We need to stop using the inferior conditions for the public schools.

that will be used to fuel bureaucracy and line politicians pockets, and will serve little purpose besides increasing the tax-burden on the poorest working people in the county.

Not if I am elected it will not. We need to stop the reckless growth that is overloading our schools in the first place, and we already have money planned for new schools but the growth is coming in so very fast that by the time the new school building gets complete it too will need Relocatable trailers because the growth is out of control and overloading our entire infrastructure and especially overloading our school system. This is why we must vote this year 2006 election for candidates that will defend our community and protect our infrastructure or then - yes it will fail if we continue as we are now.

 

[Toxick]

Everything is provided except for quality and safty. The trailers are inferior to the school buildings in looks and feel and in quality the trailers are second rate.

Quality and safety are not my concern.


As long as the kids' minimum needs are met, then everything else is superfluous fluff which overburdens the working deadbroke taxpayer.

 

[Ponytail]

JPC, all you have is a thought of higher standards, and criticism for the existing situation.

What you NEED is a PLAN. A goal, wish list, and/or criticism is NOT a plan. NO ONE will vote for you if you don't have a valid plan that makes sense to the public.

When will you present this plan?

You mention in your letter to the Board, that they have the power to say no. What do you propose is the IMMEDIATE alternative to using the trailers?

You also mention the two trailer fires last year. How many people were hurt or killed in those two fires? What were the causes of the fires determined to be?

You also not that the new school building proposed is a "Columbine style" building. What the hell are you implying with that statement?

 

[JPC, Sr.]

The Preacher!

Quality and safety are not my concern.

But it is the concern of our public schools. The fact that I do care and I make it my concern is why I am a candidate for 29b, and those that do not care are never candidates. The quality and safty of our schools is a BIG BIG priority. Fact of politics.

As long as the kids' minimum needs are met, then everything else is superfluous fluff which overburdens the working deadbroke taxpayer.

Some citizens might be dead-broke but they do not have to pay any taxes at all. The taxes are taken ONLY as a percentage of income so anyone that is deadbroke does not pay any taxes at all - none.

Since two of the relocatable trailers have already caught fire and burned to the ground, and we still have 84 more Relocatable trailres in use, then the safty of the St. Mary's County public schools is compromised.

Also the SMC public schools are far from broke, and the SMC schools get big subsidizing from the State of Maryland and from the US gov. The problem with the Relocatable trailers starts with the acceptance enabler mentality that accept second rate inferior conditions for our schools. When I get elected then we will start to demand a higher standard then that low standard that exist now.

 

[Ponytail]

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you got that part right.