Blah, blah, OPS, blah, blah, deegan's big mouth, blah

OPS and Bellevue have stooped to a new low. Now dr. deegan, esteemed supt. of the Bellevue Public Schools (and egg-thrower hiding behind their older, bigger brother OPS) has pulled the race card, saying that's why outer suburbia does not want to join their cozy empire. What a freakin' joke. dr. deegan and dr. mackiel: You ought to be ashamed of yourself. All of your administrators should be. How ridiculous. I have absolutely nothing at stake in this fight, but I'm embarrassed for you. We are talking about kids here! That's the way to win over families from both sides of the issue. Do you think people that live in those low-economic areas will want to send their kids out west to deal with those "Wallaces"? If you thought people were scared to send their kids downtown before, do you think that's going to help now that you all said that they don't want to be integrated? I can't decide if I'm happy that the local news hasn't jumped on this more because it is so ridiculous or if I'm upset that they haven't crucified you. You are truly a disgrace to all of us in education. We've mentioned it before and, unfortunately, I'll mention it again: Once you take over those districts and have control of their kids, 90% (roughly, don't quote the math) of them will be going to the same school. Since you ended mandatory busing and have under-funded those schools in the low-income areas, you have forced yourself into segregation because you have not offered the carrot to lead the horse into north Omaha. dr. deegan: You should take a poll of all of the Bellevue parents and ask them how many would like to option in to schools that we are discussing. Just keep riding OPS's coattails and playing second fiddle and someday you can get 10 more seconds of fame. Why don't you stand up for yourself? Oh, that's right, you tried to be sneaky and go through the legislature to get those two Papillion schools. How'd that end up for you?

As a PS, the Omaha Schools News blog has also been tracking this whole debate:
http://omaschools.blogspot.com/