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“It was not budget-specific except to say that they support funding public education." is what the school superintendent said.
What does a third grader know about funding public school education ?
And the teachers told them "they support it" ?
I also believe it was in bad taste to have the kids write that they will no longer have classes.
How did they know that unless the teacher told them. And the school system supported that propaganda..using kids and telling them stories to take home to their parents.
Why can't this lawmaker man up and just say he is cutting education funding?
Why can't the schools "man up" and fight for what they think they need like other people instead of hiding behind and using children to fight their battle? Contrary to the popular leftist belief, the ends do NOT justify the means.
Yes I agree. When my son was in HS each grade level had a VP so the school had 1 Principal and 4 Vice Principals and they all had their own secretaries, etc. Yes..bloat.
Yes I agree. When my son was in HS each grade level had a VP so the school had 1 Principal and 4 Vice Principals and they all had their own secretaries, etc. Yes..bloat.
It's like that in almost every public school here in NJ. Probably IS like that in every public school here.
Bad ones that can't be fired yes. But is it also necessary to have multiple principles, VP's and a long list of highly paid board members?
Our district has some criteria for which schools need assistant principals, and in some small schools, even the principal's job is shared with another school. In the large high schools, there is a principal and a couple of assistant principals. The school board works for free.
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Originally Posted by HappyTexan
Yes I agree. When my son was in HS each grade level had a VP so the school had 1 Principal and 4 Vice Principals and they all had their own secretaries, etc. Yes..bloat.
You have to love the logic expressed on this board.
Person A: "Our urban public schools really, really suck."
Person B: "Why is that?"
Person A: "Well, some people seem to think that it's because a lot of the teachers are underpaid and have to buy their class materials or use outdated textbooks that don't prepare the children for the 21st century - never mind for the information age since a lot of the schools are using 10 year-old + dinosaur equipment - but you know what I think? If we "cut the bloat" and slice off even more of these people's funding and continue to shut down schools, overcrowd the remaining schools and not give the already stressed teachers any aid or support whatsoever, I think we might be on to something!"
Person B: "But what if the schools get shut down if they're deemed to not be serving the population well enough?"
Person A: "Then we can bus them to other people's schools and do the exact same thing to them. Soon, we'll have recreated 19th century England all over again and the only people who can expect to go to college are the wealthy people who already make up 80% of the college population."
Person B: "If I didn't know any better, I would say that this sounds similar to the approach that some have to social services."
Person A: "Who said that an education was a right in America? The founding fathers? Ha! Screw 'em."
“It was not budget-specific except to say that they support funding public education." is what the school superintendent said.
What does a third grader know about funding public school education ?
And the teachers told them "they support it" ?
I also believe it was in bad taste to have the kids write that they will no longer have classes.
How did they know that unless the teacher told them. And the school system supported that propaganda..using kids and telling them stories to take home to their parents.
Disgusting.
Totally agree. This is why I thought it was disgusting. If they had a problem with what was going on they should have protested themselves and not used the children, especially the child of a law maker as a pawn for their agenda.
I have a 3rd grader, he doesn't know about public school funding. He wouldn't know unless I told him. And even if they were actually doing a letter and being taught about the topic, the teacher should not have let the child write a letter to her own father.
I am neither a liberal or conservative and education is the issue I feel most passionate about in politics. I don't think that either side has some all encompassing plan for taking over education or promoting their own agenda, but I do think this individual teacher should have their job taken away due to this incident. That could save the school district some money so they wouldn't have to let go of teacher's assistants.
Totally agree. This is why I thought it was disgusting. If they had a problem with what was going on they should have protested themselves and not used the children, especially the child of a law maker as a pawn for their agenda.
I have a 3rd grader, he doesn't know about public school funding. He wouldn't know unless I told him. And even if they were actually doing a letter and being taught about the topic, the teacher should not have let the child write a letter to her own father.
I am neither a liberal or conservative and education is the issue I feel most passionate about in politics. I don't think that either side has some all encompassing plan for taking over education or promoting their own agenda, but I do think this individual teacher should have their job taken away due to this incident. That could save the school district some money so they wouldn't have to let go of teacher's assistants.
Good post. But you might want to read up on this a bit.
"The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America," by Charlotte Iserbyt "America's Schools: The BattleGround for Freedom," by Allen Quist "Fed Ed: The New Federal Curriculum and How Its Enforced," by Allen Quist
Iserbyt worked in the Reagan Administration and was a WhistleBlower. Her book is filled with documentation; not just opinions.
Quist was a legislator from Minnesota and a University Professor.
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