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Comment on Gumleaf Primary School – Mythical Name, Real Pain! by Lidia malone

Lidia malone — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:37:13 +0000

I’m sorry Phil but I will never be a fan of Mary’s either. I was very ill and ended up spending 6 months all up hospitalised and while I mentioned to her the whole process that was happening was having a huge impact on my health she never offered me comfort. She always tried to puss me away so she could continue meeting etc and get home. While she was at home at the end of the day relaxing I was in a hospital on suicide watch. Not they way I expected to spend my son’s second year in primary school. I know we had private health cover but I strongly believe that the government should be paying us the full cost of all my medical expenses after everything went downhill at school.

Comment on My Photos by Photos and Videos : Phillip Molly Malone’s Blog

Photos and Videos : Phillip Molly Malone’s Blog — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:25:00 +0000

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Comment on Malones Auguest 2009 Monthly Muvee by PATRICK

PATRICK — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:39:25 +0000

Very Cool

Comment on Malones June Muvee – Closing time by Molly

Molly — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 02:00:51 +0000

Thanks for the recommendation. Have played with Animoto but I prefer Muvee for a number of reasons. One its a desktop application (although there is there online version: http://www.shwup.com). Secondly, Muvee allows you to add in Videos to the slide show which is awesome! Thirdly, Muvee allows a huge amount of control over the photos and their transition and the Videos and which bits are used (of course that Animoto doesn’t have). Animoto does make some great videos though!

Comment on Malones June Muvee – Closing time by Vince Boyle

Vince Boyle — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:41:29 +0000

You ought to check out http://www.animoto.com. They make much better videos than this.

Comment on Forced School Mergers in Victoria by mollyfud

mollyfud — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:36:04 +0000

Hi Kate,
Thanks for sharing your story. I agree that School councils are really not the ones that should be making the decisions and if the Department wasn’t having to waste money trying to convince schools Councils that there schools need to merge, perhaps they could spend it more wisely making the right decisions in the first place!

Comment on Forced School Mergers in Victoria by Kate

Kate — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:08:05 +0000

Our school council stood against the merger proposal and remained a united front – we survived. However, if there was no coercion as the government continually states in the media, then it should have no objection to giving its principals and school council members permission to be interviewed by reviewers and for that information to be made public. Faulty and out of date statistics were presented to school council. There was no backup information of the background to the statistics presented. The public should be made aware of the innuendo made that the school would receive nothing if it didn’t close and of discussions held with principals because they weren’t able to convince their school council. Did similar discussions take place with principals of schools who had made the decision to close to ensure that the decision was based on sound information? Schools were not provided with appropriate and balanced information to support the decision making process. It appears that DEECD staff relied on school councils not having a research or university level background. What was really interesting is that when I asked the project worker what research these decisions were based on, he said none, we don’t have time. Meetings to discuss the merger never discussed the issues, the causes or the various and alternate possibilities to move education forward in our area. There was never a holistic look at the situation. One of the schools that is being forced to merge in our area wasn’t even in the initial discussions to merge. They were brought into it at the last minute and I believe rail-roaded into it. DEECD staff didn’t care which schools went as long as it was left with only two in the area. No planning, no consideration of the demographics etc, no socio-ecological consideration of the needs of the children in this area, no answers for how the DEECD will better provide for children alienated from the system, no genuine consideration of the needs of children with disability such as autism, no consideration of the new housing area that will house a large number of families, no consideration of the transport issues of families in some of the poorest areas of our region who do not have access to transport. None of this upholds the government’s cross government and Fairer Victoria policies. DHS and families will be picking up the pieces for this decision for many generations to come.

Comment on Forced School Mergers in Victoria by A small win in the Fight to make Bronwyn Pike do whats Right : Phillip Molly Malone’s Blog

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:10:35 +0000

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Comment on Staff photo at work by Bob Meade

Bob Meade — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 01:30:27 +0000

It’s only scary if you look at it. So just don’t.

Comment on Woowwww, What the heck is that! by A picture of me : Phil’s Photo Blog

A picture of me : Phil’s Photo Blog — Tue, 19 May 2009 00:17:45 +0000

[...] a look and thought that I haven’t had a photo of me for a while (well, apart from my Cyst). So here is one we have taken [...]