2012kpmam

Got a message from DS that the Dept of Transportation is looking to cut funds for KP. The word is that they want to cut adjunct professors, including tutors. Does anyone know about this? If the tutors are eliminated, a huge number of students would fail. All wise alum and parents have said over and over that no one gets through this place on their own. I am assuming that also encompasses accessing all available extra help.

TX2KP

Last Sunday, at our local parents meeting, we were told that the National Parents Association is preparing a campain to address the recurring funding issues originated at MARAD. They are preparing draft letters that we can use and send to our congressmen. We urge everyone to do so.

nmlcfp

Is there a way to find out who in Congress is on the commitee that controls Marad? It would seem that would be the people to target as well.

KPMarineopsdad

I'd start with the Transportation sub committee and go from there. My Congressman is on it but, the last time I wrote to him it took three weeks for him to respond. (Barbara Boxer took two days and I don't even live in California.) The answer I got was so curt and so condescending that it cost him my vote in the following election. Honestly, it seemed as though it had been written by an intern with a sixth grade level of education.

atlsmith

To write your Congressman:
Congressman [Name]
US House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515

House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and
Maritime Transportation.

Members of the
Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
U.S. House of Representatives
111th Congress
Majority (507 FHOB) - (202) 226-3587
Minority (505 FHOB) - (202) 226-3552

Elijah E. Cummings, Maryland, Chairman

Majority--Democrats
Corrine Brown, Florida
Rick Larsen, Washington
Gene Taylor, Mississippi
Brian Baird, Washington
Timothy H. Bishop, New York
Steve Kagen, Wisconsin
Michael E. McMahon, New York
Laura A. Richardson, California
James L. Oberstar, Minnesota (ex officio)

Minority--Republicans
Frank LoBiondo, New Jersey, Ranking Member
Don Young, Alaska
Howard Coble, North Carolina
Vern Ehlers, Michigan
Todd Russell Platts, Pennsylvania
Pete Olson, Texas

House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
U.S. House of Representatives
111th Congress
Majority (2165 RHOB) - (202) 225-4472
Minority (2163 RHOB) - (202) 225-9446

James L. Oberstar, Minnesota, Chairman

Majority--Democrats
•Nick J. Rahall, II, West Virginia
•Peter A. DeFazio, Oregon
•Jerry F. Costello, Illinois
•Eleanor Holmes Norton, District of Columbia
•Jerrold Nadler, New York
•Corrine Brown, Florida
•Bob Filner, California
•Eddie Bernice Johnson, Texas
•Gene Taylor, Mississippi
•Elijah E. Cummings, Maryland
•Leonard L. Boswell, Iowa
•Tim Holden, Pennsylvania
•Brian Baird, Washington
•Rick Larsen, Washington
•Michael E. Capuano, Massachusetts
•Timothy H. Bishop, New York
•Michael H. Michaud, Maine
•Russ Carnahan, Missouri
•Grace F. Napolitano, California
•Daniel Lipinski, Illinois
•Mazie K. Hirono, Hawaii
•Jason Altmire, Pennsylvania
•Timothy J. Walz, Minnesota
•Heath Shuler, North Carolina
•Michael A. Arcuri, New York
•Harry E. Mitchell, Arizona
•Christopher P. Carney, Pennsylvania
•John J. Hall, New York
•Steve Kagen, Wisconsin
•Steve Cohen, Tennessee
•Laura Richardson, California
•Albio Sires, New Jersey
•Donna F. Edwards, Maryland
•Solomon P. Ortiz, Texas
•Phil Hare, Illinois
•John A. Boccieri, Ohio
•Mark H. Schauer, Michigan
•Betsy Markey, Colorado
•Parker Griffith, Alabama
•Michael E. McMahon, New York
•Thomas S.P. Perriello, Virginia
•Dina Titus, Nevada
•Harry Teague, New Mexico
•Vacancy

