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PUSD Parcel Tax heading towards Feb 1, 2011 board vote
Original post made by PEVCatVC, Hacienda Gardens, on Dec 17, 2010
See video (1:28) here Web Link
With so many unknowns (CA 2011-12 budget proposal on 1/10/11, Governor-elect Brown's fiscal warning to the Education community, PUSD ongoing contract negotations with CSEA/APT/Management, mid-year CA budget cuts, PUSD expense reduction proposals not shared with the public, how can PUSD determine what amount of parcel tax revenue is needed? Or is the goal just to get some tax revenue going in the midst of all this uncertainty?
Comments (55)
a resident of Downtown
on Dec 17, 2010 at 1:59 pm
Camel's nose under the tent. Little now.. lots more later!
Just say NO!
a resident of Downtown
on Dec 18, 2010 at 5:54 am
cosmic-charlie is a registered user.
I thought we'd put that mangy dog to rest last year. According to their reasoning, their inability to live within their means we all have to suffer and bail them out with our pocket books.
No new taxes, read my lips, no new taxes. You want more money? I propose a one to one scenario where the school board finds one dollar in savings for every one dollar they want to pry from my pocket book.
Nimrods, all of them.
Oh yeah, Merry Christmas!
a resident of Country Fair
on Dec 18, 2010 at 8:28 am
The problem with cost cutting is that the district has already done that. The revenue is millions less than it was a couple of years ago. All programs have been affected. Yet, children continue to come through the doors. All neighboring districts continue to support their communities by approving parcel taxes. Pleasanton is being left behind. Watch the property values plummet as Pleasanton becomes known as the community that doesn't support their schools (too late - ask any realtor - that's already happening). Come on, people! There is a new Supt. and a new Board. Listen and learn with an open mind about today's issues affecting our school district.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Dec 18, 2010 at 8:45 am
"The problem with cost cutting is that the district has already done that."
Really? Last I hear, we still have step and column, admin got raises and their perks continue, etc. How can you say they already went through cutting costs? Just ask Casey about the nice package he got on his way out.
The way they cut costs was not good. It was a bandaid and not a good one: furlough days hurt the students, eliminating the 7 period hurt the students.
Let's have true cost cutting: across the board paycut, or getting rid of perks, or rolling back salaries, or stopping step and column until the recession is over, need I go on?
No parcel tax, especially if Bowser is anywhere near the campaign
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Dec 18, 2010 at 8:49 am
"All neighboring districts continue to support their communities by approving parcel taxes"
And look what Cupertino and San Ramon did with their parcel taxes: used the money for the programs for one year and then the next, they used it for COLA and the programs it was supposed to save were eliminated anyway.
Just ask anyone with kids in San Ramon. Even the parcel tax organizers were disappointed and spoke to the press about it. They were lied to, and they did not like how the money for certain programs was now going to be used for... you got it: teacher raises, aka, union-mandated increases
And Cupertino? Same thing. Didn't you read the news? The residents had to raise 3 million just to keep the programs the tax was supposed to save.
a resident of Downtown
on Dec 18, 2010 at 9:32 am
"The problem with cost cutting is that the district has already done that."
What rock do you live under? Step and column is a RAISE not a CUT!
CUT the money for everyone, every simgle person!, then come back and tell us how you plan to spend the money. Or just put another tax on the ballot and watch it die.
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Dec 18, 2010 at 10:18 am
Step and column raises and unfunded pensions are set in stone.
You will not get one cent until you address the core issues facing PUSD. The Board? They work for the teachers so disregard any recomendations they make.
They will blow 600k on two referrendums an go 0 for 2.
What they won't do is pound on the table and demand concessions from the overpaid teachers.
a resident of Country Fair
on Dec 18, 2010 at 10:28 am
Step and Column is NOT set in stone.
See report Web Link by School Services of California advising districts on options and considerations for freezing S&C.
Permanent reductions in the expense cost structure is what is required, not one-time band-aids that are ripped off every year and then re-applied in different places.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Dec 18, 2010 at 1:37 pm
Thanks for the document DCOT.
So it IS POSSIBLE to freeze step and column. Why hasn't PUSD done that? Why are they talking about a parcel tax before doing what many in the community have asked for years - to freeze step and column, at least until the recession is over and the budget starts looking better?
I am almost certain that Bowser will NOT vote for that, as it would affect him directly. Freezing teachers' step and column means his wife too which means his own family income goes down. Now that is a true conflict of interest.
And also: roll back the negotiations Casey did on behalf of his then "cabinet" - they got a nice contract done and finalized before he left and before the board was able to even talk about the budget and how much less money it would have.
a resident of Hart Middle School
on Dec 18, 2010 at 1:47 pm
No point in debating this. A noisy minority will defeat any parcel tax, no matter the damage it does to Pleasanton schools and the long-term health of Pleasanton's community. At least that's true in the present situation, where the opposition to ALL taxes in Pleasanton is well-funded and organized, while support (which is both broad and deep for a parcel tax) is loosely organized.
This minority opposing the parcel tax, many of whom are Tea Partiers or identify with that movement, see ALL taxes as theft. The majority of us view taxes, as Justice Holmes once wrote, as the "price we pay for a civilized society". This is an ideological divide that cannot be bridged through debate or discussion; one side or the other must enforce its views upon the other side.
It's come to my attention that there is a plan among the Tea Partiers that's been in the works for some time.
The plan has three stages:
First, starve the school district of funds during this prolonged financial crisis (the one caused by the manipulation of the global financial system by greedy Wall Street bankers and financiers);
Second, declare the district bankrupt and shred the union contract. Convert PUSD into a "charter district". We are moving much closer to this and much faster than I had thought possible.
Third, hire some highly-paid "consultants" to "manage" the district at double the salaries of the current administrators (some of the Tea Partiers make their living doing this, tho' they'll not reveal that fact) while cutting the salaries of teachers in half and taking away all of their professional independence. Teachers will serve at the pleasure of the parents and can and will be fired if they don't do exactly as the parents say--for example, giving Johnny an A+ that he didn't earn.
