Who is Blackbird Development Group? I was quite surprised that I couldn’t find any reference to them on the web. Who, in this day and age, does not exist even if by reference, on the web? Well, apparently Blackbird Development Group. A new start up? A project within a larger company? A secret government unit?
But at least we know that they exist – because while they care enough about their privacy/security to issue temporary security badges to their visitors (with holograms, no less!), they don’t actually care about collecting them when they leave. I, not the most observant of people, found this one at “an undisclosed location” ;-).
So, Blackbird Development Group, whoever you are, be more careful next time 🙂
Author: marga (Page 55 of 158)
The Argentine Supreme Court ruled today that the consumption of drugs, done in a private space and without harming third parties, could not be penalized by the state. It based its ruling in the very explicit right to privacy clause of the Argentine constitution:
“The private actions of men that in no way offend the public order and morals nor harm a third party, are only reserved to God and fall outside the authority of judges”.
It’s one of the few times that I like seeing God in a legal document 🙂
which is just f****d up.
I just got a call from a friend who moved a block away from a San Leandro school. Today, the day before school starts, they called her and told her that there was no room for her son in that school and that he had to go to another one. Of course, the school district does not offer any transportation for the kid, and the parents don’t have the necessary transportation. But, according to the receptionist at the school, “that’s not my problem”.
Again, they had the whole summer to figure out attendance to the schools. There is no reason whatsoever that they have to wait until the last possible minute to tell the parents that they cannot accommodate their child, not allowing the parents to even start to figure something out. In this economy, parents cannot afford to be missing work because the San Leandro School District cannot get its shit together.
And of course, the problem starts at the top, with the incompetent Superintendent and the (old) Board that extended her contract.
Anyway, it’s interesting that I’ve only talked to three people today. Of those, both had problems with the school district. The third is a home schooler.
School starts tomorrow in San Leandro (why it starts on a /Wednesday/ rather than a Monday is beyond me), so I just went to check on what class my daughter will be. There are several second grade classes every year.
Well, the lists are not up and won’t be up until 6 PM tonight! That, of course, means that parents that are busy or work at night won’t be able to check them until tomorrow – you can imagine dozens if not hundreds of parents crowding themselves in front of the school door, trying to figure out where to take their kids.
But why aren’t the lists posted today? They are at other San Leandro elementary schools. Are the staff or principal Cher Mott that incompetent? After all, they had the whole summer to figure out which kid will be assigned to which class.
What I wonder, though, is whether they just don’t want to let parents know to what class their children will be ahead of time, that way they save themselves the aggravation of having parents complain about the misplacement of their child. For example, I’ve heard of advanced going-into-second grade students, assigned to 1st/2nd grade combined class, for perhaps dubious (racial? political?) reasons.
In any case, not having the lists posted by the beginning of the day is ridiculous.
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