On Janesville School Board agrees to cut high school assistant principal
Posted on November 25 at 9:25 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
In the article it stated budget cuts are based on declining high school enrollments. I wish the article had included numbers of current enrollment compared to enrollment in recent years. What is the cause of declining enrollments? Jobs ending and people moving out of Janesville? Students attending private schools instead? Or, less population growth?
There was an article in the New York Times recently of a Maine high school principal in Millinocket, Maine, a small town, predominately Caucasian population, w/ declining student enrollment. He was trying to recruit Chinese students--who learn English in China and are typically serious students w/ higher education aspirations for American universities, as a study abroad situation. Their families would pay $27,000 per student for a public high school education there. In theory, their attendance could keep the enrollment up at the high school. The article stated the town's lower population growth along with a lack of jobs since a major employer (paper mill) closed caused families to move out of the area. Sound familiar? Ergo, job growth is a key to retaining adequate enrollment numbers to keep faculty.
On Janesville officer teaches Spanish to cops
Posted on September 17 at 9:20 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
I agree: first and foremost anyone coming to the U.S. needs to learn English and anyone here should be a legal citizen or legal immigrant. Since this class is needed, the Janesville Police Dept. would benefit from recruiting bi-lingual police officers from Calif., Arizona, or Colorado where people are looking to leave the high costs of living in those states. As draws, Janesville has a lower cost of housing, 4 seasons, is safe, clean and quiet, and a has a pretty good school system. Plus, Wisconsin has professional sports teams, lakes and many other interests. It's not just a language difference, it's understanding culture as well, plus adding diversity, that would help the department in the long run.
On Cruising the strip remains a popular activity
Posted on August 17 at 1:43 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Movies, jobs, roller skating, time spent w/ friends at our homes, was what we did as teens in the summer. Oh yeah, we used to have the drive-in theatre where Woodman's is now to see and be seen.
After one loop, the Circuit downtown was boring.
Still, I think the Gazette needs better topics. This article just reinforces the small-town hick impression...coming from Evansville to cruise Milton Avenue and listen to country and hip-hop? How about news about teens making a positive difference in the community?
On Janesville man pleased with smoking ban, but it's too late to save him
Posted on June 18 at 1:28 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
DiGirlz, you must not get out much. Other states have smoking bans and their bars are still doing business. The smoking ban is coming. Get used to it.
On Janesville man pleased with smoking ban, but it's too late to save him
Posted on June 11 at 2:30 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
It's too bad it's taken Wisconsin so long for a smoking ban. Smoking stinks and is so unhealthy to skin, hair and lungs. If you want to smoke, don't let it affect non-smokers, especially children in public places. The smoking ban shouldn't be a year away, it should be as soon as possible. We all have to breathe to live; smoking is optional.
On Falling enrollment leads to Janesville teacher cuts
Posted on April 30 at 3:07 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
Gee, Salerno, the teachers being let go deserve the professional courtesy of information not being revealed about what school levels they are at or what subjects they teach before they are told. Now, from this article it's not hard to deduce for any of those teachers, their colleagues, students and parents reading this article who the doomed teachers could be. Shame on you. Better to have said to the board and press, "No comment."
On Blacks hired to smooth Janesville schools’ transition to diversity
Posted on January 18 at 7:17 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
I was a minority student at Parker (not black). Born in America. Back when I was in school in the '80s, besides myself, the only other minority students were the foreign exchange students or kids who'd been adopted from foreign countries (mostly Asian countries). I went to college based on my parents' expecting me to go to college. I LEFT Janesville and took my higher-earning degree to the big cities because the narrow-minded ignorance/racism was uncomfortable. Many people were nice, and I go back to visit family, but no one in Chicago or Los Angeles asks me the inane, offensive questions about my skin color, surname or culture that I had to field while in Janesville.
On Lake Geneva snuffs out smoking ban
Posted on December 2 at 10:30 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
I live in California. I grew up in Janesville. Smoking in restaurants and bars was banned more than 10 years ago in California. The health rights of the employees working in those businesses, according to the state legislature, superseded smokers' habits. Businesses and consumers adjusted. When I visit the Midwest, it's unpleasant to dine at places where smoking is still allowed, so I don't eat at those places, so they lose that business. The effects of smoking killed my mother, my mother-in-law and father-in-law. I'm an ardent non-smoker, but I understand how hard the habit is to break from seeing the parents.
In Pasadena, CA, a city law was just passed that there is no smoking while walking on sidewalks. Again, a health issue. Also, some beach towns do not allow smoking on beaches. Reason? The most trash found was cigarette butts.
Smoking bans in restaurants and bars will eventually be the law of the land. Smoking will go the way of the dinosaur. Good riddance.
Posted on September 8 at 11:55 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Born in California, lived in Janesville from age 9 to 18. College: Whitewater, then > Madison. Graduated moved to Chicago to work, got married. Moved to Los Angeles, CA. God bless Janesville. My parents are there, so it's still "home." I still have family and friends in Janesville. Nice to visit and I appreciate many things about it, but would not want to live there, too cold in the winter and too homogenous. I prefer big city life. Many of my Parker high school friends moved to towns in Wis. (Dells, Fond du Lac, Oregon) or out of state to Indiana (for GM), Arizona, Florida.
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On Gingerbread adds spice to holidays
Posted on December 9 at 1:33 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Thank you for this article. Our family likes decorating a gingerbread house every year; fun to share the tradition.