Now that Pleasanton has lost its lawsuit to keep affordable housing out of the city, the TPers view the ability to control enrollment in PUSD as more essential than ever to keep certain minorities, such as Latinos and African-Americans, out of PUSD schools (Asians are the "good minority" so they're welcome as long as Asian students don't become the majority and so long as they continue to boost the district's test scores). Once PUSD becomes a charter district, PUSD can pay surrounding districts such as Livermore and San Ramon to take the new low-income residents (thereby keeping the schools mostly white and avoiding the need to build new schools to accommodate the increased student population).
The plan appears to be moving right along. The majority of Pleasantonians have no clue and that's also part of the plan. The Tea Partiers are trying, as the right-wing strategist Grover Norquist once said, to "shrink the size of government so it can be drowned in a bathtub". The fact that some of the Tea Party activists will enrich themselves in the process (at the expense of the taxpayers!) is just one of those many happy coincidences in life, I'm sure.
The majority of Pleasantonians can either counter-organize or let the Tea Party plan run its course, tho' the latter choice will have disastrous long-term consequences for the stability of the community and its property values, not to mention the deleterious effects on the education of Pleasanton's youth. So far, I've not seen anyone who has the courage to stand up to the bullying tactics of the Tea Partiers. Judging by the nastiness we experienced during the last parcel tax debate, this time around should be as gentle as wolves and lambs.
Oh and by the way...Merry Christmas!
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Dec 18, 2010 at 2:02 pm
wow YAT - do you have any proof at all for what you just stated?
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Dec 18, 2010 at 3:25 pm
Stacey is a registered user.
YAT wrote: "hire some highly-paid "consultants" to "manage" the district at double the salaries of the current administrators"
The district already does that, from the practice of paying "retired" administrators as consultants to the exorbitant consultant fees paid for the bond refunding.
YAT wrote: "avoiding the need to build new schools to accommodate the increased student population"
The district already does that too.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Dec 18, 2010 at 6:43 pm
"while support (which is both broad and deep for a parcel tax) is loosely organized."
Measure G was fairly well organized, TV time and all. Even I voted for G.
It was a good thing it did not pass, though, because after what I saw, I realized that students do not come first as they claim here, what comes first is teachers raises, admin perks, Casey even hired back one of his buddies just so retirement amounts would not be affected! - and he did so with the consent of the board. (watch the board meeting).
YAT: Someone asked you on another post if you were really a teacher, since you posted frequently during school hours:
Web Link
It looks like you have too little work during the school day. And you complain about why we the taxpayers feel you get too much money for not enough work? Maybe it is true that you are not a teacher but a librarian? I seem to remember some librarian, from Foothill I think? who had opinions similar to yours.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Dec 19, 2010 at 9:59 am
"Casey even hired back one of his buddies just so retirement amounts ..."
But Casey is gone and we have two new board members. I'm likely to support a new parcel tax, but I'll have to see exactly what the measure says.
"Even the parcel tax organizers were disappointed and spoke to the press about it. "
Please provide links with the interviews. I'd be interested in what they said.
"Step and Column is NOT set in stone."
I'm not sure I have a problem with step and column being preserved. I don't know if we really want to be the only district to freeze step and column while all the others do not. I don't think that would be a wise decision, do you? Teaches are still being hired even in this downturn. New position come up when teachers retire or quit (yes both happened this year at my younger son's school). I don't think we want to give the best teachers that kind of incentive to go teach in San Ramon, Cupertino, or elsewhere. Do you think that is prudent? I mean we would be the only district to have frozen step and column. I think I read that you proposed some sort of "cuts only" solution to the budget shortfall. Don't you think we would be giving these new teachers who we a hiring incentive to teach in other districts?
a resident of Downtown
on Dec 19, 2010 at 5:41 pm
Sheesch!!! I wish you people would post before you hit the sauce!
It'd be a heckova lot easier to follow what you are saying.. rather than guessing what your typo's meant.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Dec 19, 2010 at 9:32 pm
No parcel tax till Hell freezes over. Do not waste any more time and money. Live within the revenues by taking cuts in salaries,pensions and medical benefits. Cut out administrators. Parcel tax is just a red herring. It will never pass.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Dec 20, 2010 at 8:56 am
I was asking if we really want to be the only district that freezes step and column? New teachers are still being hired. I don't think we need to give them more incentive to go to Cupertino, San Ramon, or other top districts do we?
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Dec 20, 2010 at 9:52 am
If you can afford to donate and think it a wise investment, please do so. If you can't affords it or think it unwise at this time, then don't. However a parcel tax forces everyone into the same boat.
a resident of Pleasanton Heights
on Dec 20, 2010 at 9:55 am
DRATS, foiled again! If it weren't for that meddling Y.A.T. all our devious plans for converting the present state of entitlement based public sector funding to a merit, performance and fiscally accountable model could have been implemented but now our "Tea Party" cover has apparently has been blown and we'll have to figure out a new angle on how to push our evil agenda of world domination.
We have nurtured three plus generations of earmark and entitlement babies, cutting them off cold-turkey is not going to work but sooner or later the free lunch of the governments funding of every horse & buggy whip, 8-Track tape manufacturer (failing auto industry, et. al.) and other obsolete, under performing and entitlement based entity gonna have to come to a screeching halt.
...oh yeah, Merry Christmas!
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Dec 20, 2010 at 11:22 am
"I was asking if we really want to be the only district that freezes step and column? "
Would you prefer to be like San Ramon? A district that successfully passed the parcel tax, used the money for what it said it would for one year and now in 2010 they are back to cutting programs even with the parcel tax? They are using the tax money for step and column.
Someone has to lead: step and column must be frozen, and if PUSD is the only smart one, then I say: go for it.
Teachers are plenty, and teaching jobs in the good school districts are not. With so many teacher layoffs in the past and about to come this school year, I don't think we will have too few teachers. With so many unemployed (9%?) professionals, we might see more going into teaching (some of my friends with master's are now finishing their teaching credential and plan to switch to teaching from the private sector)
Read about San Ramon in 2010:
Web Link
and back in 2009:
Web Link
Sorry, but I won't go for a 4 year parcel tax that will "solve" the problem for one year, and the next the programs will be cut anyway. WHy? Because the teachers' union get priority: their precious step and column, their benefits must be funded(or so they say and demand) even if that means cuts to programs, at the expense of the quality of education for our kids.
