This makes me sick to my stomach. It is unbelievable that our schools function at all.
For some unknown reason, this school administration and board believe we (being the taxpayers of this county) can fund anything they put on the table. When did they lose focus of the most important aspects of our schools? Maybe they never had it, who knows.
There are three things and only three things that are critical to our kids getting a good education. The teachers, the students and their parents and/or guardians. Without solid input from all three, our kids are lost.
There is no way you can convince me that spending $60 million on a state-of-the art school or a 90K/year assistant or electronic speaker systems or dress codes or reshuffling principals and support staff is going to ensure our kids are educated properly and prepared for life.
I would love to have a plasma TV in my living room and a GPS system in my car and a housekeeper to clean my house and a full-time tutor for my kids and a computer in every room in house, but I can’t afford that and neither can this county afford to foot luxuries and excess salaries because someone says this would be good.
Good for whom?
Put the money and support where it’s needed the most. Hire more teachers, get more text books, work on getting parents and students involved and stop wasting money!
This administration is putting a huge burden on us, and it’s time to say “no.” Maybe they need to look up the word budget in the dictionary, because right now, it appears that they think the word budget means spend as much money as possible. We can’t afford this. Go to the meetings and speak out!
