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March 15th, 2010 at 3:31 pm
I was at the school committee meeting when Jackie asked for a report on the number of students passing the AP test. ( A valid question to know if the curriculum is working) Dave Conway went into an instant defensive mode about how this report is too much work for the school administration. I think the time for “hiding” information from parents has come to an end. So sorry to Mr Conway if it takes a little work to gain a bunch of effeciency and improve students test scores.
March 15th, 2010 at 3:56 pm
Two comments… A) he didn’t say it didn’t happen, and B) only people who are insecure can’t take a little goodnatured ribbing from someone who is obviously joking.
Doth protest too much…
Also, damned hilarious!!! Also, don’t say something rude or stupid to someone who writes on their own blog. Rita Mercier found this out a long time ago.
March 15th, 2010 at 8:28 pm
Campy and I have had plenty of public and private disputes in the past, and I expect they will continue. He knew I was going to post about our meeting, though, especially the part about the improvements in local coverage, because I told him so that day. (God’s knows, all he ever gets from me is criticism; it seemed time to give credit when it’s due.) In terms of my remark about the muffins, once he realized I was kidding, he gave it right back to me, which I was trying to show with the quotes. Perhaps we should all try to take ourselves a little less seriously…I’ll start with myself.
March 16th, 2010 at 7:56 am
I’m not sure Campy needs the high-fiber muffins but Kendall and Peter Lucas do.
March 16th, 2010 at 4:36 pm
I’m glad Ms. Doherty made that joke and wrote about it on her blog. It’s important for Campi and others to realize that the people of Lowell aren’t blind. We are all aware of the personal alliances that exist based on family ties, friendship, neighborhood, former jobs, etc. It’s natural for those alliances to form and in most cases they don’t cause any harm.
The problem comes when a journalist’s ability to report the truth seems to be clouded by those ties. Campi SHOULD be uncomforatable that the apparently close relationship he has with the superintendent is common knowledge at this point. Maybe he’ll take a minute to realize how that looks and return to the high level of scrutiny he had for the former administration.
March 16th, 2010 at 6:21 pm
I always thought that reporters reported and editors and columnists wrote. I take everything in columns with a grain of salt, for I feel that’s someone’s opinion. I rarely read editorials for the same reason. I’ll make up my own mind, thank you. The line gets blurred when reporters are assigned to a story and slant it towards their editors. Campy and Kendall have opinions and that’s all they should be. What’s more disturbing is when you hear stories of reporters in the tank with certain pols.
March 17th, 2010 at 10:12 am
I’m with Kim on this one. Why should a personal relationship between Kendall Wallace and Bill Samaras and evidently supported by Dave Conway get in the way of parents knowing how their kids are doing? We should never believe solely in what those who have a vested interest tell us. Give us the data and let us decide. In the age of databases and rapid information, if this is such a hassle for school personnel to get to the school committee, then we are indeed in sad shape as a community.
March 17th, 2010 at 9:26 pm
and speaking of Friends of Kendall, which Taupier property will the new charter school be located in?
March 20th, 2010 at 3:13 pm
PC,
From what I hear the reporters usually do put the facts in their articles and the editing goes beyond wordsmithing into creative writing. If you had a few beers with the bull pen, you’d hear how some of their stories get slanted after the fact.