NO to the parcel tax until true solutions are implemented!
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Dec 20, 2010 at 1:40 pm
I've had kids in Cupertino schools and still have friends there. The teachers aren't any better in Cupertino. What makes the scores high in that District are the parents who push their kids hard and send them to after-school and weekend "schools" where the kids spend much of their free time studying. Teaching these kids is not an uphill hike but it can be a challenge for the teachers to deal with some parents, so this is not necessarily a teacher's first job choice compared to Pleasanton.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Dec 20, 2010 at 10:40 pm
I followed those links, but couldn't find quotes from supporters of the parcel tax in San Ramon who were disappointed. Do you mean in the comments section? That could be anyone, right? Maybe I'm looking in the wrong place.
"With so many unemployed (9%?) professionals,"
I thought it was closer to 5% with college degrees.
"Teaching these kids is not an uphill hike but it can be a challenge for the teachers to deal with some parents, so this is not necessarily a teacher's first job choice compared to Pleasanton."
True, but I think being the only district with no step and column raises would tip the balance away from us. I do think it is something we have to worry about.
a resident of Amador Estates
on Dec 20, 2010 at 10:55 pm
Thank you, resident for your your honest perspective of the situation. It reveals a lot about what many people think about education funding.
Sure there are many teachers in the education sector, but how many good ones are there who are able to help students perform (granted, with the assistance of parents) on many different measures? We have many now who are able to do that, but if we take away such incentives, then we risk making PUSD a second-tier district.
Also, you are short-sighted to think that a major problem is paying for step and column. Sure, that is an expense. And I'll grant you, it could be argued whether it is necessary in troubled economic times such as these. However, focussing on that is misdirection. The real problem is with state funding for education services.
Read this article: Web Link
And if you do read the article, you will see that Jerry Brown wants to give people what they pay for. That means far fewer services than they are used to getting. I support this even if it means that I lose my job.
Why? As a state, we deserve to have classes with 40 students. We deserve to have fewer counselors. We deserve to cut the successful music programs at our schools because the funding for our schools is so poor.
Until we deal with the lack of funding for schools at the state level, we deserve what we get.
As an aside, the paltry $98 for a parcel tax is a joke. That won't take care of the problem given how severe the problem really is. The district bungled the last effort and it seems that it is going to bungle this one as well. Parvin should not be led into this disaster waiting to happen.
Also, if we are to be leaders in any type of reform in PUSD, it shouldn't be with step and column but in having a discussion around seniority. As we lay off teachers this spring (and we will be), we will not be looking at their performance reviews but at their seniority. If any practice should be questioned, it is this one.
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Dec 20, 2010 at 11:18 pm
Stacey is a registered user.
I'd much rather see a larger discussion around how compensation is structured in general so as to align it better with organizational goals. There's really no reason to have the step and column salary schedule and there's other districts experimenting with alternatives to it. The law doesn't require that exact type of schedule. There's been time to have such a discussion since the last parcel tax election failed.
a resident of Pleasanton Heights
on Dec 20, 2010 at 11:18 pm
(Also, if we are to be leaders in any type of reform in PUSD, it shouldn't be with step and column but in having a discussion around seniority. As we lay off teachers this spring (and we will be), we will not be looking at their performance reviews but at their seniority. If any practice should be questioned, it is this one.)
Maybe you and your union should actually address this issue before coming to taxpayers for more money? The reform you speak of will only come in one of two ways: the teachers will demand the union eliminate the seniority rule for the benefit of the students, or the taxpayers will eliminate additional funding which may lead to the teachers asking for the elimination of the seniority rule. And to say that raises aren't an issue is ignoring the obvious.
Quit crying wolf.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Dec 20, 2010 at 11:40 pm
" There's really no reason to have the step and column salary schedule and there's other districts experimenting with alternatives to it. "
Yes, but as far as I know, those are only horrible districts who don't have much to lose anyway. They can afford to take chances.
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Dec 20, 2010 at 11:52 pm
Stacey is a registered user.
Since I haven't named any districts, we are most likely not talking about the same ones. Mindreading is a skill some claim to have. I wouldn't build an argument on data collected through it though.
As for affordability, PUSD's current salary schedule locks the district into rising costs whether they can be paid or not. A $98 parcel tax sure won't generate enough revenue to pay for the $2MM or so the automatic salary increases annually raise costs by.
a resident of Amador Estates
on Dec 20, 2010 at 11:53 pm
Dude, you'll see who's crying wolf come this spring.
a resident of Country Fair
on Dec 21, 2010 at 9:15 am
Don't ask for a Parcel Tax when there has not been and there still are not any positive solutions, with honest accountability. This Board is the same as the past. Who's kidding who? Just Say No Parcel Tax.
Merry Christmas
a resident of Danbury Park
on Dec 21, 2010 at 9:26 am
Parcel tax again? Let me see if I have my facts straight. We defeated that once, right? The schools need money, right? Hiring a consultant to tell the school board they need money, is a waste of money, right? No apparent reining in on school board pay & perks to save some money, didn't happen, right? The school board decided the only way to save money was to cut the "Hands-on-School" teachers and increase class size, and cut some activities, right?
I must not see the big picture or maybe I do. It's the trickle-down mentality. Long live the Perks!
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Dec 21, 2010 at 11:02 am
YAT's conspiracy theory above is interesting. I've never heard it, so I must be in the wrong TEA Party circle.
I guess it is now too radical in Pleasanton to promote Personal Liberty, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets and Government limits.
This kind of talk may seem way too radical for YAT. However, the NEA (teacher's union) has some great recommended reading for their members...those who are teaching our kids. Web Link Perhaps YAT could write us a 1000 word report to help us understand how we have "misunderstood" the union's roll in this situation.
But YAT IS right on one statement, a small minority can defeat the parcel tax. Fortunately, we have a decent majority and the parcel tax will fail miserably when we explain how the financial problems experienced by the state, cities and schools is not a revenue problem...it is a spending problem.
The last election was different...the campaigns are over, but our citizen activists who walked Pleasanton 46+ precincts (multiple times) are still organized, in tact and ready respond. It will be a good refresher as we prepare for 2012.
