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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 11:17 AM Original message |
Does this mean that only 26% of parents in a Florida public school can get it changed to a charter? |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
1. Isn't that pretty much how a quorum works? |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 11:25 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. If you've decided that your quorum will be simple majority, yes. n/t |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
2. Your math is incorrect. Any percentage greater than 25% of households. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 11:27 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I spoke of percentage that could possibly change a school...not a number. |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 11:28 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Right--and your percentage is incorrect. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 11:37 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. It says 50% of households... |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 11:46 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I gave you the answer in post # 2. n/t |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 11:51 AM Original message |
It sounds as though you are saying any % greater than 25% |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
10. No, I am not agreeing with you. I am stating that the correct |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 12:05 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Any percentage above 25%. So it only takes a minimum of 26 % to change a school. |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 12:16 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Are you being serious? |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 12:28 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. "It cannot have escaped you that 25.0% or greater is not equal to 26%." |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 04:14 PM Response to Reply #15 |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
8. Whatever the number is, it is still wrong to do this. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 11:52 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. And apparently only half of half of the households can bring the change. |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
13. It should work both ways... |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 12:21 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. No. Don't handicap them with a higher percentage than they need. n/t |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
16. "of the 50 percent returned, more than half must be votes in favor of the conversion" |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 02:05 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. It's so easy now to dismantle public schools. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 04:21 PM Response to Reply #17 |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
20. Just for information in general...154 charter schools closed in FL since 2000. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 01:13 AM Response to Original message |
21. It seems the rules to convert say at least 50% of parents must approve. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 09:03 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. "50 percent of the parents whose children are enrolled at the school" |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
23. Wow, a local blogger spares them not at all. |
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