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Email to the Vestavia Hills Board of Education: from a stakeholder
January 19, 2011 from Jim Metrock <[email protected]> to [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] cc “Jamie R. Blair” <[email protected]>, [email protected] date Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 8:55 PM subject from a stakeholder words The Board believes that an informed public is vital to the success and support of public education. The Board of Education recognizes that...
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Pizitz Middle School Revisited
From Jim Metrock: Those that have followed our efforts to raise awareness about Channel One News know about Pizitz Middle School in Birmingham, Alabama. I think citizens in all states can learn much from how this school has reacted to the call of citizens to remove Channel One. Pizitz’s principal David Miles has always had a close and...
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PRIMEDIA’s 3rd Quarter Results
Channel One’s parent company, PRIMEDIA, is in terrible shape. The company announced their third quarter results today and it was dismal. Last year’s third quarter showed a loss of one cent per share. This year, they lost 17 cents per share. This greatly exceeded what the experts had predicted. PRIMEDIA is one lousy company. It has never made...
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The Cost of Channel One in One Alabama Middle School
Pizitz Middle School is in Vestavia Hills, AL, a suburb of Birmingham. Vestavia Hills is a very well-to-do school system – by Alabama standards. The one middle school and the high school both have had Channel One since mid-1991. The school board agreed to the superintendent’s recommendation to enter into a contract with Channel One without any apparent financial...
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Vestavia Hills (AL) Superintendent Gives Personal Seal of Approval to Channel One
Bucking the trend across Alabama, Dr. Harrison Cass called Channel One a “good current events program” and said children will continue to watch the program. He said he reached that personal decision after viewing several programs. Dr. Cass is quoted by the Birmingham News as saying “We also get to use equipment they provide such as televisions and other educational...
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Channel One Hires Lobbyist Group To Save Alabama Cash Flow
Paul Folkemer, Channel One’s newly-hired education VP, was nowhere to be seen at the Alabama Board of Education work session. The man that was so embarrassed that Shelby County, AL school board members knew more about his company than he did, had other pressing engagements than talking to the Alabama board of education. Channel One was one of the main...
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A Math Exercise For Vestavia Hills Parents
Pizitz Middle School removed Channel One News in 2011. This math exercise helped show citizens how much Channel One cost. Vestavia Hills is a suburb of Birmingham, AL. $ .0945 * Cost To Taxpayers For One Minute Of Pizitz Middle School Time Per Student X 12 Channel One Is At Least 12 Minutes Long $ 1.13...
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