A word of advice PUSD...Don't go the parcel tax route until you can show you have cut to the bone with the unions. It is their turn to sacrifice. Big sacrifice! The dialogue over he parcel tax this spring will be: "PUSD chose the unions over our kids, so pony up tax payer suckers!".
You can join the fight for fiscal sanity here: Web Link
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Dec 21, 2010 at 11:58 am
"Since I haven't named any districts, we are most likely not talking about the same ones. Mindreading is a skill some claim to have."
What a pleasant way to have a conversation. No Stacey, one does not have to mind read to realize that the school districts that have talked about these radical changes are the poorest performing districts.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Dec 21, 2010 at 12:03 pm
"Fortunately, we have a decent majority ..."
What? Both the recent poll and the Measure G results showed that a clear majority (about 62%) favored a parcel tax. And by the way, I have attended a Pleasanton Tea party event, mainly because I didn't like seeing our government bail out failed Wall Street companies with my tax dollars, yet in many cases suffered no consequences. So, you can call me a tea party guy and I won't be offended, but I may well vote for or even campaign for a parcel tax
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Dec 21, 2010 at 12:26 pm
Polling is a about how you ask the question. Elections are all about how you frame the debate.
I'll stipulate that I do not have data to confirm my "majority" comment and will revise it to state:
"Fortunately, I suspect we will have a decent majority and the parcel tax will fail miserably when we explain how the financial problems experienced by the state, cities and schools is not a revenue problem...it is a spending problem."
Regadless, I'll respect your vote however it may be. It's a tough issue.
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Dec 21, 2010 at 1:24 pm
Stacey is a registered user.
Another resident wrote: "one does not have to mind read to realize that the school districts that have talked about these radical changes are the poorest performing districts."
Not true. What districts did you have in mind and what did you think I was talking about? I'm not talking about Michelle Rhee-styled pay reform in poor performing DC. I started a whole thread dedicated to this subject in the past here Web Link. I'd simply like to see the district have the conversation of better aligning employee compensation with organizational goals. The salary schedule has issues for both employer and employee (employer locked into raises it can't give some years which results in cuts to services, employees punished for having seniority that freezes one on the schedule, little respect given to teacher quality).
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Dec 21, 2010 at 1:34 pm
Stacey is a registered user.
Web Link
"The single-salary schedule used in most places:
* Rewards only experience and graduate education courses, which have been found to be weakly or even negatively associated with student achievement
* Provides administrators no flexibility to respond to market forces
* Offers teachers no financial incentive to improve their instructional expertise and effectiveness
* Forces even the most effective teachers to wait many years to reach the higher rungs of the schedule, undermining recruitment and retention of talented college graduates.
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Dec 21, 2010 at 1:41 pm
Stacey is a registered user.
"Alternative Teacher Compensation – A Primer" Web Link
"this policy primer is designed to provide baseline information about new forms of teacher pay that are emerging around the country, to support the local conversations and negotiations that will lead to the development of innovative compensation systems. It identifies reasons why teacher compensation is high on local, state, and federal policy agendas, describes some of the new pay programs that have been implemented, and offers an initial analysis of what we are learning from these various and diverse pay experiments."
a resident of Pleasanton Valley
on Dec 21, 2010 at 1:51 pm
Get some sense School Board. UNTIL PENSIONS AND SPENDING ARE ADDRESSED, NO NEW MONEY OR PARCEL TAX IS AVAILABLE. YOU OUR SUPPOSE TO BE REPRESENTING THE TAX PAYER.
a resident of Country Fair
on Dec 22, 2010 at 5:58 pm
Val - You said "Watch the property values plummet as Pleasanton becomes known as the community that doesn't support their schools (too late - ask any realtor - that's already happening)." That argument didn't work two years ago, and it won't work now.
Supporters of the June 2009 Measure G Parcel Tax used the 'protect property values' argument. PUSD Trustee Ott said at a school board meeting that property values would decline as a result of Measure G losing. Almost two years later, property values in Pleasanton remain almost the same, while across the state and nation most property values have significantly declined. Total sales in Pleasanton have increased.
To those of you crafting the pro-parcel tax arguments, be careful what you write. Make sure it's accurate and defendable.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Dec 22, 2010 at 8:29 pm
Accurate and defendable for DCOT's facts? or wishes? That would mean no tax under any circumstance since he continues to change the "requirements" and even call $20 million in cuts to the district, not good enough.
I say no parcel tax and take the district back down to the legal minimum requirements from the state. The extra days that were cut this year, were just that-extras, the 7th period- was extra, the specialists- extra, 20:1- extra (as long as we go back to preCSR standards/assessment requirements) Teachers are preparing for this, looking at neighboring districts for jobs (they are hiring and anxious to take a PUSD teacher, just spoke to a principal in SR who shared this) Being ranked 12th in the state isn't what really matters, cut the extras, they won't matter.
Yet, DCOT, be careful of what you then complain/campaign for. I find it terribly ironic that you now complain that the extras have been cut! Be careful what you wish for.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Dec 22, 2010 at 9:02 pm
"(they are hiring and anxious to take a PUSD teacher, just spoke to a principal in SR who shared this)"
What a bunch of nonsense! Have you not heard that SR is laying off? That's right, the parcel tax money is not enough, the raises take it all, so they are laying off, and not just teachers.
Stop the fairy tales: the reality is that teachers will be plenty, this time next year there will be many of them unemployed and happy to just be subsitute teaching.
As for the 7 period: that is not coming back even if PUSD were to pass a parcel tax, even if the district misleads people, the truth is: the 7 period is gone and won't be coming back even if parcel taxes pass or donations are given.
NO to a parcel tax until fiscally responsible decisions are made!
a resident of another community
on Dec 22, 2010 at 9:42 pm
"NO to a parcel tax until fiscally responsible decisions are made!"
Do you really expect the teachers union to stand for that?
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Dec 22, 2010 at 10:14 pm
Dublin is hiring as well, building new schools- many from Pleasanton got hired there this year. Over the next five years hundreds of retiring baby boomers will open up many positions in this valley. My school alone has many retiring, and not just teachers.
Area credential programs have put their programs on hold, not enough applying to become teachers this semester so they are holding off classes. It's all over the news and a reality that those of us IN the profession know first hand about. Web Link
Oh believe me, we know what schools have openings, who is retiring, and when. You may think PUSD is an extremely desirable place to teach (an opinion from outside the classroom) but that sentiment is not the norm anymore. The community's attitude towards the schools, teachers, and the district has become well known. You are fooling yourself to think that doesn't matter to educators.
