Nope. Not from here.
Although from the letters in the papers it's obvious that anyone who wants to do business with FWCS is in favor of the project. "Strong Schools" = strong buildings + strong bottom line.
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I don't think anyone in Pleasant township will be voting for it. Why vote for a project when Norwell provides a better education for your student?
I am planning on transferring my students too. I looked into Norwell but they are having tremendous trouble with their outdated high school building and seem to be in the same situation as FWCS when it comes to deteriorating buildings. I understand it is about the education so I've been doing some visiting and researching and I think I'll send them to Bellmont/Decatur schools. From my house I can make it either place at the same time, same mileage.
I was most impressed with Bellmont high schools early college program. The only one in NE Indiana. Who needs vouchers or charters, or for that matter unruly schools when we can choose to go to another school district?
Bellmont represents Indiana’s first endorsed rural Early College school. I will continue to investigate schools throughout the rest of this school year.
I was just making an observation on what's obviously an orchestrated letter writing campaign. Like a chorus singing in unison. Except maybe the one from Kelty.
Last time there was no problem gauging the sentiment among property owners because we had to get signatures on white petitions to get the real petition drive started. The Public Meeting at Anthis with 1000 cheering district employees, contractors, architects etc. didn't mean anything.
This time with everyone able to vote on a secret ballot referendum in the primary, I have no feel for the outcome.
Norwell's outdated school is not really too outdated. It is 10x better than FWCS. It is comparable to SouthSide or NorthSide, if not better. Ossian and Lancaster are new buildings!
Belmont has lost half of it's student population to home schooling, Bishop Luers, Concordia and Adams Central due to poor administration.
Adams Central seems to have it's act together, but the drive is a doozy.
Kelty is a great guy, with an independent mindset. No one want's an independent, out of the box thinker in Fort Wayne. His election received nothing but crap from the unionites that run this town.
My prediction is that it will pass. Right, wrong, or indifferent, the residents I talk to seem to support the project.
Kelty is also an architect who does business with FWCS that he doesn't want to lose.
What about Bluffton High? I know a home school familiy who stopped at high school and sent their kids there.
Bluffton Schools seem to be a rare gem in the area. The quite conservative staff makes sure students are well cared for and the students seem to appreciate learning.
Endless mailers, t-shirts, a website, and more. The latest four page, full-color mailer we received is fraught with bad grammar (e.g., Snider HS sign shows "We are your school"). Come on, really?
Annual salaries for FWCS administrators are posted here: http://www.jgdata.net/schoolsalaries/ . Add in retirement and health insurance benefits and you've got three "area administrators" earning $120,000+/year. An impressive score for the non-profit sector. Many parents in the private sector work much harder for much less. If they produced similar results, they'd find themselves without a job. Cut those salaries by $40,000/year (pay them $80,000) and use the $120,000 savings to replace the rusty pipes shown in the promo photos. They couldn't have made those look any worse if they tried. Seriously they couldn't replace that pipe and more with PVC for less than $120,000?
Looks to me like more of the same. Style over substance. If I were a gambler I wouldn't bet on a prediction.
Did a little checking with the IDOE and Bellmont has not "lost" half of its students. The check started in 03 where they had 881 students and currently there are 824. The highest they have had was 994. You need to check your math lol.They have been pretty consistent in their enrollment over the last 9 years. I also called a few parishoners to see how many of the Bellmont grade school students who attend the Catholic/Lutheran schools and she said very few of them go on to BL/Concordia, most of them go on to Bellmont because of the academics/administration. As far as buildings are concerned I am not interested in grade schools or jr. highs, but the high school. Norwell HS as reported by the JC has some major issues.http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20120502/LOCAL/305029930/0/LOCAL11
I did consider Adams Central but found that their statewide performance has dropped dramatically. In 05 they did better than almost 90 percent of the state and last year only 68 percent. I don't know why? I also found that many students from Bellmont transfers there as there school enrollment 360-390 students for the last nine years.
I did check Bluffton also. I was deeply concerned with their statewide performance. It went from over eighty percent in 05 to 47 percent last year. Definitely troubling. I guess what attracted me to becoming interested in Bellmont was that their state test scores continue to improve.
I will continue to investigate all the schools in the area but another plus is school size. I have no desire to send my children to large schools
Yeah, the mailer was ludicrous. Of course they're going to take pictures of the absolute worst areas and show them over and over again. That's how the game is played.
