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In point 2, the author argues “Economic realities for all should take precedence over a small school for a few.” Based on that argument, it follows that the author will be opposing the Nea charter school application for a “small school for a few” because of its negative economic impact “for all” the students in Alameda. Is he?

In point 4, the author comments: “equity or quality of educational opportunity. I like the way Trish Spencer answered it best. After all it is not a situation we face, why get stuck on hypothetical?” My impression was that Trish Spencer dodged and didn’t actually answer the question (which is not a hypothetical question). Every year there have been budget cuts over the past seven years, that exact issue has come up, as it will in future budget decisions: Everyone agrees we shouldn’t cut, but we have to. In deciding what to cut, principles and values such as equity and excellence are applied. A whole lot of people thought the budget cuts of 2008 were in equitable. How is that controversy hypothetical? Why wouldn’t Trish Spencer just say what she thought?

I would add that we ought—one certainly hopes we can—disagree about school board candidates without having to make personal attacks. You think Spencer will serve well on school board; I’m going to cast votes for Mooney, Tam and Forbes. I think they’re most likely to do a good job. I think I’m right; you think you’re right.

While Spencer is sometimes hard to pin down on her opinions—which is one of the reasons I’m choosing not to vote for her—she is a charter school supporter (I fear the financial implications of charters for the district as a whole), she seems to be more open to the closing of small schools than I am (she ranks it high on her list of things to cut), and I have heard her say that she thinks class size reduction in the lower grades is not that important (she said that she had two children go through elementary schools with smaller classes and two go through without, and there are pluses and minuses to both ways). Spencer also doesn’t think that the district should be defending itself against the Measure H suits, which I think it should. I’m assuming that you are supporting Spencer because you agree with these views, and, given that there are likely many Alamedans who hold these views as well, I think you would be better served articulating these positions than attacking those who aren’t endorsing Spencer.

At the end of the day, it is important to remember that we all actually want what is best for the children of Alameda, for our town, for our own health and well-being. And, too, we are all in this together. In the future, in keeping with the policy of the parent organization of this blog, your personal attacks/name calling will not be published on this blog. Stick to issues. There are plenty of important ones to discuss.

Now that you have blasted Eve for being “biased” not only on this blog, but also on ADN, I’d like to point out one error in your logic: Eve is no longer on the AEF board and hasn’t been for months.

Moreover, your assertion that she shouldn’t endorse her “friends” is also illogical. Alameda is small. The “education community” is even smaller. Many of us know each other. Not being able to endorse people because we know them would be very limiting. It would, for instance, prohibit you from endorsing Trish, who I believe you know.

In my own case, I will be voting for Ron Mooney, David Forbes, and Neil Tam. That’s not because I am “friends” with them (I do know Ron and David, but have met Neil Tam only once and very briefly).

Instead, I’m voting for Ron because I’ve heard him speak, know his record, and respect his abilities. I’m voting for David because I’ve been watching his actions on the School Board for four years and I think he’s smart and committed and makes good decisions. And I’m voting for Neil because I was impressed with him at the AEF-PTAC forum and I’m hearing good things about him from people I know and respect.

The fact that Eve was on AEF’s board doesn’t necessarily mean that her opinion is biased, tainted, or otherwise flawed. To the contrary: it may mean that she knows enough about what’s happening in the district to be able to offer an experienced and well-considered opinion.

I’m going to opt out of getting into an argument about the merits of the school board candidates here. That really wasn’t my point.

My concern, as I expressed in #6, was simply that I felt you were misrepresenting what Ron said at the AEF-PTAC forum. So I wanted to straighten out the record for the sake of the people who weren’t there.

Susan