The state Senate has deadlocked over whether to support a bill that would largely prohibit Indiana's public schools from
starting their school years until late August.
Senators split 25-25 on the bill Tuesday, and Lt. Gov. Becky Skillman wasn't present to break the tie. The bill could
be voted on again Wednesday.
The bill would allow school start dates of no earlier than the fourth Monday of August.
Supporters say such a law would mean more summer time together for families and boost the state's recreation and tourism
sites. Opponents argue such decisions should made by local school boards.
The Senate voted 45-5 in favor of a bill requiring schools to teach cursive writing. The state Department of Education last
year dropped cursive writing from required school curriculum in favor of keyboard proficiency.
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January 31, 2012
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Well, we could blame ABC because they haven't advertised the INDY 500....not during the HUGE TV rating shows like Dancing with the Stars (of which IICS driver Helio Castroneves is a former champion). He never won a CART championship, did he?
We could blame the new car...because it's ugly and has a V6 that has less horsepower than the pace car. CART (to my knowledge) never had that problem with cars they presented at the speedway years 1979 through 1995.
We could blame the fencepost, but that would be crass. Or maybe Danica? Or maybe Jean Alesi....or boost increases from constant rules tampering. Maybe we could blame Penske who still is winning everything as usual.
Maybe we can blame the world for not understanding the the great Indy gods who regularly twist things in such ways that we mere mortals must only accept, but never question.
So, it does beg the question....who is responsible if the series and Indy continues to flounder? Are the responsibilities so diffuse and complicated that no one really is to blame for it's fall from grace?
I urge the speedway to sign on for 7 more years of ABC coverage and 7 more years of NBC Sports Network coverage. It been win-win so far....*cough* *cough* -
"They're problem was thinking they were bigger than the institution that made their existence possible. That turned out to be a mistake."
The above quote made by Disciple shows his continued inability to grasp a simple concept: CART is dead. Twice. It provided a brilliant stage for some of the best open wheel racing in all the past century of racing. It's gone DOOD, get over it.
PLEASE explain, Mr. Disciple of INDYCAR, why you continually hammer home, even on the eve of the 2012 Indy 500, this same point...over and over? Seriously, why does the legacy of CART haunt you so much?
The same problems that affected the sport for over a century of AOW racing STILL affect it now. Your answers (or lack thereof) belittle the very sport you claim to love. Indy rots in your hands yet you request status quo. You negate salient points with drivel...always.
Indy is not going to die. But, it is dying...are you willing to accept that? "Indy is a hot mess"....it's true. Yet you want it that way? What is wrong with you? -
I just want to make sure I am reading this right - Wellpoint is eliminating 112 employees. Wellpoint is a customer of Repucare. Repucare is creating 82 jobs. I sure hope they are hiring Wellpoint employees. Does not make sense!
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Triscuts...love um!
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Of course the fair will go on. Don't you big city reporters understand county fairs? Get outside the beltway and see what life is really like!
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Gen 4:20 And the Lord saith "The days of the
sowing and harvest shall not be the days of
learning, alas, he who seeketh knowledge in
these days shall be smoked from the face of the earth."
And
Gen. 9:11 And the Lord also said, "I am your
creator; no teaching other than this is allowed; any who do shall be smoked from the
face or the earth".
Amen.
Instead of insisting that our kids spend less time in school (because, for most families, at least one parent works, so that whole "extra travel and togetherness time" nonsense won't actually happen). Here's a noble idea: year round school. There would be three 2-3 week breaks for Christmas, spring, and summer. Most civilized countries already send their kids to school year round. Why don't we let Indiana rise to the top of the nation (admittedly, not a high standard) by educating our kids more, instead of arguing about how little we can teach them by starting the calendar ever-later?