On Janesville School District redefining support staff roles

Posted on May 8 at 7:35 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

The custodians are going to be missed.

On Janesville School Board taps reserve for $3.4 million

Posted on April 27 at 9:06 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

I think it is a mistake to create a dirtier school system. Were there really too many custodians before? Yuck.

On So long, Steve: Parker principal to retire

Posted on November 19 at 12:21 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

Interesting... It seems like the "early retirement plan" is basically a middle-aged retirement plan - this guy could end up being retired for 40 years or more.

On Janesville School Board looks at year-round school

Posted on November 12 at 6:53 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

I'm for it. Are any of the elementary schools located in higher poverty neighbors air conditioned in Janesville? Pick one school and try it there first.

On Students balance multiple activities with school, family life

Posted on October 30 at 3:50 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

Awesome!

On Testing teachers: New evaluation process focuses on results

Posted on October 10 at 9:52 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

The promise of merit pay is not so much that it would make existing teachers teach better (although it could) - instead, the promise of merit pay is that it could help attract better students into the teaching profession. In what other professions do more successful people not get paid more?

On Thank you Principal McKilligan

Posted on August 17 at 4:44 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

Miss Hoyt did run a tight ship!

On the topic of the Jackson principal, did he really have a doctorate or not? An earlier article said his doctorate was earned in 2008, but in a more recent article he apparently told his staff he didn't didn't complete his degree.

On Near tragedy prompts request on Edgerton pool safety

Posted on July 9 at 9:38 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

One safety provision these parents might recommend is the requirement that a number of pools and beaches have that a parent of a child under a certain age (like 7) must be in the water with them. We have seen this requirement a few times in our visits to the Twin Cities. The lifeguard is a complement to the parent, not a substitute. Note the photo of the mom in the Palmer Park pool standing their supervising her kids

On Gravesite thefts add to families’ pain

Posted on July 2 at 10:29 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

I used to attend a support group after the death of a family member, and we used to have hilarious discussions of how to thwart thieves and cemetery workers. One family was keen on permanently gluing a matchbox-type car to their son's stone and another used to buy pinwheels in large quantities because the cemetery workers would always come by in a day or two and take them away.
Actually stealing stuff is bad, though.

On Janesville taverns prepare for smoking ban

Posted on June 29 at 8:35 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

Talking monkey said about smoking: "Bad breath, but a mint takes care of that..."

No, actually a mint doesn't make you smell much better after smoking. You still reek of smoke - it is in your hair and on your clothes. Honestly, it is a kind of BO.