And BTW, 7th period is an extra, you yourself are calling for fiscal responsibility- no more extras!
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Dec 22, 2010 at 10:57 pm
"Almost two years later, property values in Pleasanton remain almost the same"
Aren't they down about 5% to 10%? I'm not saying that has anything to do with the failure of Measure G, but I'm not quite sure where you get your numbers. Do you work in Real Estate?
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Dec 22, 2010 at 11:33 pm
You must be living in a different planet. Many teachers are unemployed and many more will be soon. You speak about Dublin? Read on:
Web Link
"no more extras! "
That's right, I gave up on it a year ago. In SR, the community was fooled into thinking the "extras" would be funded by the parcel tax. Boy were they wrong: the parcel tax passed, kept the "extras" for a year and then "bye extras, money to be used for teacher raises."
But since you say no more extras in PUSD (which is already the case, 7 period is gone), why on earth would you expect me to donate or vote yes on a parcel tax? To keep only the basics with inflated salaries that keep going up even as the budget crisis continues? What you call "extras" were taken away so that the teachers could get EXTRA salary (aka step and column)
The problem is that even with the "extras" gone, we still do not have fiscally sound solutions: we still have step and column, and this year the salaries are going up again - where is the money going to come from? They continue to cut programs and things that hurt the students but they refuse to stop the raises! And Bowser on the board can only makes things worse
a resident of Country Fair
on Dec 23, 2010 at 9:00 am
To 'Really?' -
I guess you have nothing to add about Pleasanton property values relative to the claims made by the pro-parcel tax supporters?
It seems you want to talk about all the harm done to the students by the cuts to programs, educational offerings, class sections and increased staffing levels, but don't want to talk about how the teachers and staff pay rates have stayed the same or increased. That's good, I appreciate it.
a resident of Country Fair
on Dec 23, 2010 at 9:02 am
To 'Another Resident' - Housing statistics are here:
Web Link
Go for it.
a resident of Country Fair
on Dec 23, 2010 at 9:10 am
To 'Really?' - Please help me with the stats in the article about the teacher pipeline in the article you referred to. It says:
"The number of Californians seeking to become teachers has plummeted by 45 percent over a seven year period -- even as student enrollments are projected to rise by 230,000 over the next decade and as many as 100,000 teachers are expected to retire.
Teaching is clearly becoming a less and less desirable profession for Californians. The number of students enrolled in teacher preparation programs has declined from 77,705 in 2001-02 to 42,245 in 2008-09, according to the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing.
Those dismal figures are paralleled by an ever smaller number of teachers getting their teaching credentials in California -- from 24,149 in 2004-05 to 17,797 in 2008-09, the last year for which figures are available."
It says that 100,000 teachers will retire in the next decade. That's 10,000 per year. And 17,797 received credentials in 08-09. Doesn't that mean there is still an oversupply of teachers in the pipeline?
a resident of Country Fair
on Dec 23, 2010 at 9:17 am
To 'Really' - And then on page 8 of the CFTL report Web Link it says "The drop in the number of novice teachers is even more dramatic."
Duh. Think union seniority rules might be the cause of this? What would the pipeline look like if layoffs were determined by the quality of the teacher? Do you think more people would be in teacher credential programs if they knew that they would be evaluated on their merits and not on how many years they've been working?
You think PUSD is not a desirable place to work anymore? The community would love to see a report from PUSD on the ratio of applicants to job postings over the past 5 years. Or, since you seem to be in the know, why don't you back up your claim?
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Dec 23, 2010 at 10:54 am
Don't those numbers show a 13% drop in ASP from NOV 2008 to NOV 2010? I know that ASP doesn't take into account a lot of other factors like neighborhood and size and quality of home, but that is even higher than the I thought it was.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Dec 23, 2010 at 11:14 am
Resident, you're reading minds and predicting the future again. Do you have some sort of personal grudge against Bowser? Do you know something about him that the more than 40% of voters who elected him don't? Why is it impossible in your mind that he ran for the board to try to help the district through a difficult time? I'd be willing to bet, without the benefit of your psychic abilities, that he spent more time and money on his campaign than his wife stands to make from increases in salary for many years.
How do you know the 7 period day will not come back? What if parcel tax language specifically stated the funds were to be used to reinstate it? Would you vote for it then?
Since you didn't answer me on the other thread, why didn't you run for the board? What are your solutions? You love to say that we should get rid of step and column, but what do you propose instead? I read the link that Stacey provided about alternative methods of compensation, and one thing I took from it is that they all required more money, at least at the start. How would you propose we pay for your system?
DCOT, you seem to be taking a very short-term view of the data provided. Currently, yes, there is probably still an oversupply of teachers in the pipeline. However, you can't assume that all of the students who earned credentials will actually go into the profession, and you can't assume they'll all end up teaching in California. I think the point of the article is that if the current trend of declining enrollment in credential programs continues, the real pain will be felt a few years down the road.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Dec 23, 2010 at 1:32 pm
DCOT, The lack of teachers in our very near future is nothing new- from 2007 Web Link "Harvard's economist at the Graduate School of Education, Richard J. Murnane, conducted a study on the teaching workforce of the future. The results of that study were not promising. "It's not that you don't have some terrifically talented people going into teaching. You do. The issue is that you don't have enough. And many are the most likely to leave teaching, because they have lots of other opportunities," says Murnane. Web Link
Again, teacher attrition rates are nothing new- from 2005 Web Link Over half of all new teachers leave the job within the first five years, when they find out the 8-3 workday and summers off is not the actual work load and time required to be an effective teacher.
And do reread my posts, I said no to a parcel tax, why should I be responsible for your property values when its not an issue to you. You're the one who speaks of harm to the students, with cuts of extras, then insist the district make cuts. I've been dealing with the $20 million in cuts and it is a new norm that we have to adapt to. Less. That's what these posters are asking for, so that's what we'll have.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Dec 28, 2010 at 7:50 am
Did you look at the numbers you sent me? I'm still trying to understand your point.
a resident of Country Fair
on Dec 29, 2010 at 10:34 am
The point remains that property values are not 'plummeting' as Val claims nor as measure G supporters predicted. Between Jun 2009 when Measure G lost, and Nov 2010, median sell price, average sale price and price per square foot have increased slightly. Supporters of the possible next school parcel tax need to be careful with any 'protects property values' claims.
