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This is so sad. I understand that the economy is in turmoil, but what happens to the lottery money? How can Gov. Perdue take the money to use in other areas? And how will changing the cutoff date from October to August impact the kids going into Kindergarten this year?
Durham may cut out 226 teachers - Local & State - News & Observer (http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/1508669.html - broken link)
This is so sad. I understand that the economy is in turmoil, but what happens to the lottery money? How can Gov. Perdue can take the money to use in other areas?
This has been the story in every state that has ever adopted an "education lottery," going back decades. Were there still people in NC who, despite all the evidence to the contrary in all those other states, still believed there was going to be some extra, untouchable pot of money just for education? I guess PT Barnum was right.
I read an article that even lottery revenues are down. What is even more disturbing is that the probably had to let go of some good teachers because the bad ones have more seniority/tenure.
I'm amazed the lottery revenues are down, when I read an article that said during this economy more people are buying lottery tickets in hopes of hitting the jackpot. The current Power Ball lottery is at $92m and has been in the high numbers quite frequently in the past few months.
T And how will changing the cutoff date from October to August impact the kids going into Kindergarten this year?
Durham may cut out 226 teachers - Local & State - News & Observer (http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/1508669.html - broken link)
This is how I understand the Kindgergarten thing..
For the current school year Kindergarten kids were kids who were born between October 16, 2002 - October 15, 2003. Basically 12 months.
For the next school year (09-10) the K class will accept kids born between October 16, 2003 to August 31, 2004. Basically 10.5 months of kids. Personally, I don't think this is going to make nearly as much difference as they all think it will. It is only about 45 days worth of birthdays.
My child was born in September and we moved from an area where the cutoff is August 15. They cited "maturity" issues and social aspects. My child was so ready to go to school, she was driving everyone crazy, so I put her in Montessori school for two yeas (K and 1st), then put her in public school for 2nd and she's excelled. They also said it would reduce the number of kids in the schools, but when they did a study, they found more kids were born in April, May, June, July and August than most other months (hey, what else is there to do in a winter state during winter?). But it really does hurt to have to pay an extra year of daycare!
What do Durham residents get when paying super high taxes?
One would think with the super high tax rate compared to Wake County rates, Durham wouldn't need to make these cuts or raise taxes even further. What will they do once they are taxing their residents at 100%?
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What do Durham residents get when paying super high taxes?
