tired of bad weather

[IHeartMaine]

Great beach weather coming up this week!

[leaventulsa]

o wow my inbox didn't show all of your responses thank you all very much the town i live in is small we are very friendly and treat everyone like we've known them for years, but stay to ourselves as well i don't mind the cold weather it's the heat i have a problem with this winter was mostly 70s ugh and i love the sound of space between the houses we mostly stay indoors because of the heat which is sad because we live by the river and alot of (unsavory people ) so we can find things to do inside i recently started a thread in denver co (not where i want to be because of the weather) so i must say thank you very much for all of wonderful info if you know of any good areas with good schools please let me know thank you again

[Northern Maine Land Man]

72 deg with a light breeze and clear blue sky today.

As to schools, state government grades our schools on such things as participation rates when students take standardized tests. That is a misnomer because the tests are not standardized. No two students in the same classroom take the same tests. The teacher doesn't even get to see the tests, but the teacher's performance is based on how the students perform. Much of the test content has not been taught to the students. It's a mess. In the last four years our kids have taken tests from four different sources with four different standards. There is no way to compare results with any validity at all.

Conclusion? Pay no attention to how the state grades any school. If a boy went fishing one last time with his grandfather the day of the test, what is more important to the boy in the long run?