📍 WARNER, OK - High School Students Learn How To Build A House From The Ground Up!
A dozen students in a construction class at Warner High School have completed a 3-bedroom, 2-bath home, which is now for sale.
The school district is accepting sealed bids for the home at 1003 E 5th Avenue in Warner, with a minimum bid of $210,000.
The bids will be opened on May 15th.
Teacher Ira Jackson returned to the classroom after retiring to teach the hands-on work.
“The goal of the program is to produce students who can read a tape measure and understand the basics of carpentry and building, and move on from there,” he said.
Several students already have job offers after working alongside licensed trades workers during construction.
Ethan Atkerson, a Warner High School senior, said he helped with cabinetry, guttering and lighting, and is certain he’ll pursue a career in construction.
“I’ve loved doing every part of this,: he said. “It’s all been enjoyable to me. I like being able to work with my hands, and this is something that I can work with my hands and look at the work and think, I did that, I’m proud of that.”
Every high school in America should be doing this!
A friend challenged me with a hard question: why are you fine with arresting protestors who blockade college campuses, while you praise the Canadian truckers who blockaded highways? Here’s what I said.
NEW: The San Francisco Police Department is dressing up as inflatable chickens to catch speeding drivers going through crosswalks.
The officers are giving out citations to those who don't stop for the chicken crossing the road.
The gig is paying off as the department has given out about 40 citations with some fines costing upwards of $400.
"If you don’t see someone in a giant chicken costume, then we really have a problem," said police Lt. Jonathan Ozol to the SFGate.
"It’s having an impact. Drivers seem more aware, more cognizant. Certainly when they see the chicken."
Video: SFGate.
they can dominate the news cycle up to the election.
Finally, I believe that if the demos choose a proven moderate (not Newsom or Whitmire) Trump will lose badly, but the GOP will take control of the Senate and keep control of the House.
Time will tell if I am right.
listening to the overwhelming majority of Americans who have shouted "we don't want another Biden vs. Trump election."
I believe that if this happens, Americans will be mesmerized by what the Demos are doing and not interested in Trump. If the demos play it right, they can
I believe that this will happen in the next week or so to give the "fresh blood" time to introduce themselves to America before the DNC Convention.
I believe that when this happens, the press will spend from now until November praising the demos for
I now believe that all of the "drama" about Biden's fitness to run is a brilliant, staged strategy of the democrats to keep the spotlight off Trump.
I believe that they will keep the pressure/focus on Biden until he is "forced" to retire gracefully.
What a joke. The scope is not only backward, but the scope's cap is still on.
The Marines need to make a hostile takeover of the Navy.
Go Army!
US Navy mocked for image of captain firing gun with back-to-front scope https://t.co/frQBr8QQ4V
The robots are licking their chops, Ms. Jayaraman, as you work hard to convince employers that machines are more cost effective than humans.
Labor group demands California’s $20 minimum wage for fast food workers extend to all sectors https://t.co/s09msnGmEM
In a Zoom call about a mental health proposition, Gov. Gavin Newsom says he was at a Target and saw someone walk out without paying.
He asked a worker why the person steals and they blamed the Governor before looking at him twice and recognizing him.
“I was like, why I am spending $380 and everyone can walk the hell right out.”