Subject:  Public Schools: Spending money in all the wrong places |
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Liberta
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Date Posted: 04:27:28 09/20/02 Fri
Linda Gorman's piece on public school's is a warm welcome to my tired eyes. My county, of course, is also looking for more money. These school board soul suckers will stop at nothing, short of blackmail, to get more money to provide for six digit incomes for administration, multiple grief counselors, parking lot attendants, student lounges among other over expenditures. Do any of you know what a student lounge is? It's a place where students go during a free period to hang with friends. That's a nice idea, however when it comes back to the tax payer as a burden to provide xbox's and gameboy's to these little brats I say the buck needs to stop. Whatever happened to going to the library on your free period?
Ms. Gorman mentions a logical performance based alternative to the classic union position that offers no motivation beyond tenure, and of course doing it "for the children". It should be explored to a greater extent by all public school systems. I applaud Ms. Gorman for her stand regarding such a sensitive issue.
Competition is obviously an important factor missing in the public school equation. Competition among teachers might not be the only factor.
In my opinion, parents can play a vital role in the success of their children. Unfortunately, I believe our "drive thru" culture is developing a drive through nation of mental midgets, whom are not held accountable for their own actions or the actions of their brood. Parents need to be held accountable. They go from dropping kids at the day care straight to dropping kids at kindergarten, elementary, then on to high school, all with little involvement or teaching from the parents - too busy to help teach their own child for reasons of time constraints. The problem, (according to the lefties) therein falls upon the taxpayer to pick up the burden of Mom and Dad's job - to teach the child instead of toiling away for that new boat.
Money doesn't make people smarter. Quite simply, if it's up to the school board (which it seems to be) there will never be enough money. If we don't cough it up, they cut art class, close schools, cancel transportation. What about the children?
It's pretty simple really. It doesn't take a village, it merely takes a family with some fortitude, restraint and personal responsibilty. Additionally, if these public schools seem to be such wiz's with the number crunching, why can't they ever control a freakin budget? I guess that might be part of the reason Americans also have such a problem with personal debt, and unneccessary bankruptcy. That, my fellow free marketeers, is a case of the dumb leading the blind. Or maybe it's just plain classic greed. Whatever it is, Ms Gorman's right, it's not working.
What about the children? Big deal. I've yet to be convinced of their dire stupidity, it's the school board I'm worried about.
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