Last time after they said they were going to close Elmhurst, I saw the CH.15 "news team" (idiots)coming in as I was leaving the building. That night they showed an interview with facilities supt. Steve Parker, who said the school needed to be closed because the foundation was crumbling from the blasting at the nearby gravel pit. He just made it up. There was nothing wrong with the foundation. Then during the rest of the piece they alternated between shots of a waterspot on the wall and a rusty flange. I checked them out myself the next day and they were both inconsequential.
But people blieve their crap. Even the school board does that. And the JG is just an FWCS mouthpiece. If they say Norwell has an issue go look for yourself.
Test scores don't matter in Bluffton, Adams Central or Norwell, as they produce their students to THINK, and not memorize answers and spit them back out on paper.
They're saying "for the average homeowner, it's an increase of just $27.00 a year."
That's rich. They're missing the point entirely. They haven't been good stewards with the $493.00 I'm paying them every year already!
BTW, don't look for that $27.00 increase to go away when this one's finished. They'll find some other "project" that needs to be funded due to their poor planning and judgment.
I'm voting NO.
I heard the PAC raised and spent $40,000 on this campaign.
Tell me FWCS Leaders:
How many FWCS Graphic Art students did you have submit designs for the new campaign logo?
How many English and Communications students worked on the print and digital media used for this campaign?
How many Photography students did you have take pictures for the mailers and website?
How many Government students discussed why funds need to be raised by a PAC rather than have taxpayers pay for it directly and what is the appropriate role of government in this situation?
How many Math and Social Science classes studied the campaign's impact on Fort Wayne taxpayers?
How many Anthis Construction students were engaged in physical plant discussions about code requirements and the proposed plans for renovation?
How many IT students helped create and maintain the repairfwcs.com website?
FWCS Leaders - Do you REALLY believe in our students and what they're learning from you? Did you have enough faith to put some of the $40,000 raised on them and engage them in this process?
As a FW businessowner, I'm most concerned with WHAT and HOW our students are learning from you.
If FWCS Leaders lack faith in what students have learned, they should't be surprised when taxpayers question their ability to lead and teach them.
Well, according to another "study" Fort Wayne will see a net economic benefit of $13MM. That looks almost like a wash to me even if I knew how they (the Hanover group) arrived at that figure.
But since it's a "net positive" they're shouting about it. If it had turned out negative they wouldn't have said anything. It's like when 3-8 test scores go up and high school scores go down all you hear about is the 3-8 scores.
Of course the Chamber of Commerce is all for it, so I'm surprised a business owner would have reservations. Maybe you've tried to employ some FWCS graduates.
Or maybe you're not in the air conditioning business?
Great. They're spending $30,000 every year for another "study."
FWCS & JG neglect to mention how many net jobs would be created or lost should the bond fail and taxpayers get to keep their money to spend on other things.
Students are best not to be involved in the discussions on buildings. Too many teachers promote their slanted ideas, and not allow students to learn about both sides. My neighbor sends his son to a FWCS middle school, he can't add two plus two, but he can state why Dr. Robinson makes too much, and how his teachers need to paid more, and they need more money tossed at his school. Side note: About the discussion in Northern Wells, if you have a K-8th student, there is an excellent school called Bethelhem Lutheran near Ossian. It's a super small school that has high standards, but is not accrediated, so the students don't take the ISTEP. The students educated tops that of FWCS, as their students can add, subtract, multiply and divide in elementary school. The students usually attend Norwell, and if they do they graduate within the top ten percent.
What's $30,000? They're going to have to spend $100,000 to fix the gym at Northrop afer the baseball team stuffed tennis balls in the toilets and flooded the it. But that hasn't made the news for some reason. And they're going to have to put metal detectors in all the middle schools and high schools. Maybe thet 25% "architect's" fees will cover that.
I wonder how much they spend at SS cleaning up their student grafitti and other crap. Sad about Northrop and the lack of respect for their school. Seems to be a problem at all the high schools. How many computers must constantly be repaired or replaced because students think it is fun to tear up what taxpayers are paying for?
I agree, it is time for the metal detectors which will cost another fortune.
A "fortune" + 25% architect fees + 10% contingency. Otherwise known as padding or slush fund.
It is time to open a real alternative school that will deal with the 10% that cause 95% of the problems. Wendy, of course, will not do it and our schools will continue down the toilet. At least we have diversity.