Variability of sales data from month to month is high, so other statistical analysis may be helpful. You can do it yourself if you know how, or use zillow or trulia to model the data.
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GBP/USD closed below 1.4228 on Tuesday. The oversold pound may hold in the current region with the help of better-than-expected UK labor market data. However, there are reasons to expect that the general downtrend will continue to 1.40 and lower. Resistance is at 1.4230 and 1.4350.
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Increased rate of day surgery use for inguinal and femoral hernia repair in a decade of hospital admissions in the Veneto Region (north-east Italy): a record linkage study
Organization, structure and delivery of healthcare
Worldwide, there has been a marked increase in the number of inguinal and femoral hernia repairs performed as day surgery procedures. This study aimed to outline the epidemiology of the procedures for repairing unilateral inguinal and femoral hernia in the Veneto Region, and to analyze the time trends and organizational appropriateness of these procedures.
Drawing from the anonymous computerized database of hospital discharge records for the Veneto Region, we identified all unilateral groin hernia repair procedures completed in Veneto residents between 2000 and 2009 at both public and accredited private hospitals.
A total 141,329 hernias were repaired in the Veneto Region during the decade considered, with an annual rate of 291.2 per 100,000 population for inguinal hernia (IH) repairs and 11.2 per 100,000 population for femoral hernia (FH) repairs. Day surgery was used more for inguinal than for femoral hernia repairs, accounting for 76% and 43% (p< 0.05), respectively, of all hernia repair procedures completed during the period. The % of other than surgery hospital ordinary admissions (day surgery or ambulatory surgery) during the decade considered rose from 61.7% to 86.7% for IH and from 33.0% to 61.8% for FH.
In the last decade, the Veneto Region has reduced the rate of ordinary hospital admissions for groin hernia repair with a view to improving the efficiency of the hospital network.
With advances in diagnostic and therapeutic technologies, and surgical and anesthetic techniques, there has been a reduction in the number and duration of conventional hospitalizations and an increasing use of day surgery and ambulatory surgery procedures. This is due to the application of organizational models that pursue the efficient management of resources among their main objectives. One way to do so is to diversify the flow of patients for surgery based on the concept of appropriateness in terms not only of clinical aspects, but also of organizational issues, with a view to making the best possible use of the available health services
Guidelines drawn up by the Royal College of Surgeons in the UK argue that day surgery is the ideal treatment approach from the point of view of patient care, efficiency, and patient satisfaction for numerous operations, and the best choice for 50% of patients having to undergo surgery
Day surgery and outpatient or ambulatory solutions can preserve or even increase the level of service quality in terms of outcomes, while reducing any negative consequences relating to prolonged hospital stays. They can also lead to shorter waiting lists, and help to rationalize the costs of surgical treatments. In the case of inguinal and femoral hernia repair, the European Hernia Society has published a grade B ("weakly positive") recommendation that all patients be considered potentially eligible for day surgery
The advantages of inguinal hernia (IH) repair as a day surgery procedure, i.e. quicker mobilization, patient satisfaction and cost reduction, had been described in the literature already in 1955
Another European study showed an €800 saving for every hernia repaired at a day surgery (DS) clinic instead of having patients admitted for conventional hospital care
On a worldwide basis, there has been a clear increase in the proportion of IH repair procedures performed at DS clinics
The aim of this study was to describe the epidemiology of unilateral IH and femoral hernia (FH) repair in the Veneto Region (North-Eastern Italy) and to analyze how the health care services for these surgical procedures have changed over time.
The regulatory environment
In accordance with the provisions of the Presidential Decree of 20 October 1992
The repair of unilateral IH and FH in outpatients was just one of a number of actions taken by the health services in 2007 to ensure more appropriate healthcare dispensing based on criteria of clinical appropriateness, cost effectiveness and the efficient use of resources
Analytical methods
Using the anonymous computerized database of the Veneto Region's hospital discharge records as a source (the database is not publicly available), we identified all unilateral IH and FH repairs performed in the decade between 2000 and 2009 in Veneto residents at both public and accredited private facilities.
At the same time, we conducted a search in the regional computerized archives of outpatient data and identified all the same hernia repairs completed as ambulatory procedures in 2008–2009.
Steps were taken to analyze the care delivery system for hernia repairs based on the patients' personal characteristics, and to calculate the annual intervention rate (AIR) per 100,000 population, assessing the progress made in the decade considered.
To see whether the amount of time spent in hospital for scheduled surgical procedures has changed over the years for the various types of care-providing service, we adopted a proxy indicator of healthcare service efficiency called the "mean days of admission indicator", meaning the actual number of days spent in hospital or at ambulatory services, including:
– days of ordinary hospitalization, disregarding urgent admissions (that, by definition, could not be transferred to outpatient or ambulatory services);
– days spent in day surgery clinics, not counting the days when patients go for preoperative and postoperative visits (although this entails a consumption of resources);
– days of outpatient ambulatory attendance.
A suitable descriptive analysis was performed to calculate the distribution of absolute and relative frequencies for categorical variables and the average for quantitative variables. The t-test or F-test was used to check for any differences in mean hospital stay between the groups, and any evidence of a time trend was measured as the average annual percent change (using the Joinpoint Regression Program).
Ethical issues
The study was carried out on data routinely collected by the health services on anonymized records without any chance of individuals being identified. The data analysis was performed on aggregated data. The data in the Local Health Authority registries are recorded with the patient's consent and can be used as aggregated data for scientific studies without further authorization (
During the decade from 2000 to 2009, 143,910 Veneto residents underwent IH or FH repair. After excluding 2,581 operations (1.8%) performed outside the region, the total number of surgical procedures for hernia repair performed in the Veneto was 141,329 (136,075 for IH and 5,254 for FH); 132,569 of these cases involved unilateral hernias.
