Comments on irasali's domain: The pride and joy of La Villita

wow, must get my rezbaby down there to see the sch...

2005-09-13T23:57:00.000-05:00

wow, must get my rezbaby down there to see the school with my own two eyes.

bureaucratic red tape makes me sick

2005-09-10T19:43:00.000-05:00

bureaucratic red tape makes me sick

Ahh, thanks for the love. Unfortunately I think th...

2005-09-10T19:42:00.000-05:00

Ahh, thanks for the love. Unfortunately I think that I am on the verge of leaving education altogether. Maybe I'll come back at some point later in life but right now I just can't afford to wait around for an opportunity :( It really sucks because being a teacher is all I wanted to do. Oh well I guess sometimes things don't happen for a reason.

almost completly off topic...we could use someone ...

2005-09-10T19:21:00.000-05:00

almost completly off topic...we could use someone like Tavo everywhere in life...man I'd have loved a teacher like him.

Great news on the school!!! And, God bless Jesus G...

2005-09-10T15:44:00.000-05:00

Great news on the school!!! And, God bless Jesus G. Garcia, from what you say, the guy is someone every community needs. I dream of the day where a school can be opened with as much ease as any other private entity. If I want to give to my community by opening up a pizza store, why is that easier to do than if I wanted to give back to my community by opening up a school with better teachers,

That's one of the things that pisses me off about ...

2005-09-10T13:49:00.000-05:00

That's one of the things that pisses me off about some of the people I work with. They'll say things like, "Well, not all these kids are going to college."

That's b.s. man. I tell all of my kids that I want them to go to college. Anyway, this school sounds awesome. I bet they could use someone like Tavo there.

The school is very exciting. They have an arts div...

2005-09-10T11:12:00.000-05:00

The school is very exciting. They have an arts division there. I'm glad to see that this school got built. It's so important that Latinos get as much education as possible. Yesterday, I met one of the moms on the hunger strike. Very inspirational. She did have a concern about the quality of education that will be provided because like she said, 'You can have a great looking building but if the

one more thing, i do want to vent on is the way th...

2005-09-09T16:08:00.000-05:00

one more thing, i do want to vent on is the way the administration to the public schools handled this situation. although, paul vallas, then ceo to cps and gary chico, president to the board of ed. 'turned' things around in chicago public schools. i do have to say that their arrogance was unbelievable. i sat in a few of the monthly meetings for cps. when complaints about this school were in

hector, thanks sharing that info. i didn't know c...

2005-09-09T15:47:00.000-05:00

hector, thanks sharing that info. i didn't know chuy was responsible for earmarking the first round of money. he's a great man and has done so much. and it was unbelievable--the way he was displaced from his senate seat by some unknown--someone should have called for a recount. i think chuy's protest of the uic expansion in the mid-90's also hurt him. but i was thrilled when i found out about

Was anyone held accountable for screwing an entire...

2005-09-09T14:58:00.000-05:00

Was anyone held accountable for screwing an entire neighbrhood out of a school they were promised for all that time? Was the money originally allocated to the construction ever tracked down?

I'm happy for the kids who will benefit from these...

2005-09-09T12:54:00.000-05:00

I'm happy for the kids who will benefit from these schools, but I'm still sad that the one person who worked hardest on this school gets very little recognition. Jesus G. Garcia, former alderman and then State Senator for this community was the one who designated the original money from the state to get the HS built back in 1998. But becasue he was an "independent", not a "machine" democrat, the

yeah i was soooo excited about the new school open...

2005-09-09T11:02:00.000-05:00

yeah i was soooo excited about the new school opening as well!!!

cindylu, the hungerstrikes took place about two or...

2005-09-09T10:49:00.000-05:00

cindylu, the hungerstrikes took place about two or three years ago--(shame on me i can't remember exact dates anymore). it began on mother's day and lasted 19 days. one of the cool features of the new school's architecture is a sun dial that allows light into a center hall of the school. its designed to cast a shadow on that hall every mother's day annually as a reminder of what took place to

So when were the hunger strikes held? And is the s...

2005-09-09T03:20:00.000-05:00

So when were the hunger strikes held? And is the school just opening?

i was ecstatic to see the new school on TV! Yay!...

2005-09-08T21:15:00.000-05:00

i was ecstatic to see the new school on TV! Yay!