Two Thoughts: 1. Black kids are not the entire problem, some of the worst students in FWCS, were white! The problem is however, the black administration seems to side with black kids, and their are not high standards.
2. What is missing from this listing of recent athletes? http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20120202/SPORTS05/302029976/1008/SPORTS
I just have a hard time giving up my hard earned money to fwcs until they get the discipline under control and the schools quit spending money on things they don't need. They buy fancy electronics and then don't want to pay for batteries, upkeep, etc., The students are tearing up schools and equipment and lots of money goes to cleaning up vandalism. Simple things like CLEAN buildings would be a start. With student leaving the district start shutting down schools and consolidating...again. This time there is good reason to close schools, we don't need to run those big buildings that aren't filled. My nephew said that his high school enrollment is down from 1700 to 1450 and more leaving next year. If Snider is in such bad shape shut them down and move the students to other schools that are emptying out. Oh never mind, Snider is the apple of Wendy's eye lol
Even in my day kids from the "best" families were into petty theft and vandalism. Like seeing how many pens they could steal from the nearby Sears store during lunch hour. Then and now there was no appreciation for what the taxpayers sacrificed on their behalf.
The buildings need to be utilitarian, clean and well maintained. There is no justification or payback for going beyond fixing what's broken, and that doesn't require anywhere close to $240MM.
And again, the $200 million diverted from the buildings for racial balance would have kept the buildings in good shape and added AC to all of them by now. But they still insist they have no choice but to keep doing it.
Actually Wendy is not a huge fan of Snider. You are confusing her with Fowler-Finn. I am going to probably vote for the school improvement plan. I am not happy with Wendy for giving herself a pay raise at the same time that she is asking for more sacrifices from the citizens of Fort Wayne. Hopefully Wendy will leave shortly and be replaced with a real leader. Sorry Evert. I do understand why some people would vote no. SC
OK. But Wendy didn't give herself a raise or a no cut contract. The board did that. With that kind of poor judgement, why would you expect the next superintendent they pick to be any better?
The smaller enrollment will be caused due to the millenial generation is out of high school, and the Generation Xers have not produced enough babies to keep all school buildings afloat. Thus, FWCS will keep dwindling in numbers until the younger generation starts producing babies.
Glad to find this site and see I'm not alone in my feelings about FWCS. I don't have any confidence in them and I see others don't either. Hope this fails so they'll be forced to finally make changes at the top like eliminating many admin positions, cutting pay, stopping bussing clear across town and more.
We need to get back to neighborhood schools that make sense. The current setup is one that doesn't work and hasn't for decades. Time to scrap it and start over.
With all the vouchers being used it's easy to see why parents are fleeing FWCS in search of other options. Funny how the private Catholic and Lutheran schools have been able to provide a top quality education on a shoe-string budget, teachers making far less, and without air conditioning! Many of their buildings are much older than FWCS' too!
Will FWCS finally see the writing on the wall and get serious about education?
The Catholic schools were on a shoestring budget because there was no money to fund them. Keep in mind that a Catholic education used to be FREE! When the Church lost all those Sisters & Brothers and had to pay lay people to teach it drove up the cost. Deprive Fort Wayne Community Schools of this bond issue so they'll need to make drastic cuts like laying off overpaid administrators. If we don't, they'll just keep coming back to the trough for more! If this passes it will just be a bandaid and give them more years to do nothing.
They don't have to make drastic cuts if this doesn't pass. They can put the extra (racial balance)teachers now being paid with capital money on a separate referendum and resume putting $7-$10 million back into the buildings every year. They can also bond for $20 million for high schools and $10 million for elemenmtary schools subject to a remonstrance instead of a referendum like EACS just did with two buildings. Who's going to do a remonstrance for $20MM?
It's easier for them if they get a big chunk because they can put more stuff in there that voters and even board members can't scrutinize. And they can pad it with archtects' fees and contingencies.
Decrease in enrollment equals teachers being surplussed soon. Probably this week they will get notification. I am surprised they are labeling it as surplus and not rif'ed. I believe that two of the high schools will be title one next year, that equals more money for them.
They will never decrease administrators or their pay. Instead teachers will be the ones to suffer. As the experienced teachers get shoved out the door the inexperienced will be brought in and will eventually leave the district because they cannot control the classes.