The AIR (Table
The bilateral procedures apparently included more frequency of IH surgery in females (8.8% vs. 6.5% in males; pχ2 <0.05), and of FH surgery in males (4.5% vs. 2.8% in female; pχ2 <0.05). The 8,760 bilateral repair procedures involved more frequency of IH than FH (6.3% vs. 3.2%, respectively, of the whole sample considered; pχ2 <0.05). Being ineligible for day surgery, all cases of bilateral hernia were excluded from the subsequent analyses.
For both types of hernia, hospitalization was longer for meshless procedures (pt-student < 0.05), and IH patients' mean hospital stay (disregarding the particular cohort of patients under five year old) increased with age (p < 0.05), irrespective of the surgical technique used.
Concerning the type of healthcare service involved, there was a decrease in the proportion of procedures performed in ordinary admission for IH (p forAAPC <0.05) – only 13% of IH cases were inpatients in 2009, and for FH (pforAAPC < 0.05) – with 38% of cases in the last year of our analysis.
Coinciding with the reduction in the use of inpatient care, there was an increase in the number of admissions for day surgery. The choice of ambulatory type of service had been limited for both IH and FH in the first 8 years of the decade analyzed (i.e. up until the feasibility of performing these operations in outpatients had been formally recognized), but in the last two years considered this solution was adopted for 29% of IH repairs and 35% of FH repairs, thereby helping to reduce the hospitalization rates.
Finally, no cases of death were recorded for inpatients or outpatients undergoing hernia repair in our region, neither during their hospital stay nor on the days of procedures completed as outpatient care.
This study analyzed the epidemiological aspects of a decade of IH and FH repair surgery in the Veneto Region.
The figure found for IH repairs performed between 2000 and 2009, with an AIR of 291.2 procedures per 100,000 population per year, is consistent with the literature
There was a gradual decline in the use of conventional hospital stays, for IH repair (thanks to a careful selection of patients eligible for day surgery) and also for FH repair, albeit to a lesser degree (possibly because of the larger number of procedures in urgently admitted patients). Other international studies have seen a similar reduction in the use of inpatient procedures thanks to several factors, including surgeons' greater use of local anesthesia for elective inguinal hernia repair
In addition to clinical considerations, the appropriate use of health care resources (which includes avoiding recourse to hospitalization in all cases in which the diagnostic-therapeutic process does not require inpatient care) is also mandatory from the organizational point of view, to strike the right balance between supply and demand for services, on which the sustainability of the national health system depends
Our data also show that the number of days spent in hospital for ordinary admissions did not change over the decade considered. A likely explanation for this is that, despite gradual improvements with time in the health care provided during the patients' stay, the greater selection of patients referred for ordinary hospital admissions over the years altered the case mix of patients involved. Moreover for the purposes of assessing the delivery of hospital care and thereby gauging whether hospital stays have changed over the years (whatever the type of health care service involved), we calculated the mean days of admission indicator, which dropped significantly over the course of our observation period (a decade). Although our data show that AIR and the number of interventions for FH remained broadly stable over the decade, unlike other studies, we found an increase in DS when this care model was implemented
Our proxy efficiency indicator (corresponding to the length of hospital stays for scheduled surgery) can also be seen as a useful monitoring tool for programming purposes, for orienting appropriate hospital allocation decisions, given the dynamism with which day surgery and outpatient surgery are developing. These latter solutions can help to make hospitalizations more efficient, to ensure the sustainability of the NHS, and to offer candidates for scheduled surgery shorter waiting times. Concerning this last aspect, the average waiting time for inguinal or femoral hernia repair in Europe stood at around 12.4 weeks in 2001
Further motivation to use day surgery or outpatient schemes could also come from the procedures for refunding medical expenses. In countries like the USA, day surgery procedures are reimbursed at the same rate as inpatient surgery, preventing any opportunistic behavior related to economic issues. In some countries, such as the UK, day surgery procedures are even financed at higher rates than inpatient procedures to prompt healthcare providers to become aligned with the national target to convert most surgical operations into day surgery procedures
The Veneto Region's policy is consistent with the Italian National Pact for Health 2010–2012, which explicitly calls for a reduction in the hospitalization rates, to be achieved by means of a number of actions including referring candidates for surgical procedures to day surgery and outpatient clinics instead of conventional hospitalization wherever possible in order to make the best possible use of the hospital beds and incur the lowest possible costs for the Italian national health service
IH: Inguinal hernia; FH: Femoral hernia; AIR: Annual intervention rate; DS: Day surgery.
Competing interests
The authors have no potential conflicts of interest to disclose.
Authors' contributions
MS: conceptualized the study, carried out the statistical analyses and approved the final manuscript as submitted. DM: data interpretation, reviewed and revised the manuscript, and approved the final manuscript as submitted. AB: designed the study, carried out the statistical analyses, reviewed and revised the manuscript, and approved the final manuscript as submitted. GC: conceptualized the study, and approved the final manuscript as submitted. CZ: wrote the initial manuscript and approved the final manuscript as submitted. CB and TB critically reviewed the manuscript, and approved the final manuscript as submitted. VB: conceived the study, and participated in its design and coordination, reviewed and revised the manuscript, and approved the final manuscript as submitted. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
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This would be great for holster practice at home.
Id like to get something like that also. I think it would make a great training tool.
Wow. That'd be a great tool but man are they proud of them.
Pretty neat.
115$ is steep though.
The only problem I see is with non double action pistols. If I wanted to practice with my glock, I would have to rack the slide to reset the trigger each time.
I would be very interested in a .38 special version for practice with my J-frame though....
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IRVING, Texas (AP) The Dallas Cowboys aren't changing coaches. Instead, coach Wade Phillips plans to change.
After seeing Super Bowl hopes fizzle into a 9-7 season that wasn't good enough to make the playoffs, team owner Jerry Jones has vowed to bring back Phillips, and Phillips on Monday vowed to do things differently.
"We know thing must improve. The only way is to change things," Phillips said. "To get to the standard we want, I don't see another way."
Phillips said he and Jones already "talked man to man" about what went wrong and what needs to be done about it. All he's decided so far is that he needs a plan; he's only started putting it together. However, he said both coordinators will be back and he expects all the star players to return.
Considering his laid-back demeanor and reputation as a players' coach, Phillips seems to be saying he plans to get tough. However, he'll be 62 when training camp starts and going into his 33rd season in the NFL, so it remains to be seen whether someone so established can become a different kind of leader.
