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Subject: Controversial Statements


Author:
Joey
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Date Posted: 21:56:26 01/11/05 Tue

Actually, it would probably be best if I just come out right now and address some of my past statements I've made concerning public schools. It's lengthy, but this is straight from me, so if any of you come across things I might have said, or only half of what I said, then this is the source for it ALL.

http://www.joeydauben.com/MISD.htm

(this is my anti-Libertarianism coming out now)

I would not replace the taxpayer-financed school system in any way whatsoever, I would just open it up like every other industry and market. Rather than *force* parents to pay into *only* the Midlothian system, I (if given the power) would allow them to choose which school and/or school district to spend their taxpayer money on. For example, if a charter school opened up, or if numerous charters opened up within the MISD, parents should be able to take their children to those schools -- and pay property taxes to those schools.

This is the same thing as saying, "X board should be run like a business."

There were some campaign advisors I had a couple of years ago (during the 2003 race) who favored the complete abolition of public schools. That to me, perception-wise, was not acceptable. I am a product of the Midlothian ISD and of Midlothian High School, and while I believe our education training came up short (history is completely lacking), I still learned some very valuable tools.

There are many problems faced with public schools, one being that they take way too much in local property taxes. It is simply unfair that parents who no longer want to send their children to Midlothian schools for example, will still have to pay property taxes to support those schools they do not use or attend.


"Just a short explanation of how you are going to make the public schools better in light of an underlying desire to replace the system."

Simple. By being 100 percent accountable and responsible (2 traits I learned at MHS) to the taxpayers paying the salaries of all the district's employees, staff, etc. Let them in on everything legally allowed to be made public. Having a "business" sense that money would be spent efficiently and effectively, rather than squander it on $14 million football stadiums (my take is, if football is so popular, the football market would pay for it). I have an underlying feeling and desire to make the system run more efficient and fair towards the taxpayers who don't have children attending our schools. That, and if something like any of this: http://www.joeydauben.com/MISD.htm comes along, then they should be the first to know about it.

"My subconscious feeling about "No Child Left Behind" and "TAKS" is a mission to present the schools with goals that cannot be met with the funds allocated, thus making the public school system look like it's failing in order to bolster a free market system."

There's a major problem when you have a lackey school board willing to go along with every single thing that comes out of the federal and state governments. No Child Left Behind is as unconstitutional as it is underfunded. There are no provisions in the federal US Constitution that give Congress or the president authority in matters involving education. TAKS testing does nothing more than train students on how boring it is to take tests. There is simply too, too much emphasis put on standardized testing. Way too much. I learned how to be accountable and responsible in Business Law, not TAKS.

See, if school board members would honestly ask, "well, where do we get all this money to fund this?" in the first place, I think we might have a clear understanding of what they face. Instead, they just approve the latest trend or fad in educational bureacracy, which, to me, would not be acceptable. It's the Midlothian school district for a reason (as opposed to the Midlothian-TEA ISD).

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