This has nothing to do with the shape the buildings are in, but these buildings aren't going to matter much with the departure of so many students. We will spend a fortune to update buildings that will soon be closed by decreasing enrollment
That's exactly what happened in Indy. 20 buildings were closed including 6 which were going to be "upgraded' with their bond issue. The trouble is that you can predict what will happen,like the housing bubble, but you can't predict when.
Catholic schools used to be free because of the sisters and brothers, is true. But, I can assure you with two brother communities coming about, and two sisters communities coming about in Fort Wayne, and a model after Witchita, KS in which all Catholic school education is free, a new day for religious education is brewing in America, sans vouchers.
From the Journal this morning:
"The building project will run from 2013 through 2016 and will cost the average homeowner a property tax increase of $27 a year, according to district officials. The plan will fall outside the property tax caps, meaning the cost will be shared by all taxpayers in the district and won’t increase the tax-cap loss for other units of government.
Board members hope that after the district completes the first round of projects in 2016, the public will approve all or part of the remaining $123 million in needed renovations. "
How many voters do you think realized this is in addition to the 1% cap because it's already maxed out? Like someone mentioned above, they're already planning to hit us again in a few years. Taxes...they NEVER go away!
Well, they would have eaten up everything that was still available below the cap and put the squeeze on all the other taxing entities. That's why they did the referendum. I'll believe the $27 when I see my next tax bill. I'm not surprised at the outcome, though. Since property owners foot the bill, renters figure they won't have to pay for it.
@Anonymous (May 7, 7:22pm)
I would add the increase in Catholics who homeschool is a factor as well. Seton has a good article addressing Catholic education and its rebirth:
"Presently there are about 100 thousand Catholic homeschooled students in the United States...Homeschooled students are entering the priesthood and religious life in record numbers. Many consider them to represent the future of the American Church."
Homeschooled students are entering the priesthood and religious life in record numbers."
(source: http://www.setonhome.org/2761/how-parish-schools-led-to-catholic-home-schooling/ )
According to a site advertising for teachers in Indiana, the average teachers wage is $47,600 for working 37 weeks. Elsewhere, I found that school attendance time amounts to about 7.25 hours, five days a week. That works out to $36.25 per hour. However, when I perused the wages for for FWCS teachers, most were making well over $60,000 and I saw one at $82,000. Add in the defined-benefit pension plan (no longer available to most taxpayers) and the finest kind of health care coverage that now includes a free clinic - and I can only conclude that we are being ripped off, big time! Private and religious teacher's salaries cannot even be close to this fiasco.
I'm not sure I believe "most" are making over 60 thousand. You do forget that these are college educated professional teachers. You also forget (what many other professions don't have) are the extended hours that are included in the their pay. Many many teachers in fwcs income include hours they spend either tutoring, coaching, overseeing mentoring programs, clubs, and many other extracurricular activities. So don't forget to add those hours into your calculations. I know many teachers who are in their building from 7 a.m. til after 5 and then return in the evening. Oh and lets not forget the Saturdays. So before you spout off maybe you might do a little more investigative work on the extra hours teachers spend with their students. I can tell you it is ALOT more than seven and a half hours. There again as students have the same choice so do teachers as to whether they teach in public or private schools.
In industry as time went on, I spent whatever time it took to take care of business and keep my job. In some jobs that meant 24/7, 365 days a year but towards the end there were no 40 hr. a week jobs no matter what I was doing. No union to protect me, the only thing that mattered was what I had done for them lately.
As our "graduates" will find out when they leave their protective, self esteem building cocoons, promotions don't come every year regardless of performance. There's no social promotion in the real world.
The sad thing at fwcs is that nothing anyone did lately helped saved jobs 2 years ago with the rif'ing. There were a lot of great teachers who spent many hours before school and after school tutoring, mentoring and coaching and those "extras" meant nothing to fwcs. So what was the point of going beyond the call of duty? None for many. Teachers will be getting surplus notices soon and this summer "if needed" as they say they may/may not RIF...we shall see. Seniority is gone, the fwcs union actually lost its credibility two years ago. Now the state laws have assured that.
I do tire of the bellyaching of non teachers who tell of all their horror stories of their lives in the work force compared to teachers whom they think have these cushioned jobs and make soooo much money. Not so. But thats OK I guess it makes for good conversation
Evert,
As much as I like you, it is time to shut this site down. You once told me that you respected teachers, but all I read on your blog is how they are overpaid and how wise you are for working in the private sector. Ticket to Holland anyone.