Minority--Republicans

•John L. Mica, Florida, Ranking - Republican Member
•Don Young, Alaska
•Thomas E. Petri, Wisconsin
•Howard Coble, North Carolina
•John J. Duncan, Jr., Tennessee
•Vernon J. Ehlers, Michigan
•Frank A. LoBiondo, New Jersey
•Jerry Moran, Kansas
•Gary G. Miller, California
•Henry E. Brown, South Carolina
•Timothy V. Johnson, Illinois
•Todd Russell Platts, Pennsylvania
•Sam Graves, Missouri
•Bill Shuster, Pennsylvania
•John Boozman, Arkansas
•Shelley Moore Capito, West Virginia
•Jim Gerlach, Pennsylvania
•Mario Diaz-Balart,Florida
•Charles W. Dent, Pennsylvania
•Connie Mack,Florida
•Lynn A. Westmoreland, Georgia
•Jean Schmidt, Ohio
•Candice S. Miller, Michigan
•Mary Fallin, Oklahoma
•Vern Buchanan, Florida
•Robert E. Latta, Ohio
•Brett Guthrie, Kentucky
•Anh "Joseph" Cao, Louisiana
•Aaron Schock, Illinois
•Pete Olson, Texas

atlsmith

To write your Senator:
Senator [Name]
United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510


Senate Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security

Majority: 202-224-9000
Minority: 202-224-4852

Majority--Democrats

Frank R. Lautenberg
(Chairman)
Daniel K. Inouye
John F. Kerry
Byron L. Dorgan
Barbara Boxer
Maria Cantwell
Mark Pryor
Tom Udall
Mark Warner
Mark Begich

Minority--Republicans

John Thune
(Ranking Member)
Olympia J. Snowe
John Ensign
Jim DeMint
Roger Wicker
Johnny Isakson
David Vitter
Sam Brownback
Mike Johanns

Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

Democrats--Majority

Chairman John D. Rockefeller, IV (WV)
Daniel K. Inouye (HI)
John F. Kerry (MA)
Byron L. Dorgan (ND)
Barbara Boxer (CA)
Bill Nelson (FL)
Maria Cantwell (WA)
Frank R. Lautenberg (NJ)
Mark Pryor (AR)
Claire McCaskill (MO)
Amy Klobuchar (MN)
Tom Udall (NM)
Mark Warner (VA)
Mark Begich (AK)

Republicans--Minority

Ranking Member Kay Bailey Hutchison (TX)
Olympia J. Snowe (ME)
John Ensign (NV)
Jim DeMint (SC)
John Thune (SD)
Roger Wicker (MS)
George S. LeMieux (FL)
Johnny Isakson (GA)
David Vitter (LA)
Sam Brownback (KS)
Mike Johanns (NE)

nmlcfp

Thanks for the information. let's make our voices heard now! I hope they can multi task and think about other issues other than health care.

nmlcfp

I spoke to a senior academy official who said that the rumor about tutors being cut as a budget cutting move is totally false. So parents, relax, our Mids will get the help they need.

suzannegra

Hi folks!

Please don't start sending a letter campaign willy nilly. The national parents association is grouping and will let you know when and to whom and what issues need to be addressed.

If you hear a rumor, email one of the National Officers or your state president and they will look into it. If we start sending random letter to our MOC's then we will loose our effectivness.

PM me for more information.

USMMAGUY

I'm curious how a rumor that was deemed to be false has, in fact, come to fruition. According to DS, there is no tutor for Calculus 2 this trimester. What gives?

2012kpmam

My DS told me the same thing - no Calc II tutor. On the goverment jobs web site there are several jobs posted for KP:

Math teacher
Physics teacher
Writing teacher
Engineering teacher
Chemistry teacher
Spanish teacher - ?

Could the math teacher spot be for a tutor? At any rate, they definitely need a Calc II tutor. Calc II is supposed to be harder than Calc I and we know what that course has done to plebes.

jasperdog

Regardless of whether there are or are not paid professors to tutor Calc or Physics there are now many volunter tutors (other Plebes and Third and Second Classmen) who I have to believe are available.

Not that it's especially relevant and not to sound like "we used to walk 5 miles through snow and ice to class" but again "back in the day" we didn't have "paid" tutors and you could usually get some help from the Profs during office hours and from classmates and upper classman who would tutor folks in the Barracks or the Library...I'm assuming that sort of stuff is still available.

USMMAGUY

Sure would like to know who these good samaritans are. DS went to his professor last tri and was told to "read your notes" - just another benefit of tenured professors in the world of academia.

MMAMom2011

Until I read this thread, I thought all of the tutors were Mids. My understanding was that qualified Mids were given opportunities to tutor in return for privileges. DS is at sea right now so I cannot confirm, but I am pretty sure he was tutored by an upperclassman in an official capacity - and then would join in study groups with buddies every chance he could. His experience with professors rivals USMMAGUY's - not very helpful.

2012kpmam

My DS also said that not all professors are full time teachers. Therefore, they have very limited office hours and that the tutors are essential since they are scheduled and regular.