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Well, for one, they're trying not to raise your taxes. That's where your school money comes from. Are you willing to pay higher taxes so we don't have to lay people off?
I suspect alot of this has to do w/incompentent budget planners over the past couple of years. Many spent, spent, spent, (assumed revenues wouldn't drop off) and not preparing for hard times.
Now the revenue isn't coming in and there's no backup plan.
CMS’s 66 percent graduation rate was lower than similar-sized Wake County (78 percent) and Guilford County (80 percent), as well as neighboring counties like Union (81 percent), Gaston (75 percent), and Cabarrus (75 percent).
Increasing teacher student ratios from 1:28.5 to 1:31 will not help.
Final budget numbers for the district are not yet available, but CMS has set a target amount for reductions in the 2010-2011 budget of $73.6 million.
Someone I worked with said that considering a multi million or billion bailout for schools (not sure on the amount). I hope this is true and passes and school districts do not waste the money. They said that some of these banks were to big to fail well our schools are to important to fail.
CMS is a case study on why throwing billions of dollars at a school system /= good education. The results speak for themselves. I do believe in pay for performance . Thus, Gorman should get a 50% pay cut. He will still be one of the most highly paid government workers in the state, but will no longer hold the highest paid spot.
A few weeks ago I was in my car listening to an advertisement on the radio about getting people in the business sector to enroll in courses and get a teaching license. The catch phrase at the end was "There's never been a better time to be a teacher in NC." I thought that was kind of funny.
I feel like we have too much stuff we don't need: teacher's aids (what happened to the student teachers?), every sport under the sun, the latest in technology (smart boards, etc), breakfast (!?), plus the busing situation, 5000 secretaries, and I could go on...
They just built a brand new elementary school just outside of my neighborhood and didn't bother to construct sidewalks or crosswalks so kids from the neighborhood can ride bikes or walk to school. I'm not sure if they bus all of them, but you should see the minivan caravan in the morning. If the city would have, from the beginning, invested in sidewalks and crosswalks for neighborhood schools, they would have major savings in busing costs right now. I also know of several kids who go to the charter schools and are bused 40 miles or something round trip. I think that's absolutely outrageous.
There are so many things that need to be and should be cut, including most sports. There's no reason to have 800 different types of sports. The school I went to had maybe three each season and that was it. I understand sports are important, but the are also expensive, and there's no need to have so many of them.
I suspect alot of this has to do w/incompentent budget planners over the past couple of years. Many spent, spent, spent, (assumed revenues wouldn't drop off) and not preparing for hard times.
Now the revenue isn't coming in and there's no backup plan.
The $11 million we're spending to update our recycling program seems like an ill timed expenditure. I'm not keen on keeping another trash can sized container in my garage, and it's an eyesore for those who don't have garages. I wonder how many people will elect not to use the new roll out recycling cans. It will then cost more money to pick them up and store them.
The $250,000 we spent recently to have new paperboxes installed uptown didn't seem like a good idea either.
Opening a library then almost closing it a month later is a red flag of how poorly we're spending money. IIRC there is at least one new school that won't open because there's no funding for teachers.
And 1/3 of our students don't graduate? I had no idea. That is embarassingly pathetic.
Certainly the decision makers need to be reined in.
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