I (myself) have never said teachers were overpaid and I am only relating how things worked in the coporation, not how wise I was to work there. I have said that if there was a good way to measure a teacher's performance I would be happy to see the best one making twice what they make now and I wouldn't have a problem paying higher taxes for that. But as long as teachers insist that their performance can't be measured they should all make about the same salaries.
But you're probably right about the blog. I don't moderate the comments and they do get off track. And from here, it looks like the district has abdicated it's academic future to the state. We're past the point where anyone might able to change course locally. Now they just have to keep the air conditioning working.
And BTW - if you don't like what's said here why read it? Better yet start your own (teacher's?) blog so I can comment as "anonymous".
I didn't start this blog to be an advocate for teachers or anybody else. After spending a few days in the classrooms at SSHS it was obvious where the district was headed. I predicted the future ten years ago but nobody wanted to hear it. So I just wrote the district off and would have let it alone as long as they kept their hands out of my pocket.
But then Wendy came up with her $500 million AC/remodeling project. I couldn't believe anyone that incompetent could be that arrogant. That someone could think nice buildings could save an urban school district. And I kept the blog going because it was only a matter of time before she tried it again. It just took her longer than I thought.
Fortunately none of the "aging" buildings caved in. And the only reported case of heat stroke was from me at Elmhur4st.
It is tough to measure teacher performance by student performance unless the teachers keep a daily journal showing who doesn't pay attention, who sleeps, absent, tardy etc.,
Anon @ 4:11
Seriously, isn't keeping a "daily journal" of workplace activities part & parcel of ANY job; most especially, any job involving supervision/responsibility for others? Teachers should absolutely be keeping well-documented journals, as do other professionals. Better still, teachers should have allowed/encouraged their employment negotiators to permit cameras in their classrooms to perform that subjective task for them!
On a personal note: had cameras in the classroom been the standard (or any sort of appropriate intervention by administrative personal) been in place, then perhaps my student at NSHS would be made to now suffer the consequence of yet another English 11 teacher resignation THIS YEAR!! For the SECOND time this year, my student is going to be subjected to WEEKS of sub-standard instruction administered by a non-degree 'substitute' teacher; undoubtedly, her grade will once again be screwed because of it!
Seriously, when are people going to get their priorities straight? Please, stop wasting time talking/debating/postulating about the freaking air-conditioning/building maintenance costs at the expense of all else; it’s the least of FWCS problems!
*would NOT be made*
Subs have to have a "degree" (At least I was told that when I became a sub) but that doesn't mean any more being "certified". But you're right. From my standpoint the situation for regular teachers is bad enough but anyone with anything on the ball would go crazy subbing in our high schools.
I was asked to be a long term algebra sub at SSHS.I said I would only do it for no pay so I would be able to walk away if I got fed up. But that was unacceptable.
Maybe you should go down to the Grile Center and voice your concerns to the Queen and her brick wall after a board meeting.
It wasn't the substitute teachers that walked out on those students; it was two permanent full-time Indiana certified/bonafide/licensed teachers. The first, newly minted; the second, talked into taking a short-lived retirement detour. FWIW, at least the well seasoned teacher had the decency to explain to her classes that she was making the difficult decision due to lack of administrative support, NOT as any sort of reflection upon them.
And, yes, you are indeed correct regarding the educational requirements of substitute teachers; seems they they do need to have an Associate’s Degree or 64earned credit hours... Which seems about right given the fact their job requirement amounts to little more than classroom monitor.
By the time summer break arrives those English 11 students will of had somewhere between 10-12 weeks of substitute 'teachers' this year.
Care to guess how many ENg 11 State standards were taught/attempted in those classrooms this year...
Full time subs have to do their own lesson plans, grades, and follow Indiana guidelines just as though they were the teacher.
My problem lies with teacher coaches, which I believe are a total waste of money.
These TC's should be overseeing full time subs and especially the new teachers, not sit in their offices all day
Anon @ 7:29
Sorry to say, what you are saying simply belies the reality of what has occurred in those Eng 11 classes ...