"My personality is not going to change so much as what you ask players to do," he said.
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He didn't come back that night. He left me there, crying to myself , thinking about all those poor poor people. Wondering what I could do, in the middle of nowhere, some where out in the Atlantic ocean.
I finally fell asleep in a heap on the lounge chair.
I woke some hours later exhausted and feeling very broken, angry, and very hurt by James words. I waited for him to come, the hours ticking by. Nothing. I looked out of the small window, nothing to see still. Ocean stretching far and wide on the horizon. Then sky clouding over.
I tried the door once more, still locked. I looked through the key hole, the key blocking out anything I could see. I wonder if there is anyone on guard of me? I thought. Would he really do that, expect that from me? No. I thought not.
I looked around the room looking for something that I could maybe push the key through with and then somehow hook it under the door. Through the half inch gap. But there was nothing. James's paper knife was far too wide. I put the back down on the table, but then thought better of it. Picking it up and carefully inserting it into the seam of my petticoat. I would never know, I may need it, god forbid.
I had to do something, I couldn't just sit here and wait.
So I shouted and screamed. I could hear the men's voices from outside. The chatter, the shouts and the occasional laughter. I emptied the fruit bowl, throwing the contents on the floor, and started banging the wooden bowl against the door. As hard as I could.
'Someone has got to hear me' I thought. He can't confide me to quarters, I didn't take orders from him.
'Argha' I screamed and with all my strength I hit the door as many times as I could manage. Screaming and shouting and in the end just kicking the door with all my might.
Then I heard a knock on the door.
'Mam, is everything alright?' said the voice. It was one of the deck hands or soldiers.
'Open the door, quickly please.' I begged. Shaking the door handle when I knew it was already locked.
'please' I said again lowering my voice.
'Mam, you have to understand that I cannot do so' I sighed turning my back and leaning against the door, hands up to my face. A prisoner on board.
'Mam' I didn't answer.
'Mam' he asked again. 'its against orders' he exclaimed.
'Who's?' I shouted. The anger brewing up again inside me.
'Young sir James, Mam', The solider replied.
I thought as much.
'Please, please let me out. I need to get out please' I cried. Pleading with the man to open the door, and crying as loudly as I could.
'oh' The man said to himself.
'I'll see you all right' I whispered through the door. Thinking that he could probably be bought and paid off.
I could hear him pace on the spot, thinking about what to do. If he should let me out or not. Talking to himself.
'Ok' he shouted after much deliberation. ' I'll let you out Mam'.
'Yes, good man' I whispered. Feeling the relief washing over me but not thinking what I was going to do next.
'But Mam?' the man asked me. 'It would be more than my life to let you out and for the young Master to find out it was I' he exclaimed.
'Don't worry' I sighed. ' just let me out, hurry' The eagerness in my voice, the panic in case someone came.
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I sat down excitedly to take my tests. It was the first time I had ever taken a test and I wanted to do my best. I could bring more stars home for Tommy! He'd be so proud of me!
Principal Daniel came in with our papers and I beamed and waved at him. He waved back. He was nice. He spent a lot of time with me, telling me jokes and asking me about Tommy. Finally Tommy would have a chance to have a friend who was really nice.
The papers were passed around and I began. All was silent in the classroom. A few children were shuffling nervously in their seats but I eagerly made the appropriate check marks. I knew all of these answers! Oh, Tommy will be so proud!
"Megan Buckley," Principal Daniel said and I looked at him. His face was angry, though. "Come here right now."
I frowned, feeling nervous. I picked up my finished test and followed him into his office.
"Give me your papers," he said and I held them out.
He snatched them from me and I bit my lip. He went through each answer, his face getting angrier.
"I never thought you'd do this," he said quietly.
"I knew all the answers," I said proudly.
"You cheated," he whispered and my jaw dropped.
"No!" I said quickly. "No, Principal Daniel, I didn't. I-"
He put the papers down and got out the one item that every student dreaded: the paddle. He shook his head at me, sighing.
"Megan, you're better than this. You should be so ashamed of yourself."
Tears spilled down my cheeks as he pointed at his lap. I shook.
"I didn't cheat," I whimpered.
"Don't make it worse by lying," he said. "Now come and get it over with."
"You're already getting five," he warned. "Do you want more?"
I sobbed and hung my head, walking over. I bit my lower lip. I had heard that it wouldn't hurt. It was more for humiliation and to teach a lesson. The minute the paddle came in contact with my rear, though, I let out a small whimper.
They lied! This hurt! This hurt a lot!
When my five spanks were over, he sighed heavily.
"That hurt me more than you, Megan," he said. "Now, I'll discuss this with your brother when he comes to pick you up after school." He shook his head and put the paddle away. "Goodness. You should be so ashamed."
"But I didn't cheat!" I sobbed, rubbing my backside. "And you hurt me!"
He stared at me then opened the door. "Back to class with you, Megan Buckley."
I was crying and hid my face in Thomas's chest. He was shaking as he held me.
"Why didn't you tell me?" he whispered.
"Th-They said it was normal," I whispered back. "When I told my teacher it hurt, sh-she thought I was just being over dramatic. Then, when I told Mr. Pink, he showed me how it was really supposed to feel. I made him promise not to tell you."
He held me tighter. "Oh Megan. I wish you had said something, baby!"
"It was too late," I said. "By the time Mr. Pink convinced me to, Daniel was gone." I sighed. "I lied to him. I told him I talked to you about it. That's why he never told you."
"Megan," he groaned and I could feel him crying. "All this time I thought it was because of what you saw. That was only part of it, wasn't it?" I nodded. "What else did he do, Megan?"
I shook my head. "That was the only thing, I swear it. After he paddled me, he was nice again. So, I thought that when a man gets angry, he hits you. When he's not angry anymore, he's nice and I can trust him again."
My eyes shot open as he began to sob. I looked up at him but he had let me go to cover his face.
"No, Tommy," I said, shaking my head and pulling on his wrists. "No don't cry! Please don't cry!"
Elvira came running in and her pale face told me she heard everything. She ran to us and put her arms around both of us. I dissolved into tears as she did and we held onto each other.
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