[DakotaRed]

How ironic is it that just days ago an Op Ed appeared in the same paper outlining Washington State losing a $13.2 million grant from the National Math & Science Initiative out of Dallas Texas, over conflicts with the Washington Educators Association and Collective Bargaining laws?

While the lost grant alone cannot be blamed for a budget pinch, $13.2 million surely would have helped offset it.

Discussed here previously.

[Clintonfatigued]

We pay so much and get so little. Homeschooling doesn’t cost the taxpayers anything (Metmom, that’s your cue!)

[Clintonfatigued]

The cost of government schools continues to rise. Although, IMHO, the biggest costs are not financial.

[Popman]

approved by state legislators earlier this year.

I'm assuming that means, this year 2008. If that is the case, the state should pony up the money or loan the money to cover their state mandated pay increase.

These small communities set their budgets and tax rates way before the year 2008 begins.

[Clintonfatigued]

The public schools in Washington state are in a bad state. Not that they seem to be doing well in other parts of the country.

[DakotaRed]

Don’t forget, thanks to the laws passed to grant the WEA more power, Washington Schools lost a $13.2 Million grant. Then days later, they cry about funds?