As a former FWCS substitute, I believe the problem lies within the teaching staff and administrator, not the sub. I have a Bachelors degree with over 155 hours in business, philosophy and education (I transferred colleges.) In a GREAT classroom with supportive administration and outstanding lesson plans, the student learning process continues in absence of the teacher. Good administration does not hide behind their desks, and let SRO's do the dirty job of removing students. Good administration knows what happens in classrooms and makes sure that disruptive students are removed and good solid lesson plans are in place. I never experienced those conditions within FWCS (Not even, Mr. Tom Smith could locate a classroom!). Instead, I received classes of disruptive students, no lesson plans and no administration. I left FWCS for EACS, and while not better, I did not Dr. Neal Brown was more supportive of his subs, and routinely found his way to his classroom, especially on days when his normal teachers were not in attendance. These days, I left to start my own consulting firm, and I hope NO child has to attend a public or charter school.
As a former FWCS teacher, I always had lesson plans and materials prepared when I had to be out of the classroom.
As a former FWCS substitute, 99% of the time there were lesson plans and materials there for me from the regular classroom teacher.
I followed a FWCS middle school principal earlier this year and one thing we did was visit each of the subs who were in the building that day.
Also, I have to say, the Eng 11 teacher who quit because of no "administrative support" at NSHS is a disgrace to the profession. What an example to demonstrate to students: my boss doesn't like me or was mean to me so I'm taking my plan book and going home!! I can't count the number of times I heard students say "that teacher doesn't like me"...so what? Should you quit or stop trying? I used to say to students that I might not like you either, but I still teach you...kept them guessing!
My experience in the high schools especially SSHS with Tommy Smith was more like anon's. Most of the time I had to walk in cold and it's hard enough when there's a plan. Typically as soon as the kids saw they had a sub they would rearrange the desks, whip out a deck of cards and start playing. Knowing the subject (algebra in my case) meant nothing. It was just about crowd control.
In the elemntary schools it varied with the principal. Abbett under Carolyn Sleet was great. Indian Village was so popular with subs that they had their own steady group.
I subbed one afternoon (the guy in the morning went postal) in one middle school, Kekionga, and never set foot in another one.
FWCS' teachers left GREAT lesson plans approximately 10% of the time, GOOD lesson plans approximately 20% of the time, 40% TERRIBLE plans and 20% NO plans. Terrible plans either met study hall, repeat of yesterday's work or a movie.
On another note: I wonder how many
of the latest shooting "victims" were FWCS students. There is a strong correlation between no discipline at home, lack of good schools and an early death.
Life is way too short to work in a school where you are constantly insulted and told that you are the problem. I guess if you are in a bad and abusive marriage you should just suck it up.
I seriously hope, Barbie, that you were not employed as a reading comprehension teacher with FWCS.
The only thing disgraceful occurring here is your burn-and-slash attack on a teacher who had the audacity to tell the truth! Shame on you
Barbie, or in all reality some 300 pound woman, why would you question a teacher for quiting? Don't you realize that most districts want their older teachers to quit! This teacher had the audacity to look at her job and say I can do better. Is this not the American way? Or should teachers be insulted and made to feel inferior and then fired?
Anon - there is nothing wrong with telling the truth and I admire that. It's quitting before the job is done that bothers me. I guess I am silly enough to believe a signed contract is alos an ethical bond.
Barbie, it is implicit within all contracts that the parties are acting in good faith. Good faith was not violated by the teacher; rather, by a complete lack of administrative support required in order for that teacher to perform the contract. Undoubtedly, the same basic lack of administrative support and competence that caused that block of English 11 classes/students to experience the walkout of THREE (3) permanent teachers this year! There is no justification for that unacceptable fact.
One small example of how those students, their parents and the community were ripped-off by the Administration at NSHS who failed to provide those students the education the taxpayer contracted them to provide.
I'm curious what "education" you think the taxpayers contracted for. I don't know of any contract or even an understanding with parents about the quality of the education a school can provide. All I see in their advertising is words like "great" and "premier" which mean nothing. You can't even pick their teachers, who are the most important factor.
FWCS is an urban school district with all that implies. What were you expecting?
Shane, don't leave Shane. We need you Shane.
Shane rode off to look for an air conditioned bunkhouse in the sunset.
Nice, very nice indeed.
At this point, perhaps Shane understands that it is said best when you say nothing at all.
The saloon keeper and the schoolmarm are dealin' from the bottom of the deck. Ain't we got a sheriff?
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