Looks like 21 or 22 to me ...
Posted on 03/29/2010 12:14:29 PM PDT by mikelets456
Gov. Chris Christie today said students skipping class to protest teacher layoffs were “pawns” of the teachers’ union and should not face disciplinary action.
Dozens of students cut class to protest outside Bridgewater-Raritan High School this morning. In Cliffside Park, students spilled onto the sports field at 9 a.m. today to show they opposed the district’s proposal to cut 25 teachers and 20 other staff members to deal with a $1.8 million, or nearly 40 percent, cut in state aid, according to a report in The Record.
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THIS is one of the reasons we have a Marxist Muslim in the White House.
All over the country, leftist professors and teachers had orgasms over a minority Marxist Muslim running for President.
They used their classrooms, like they always do, to advance an agenda of far left-wing politics. And they are doing it now.
Academic freedom? Baloney - its liberal license. Teachers need to have their classrooms monitored by a non-partisan organization to make sure they are politically neutral.
If Republicans start talking like Christie they’re in danger of winning elections
NJEA is the WORST of the WORST unions. Believe me... I had to deal with them head on a few years back. The administration thinks just like them as well and I think teachers either love them or FEAR them.
Looks like 21 or 22 to me ...
Those students should simply raise the money.
Problem solved.
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All the people who called Christie a RINO were WRONG.
I tell you what...he’s been acting like a full fledged conservative!
Two Dozen Students Find an Excuse to Cut Class
film at 11
NJEA strikes back.
March 26, 2010
Millionaires or kids? Christie has made
his choice
by NJEA President Barbara Keshishian
The choice could not be more stark: tax cuts for millionaires, or full school funding for New Jersey kids. Just a few weeks into his term Gov. Christie has staked out his position, slashing nearly $1.5 billion from state aid to schools and higher education.
At the same time, he has rejected out of hand any consideration of reinstating a very modest tax on the very wealthiest New Jersey residents, those making more than $400,000 per year. Last year, that surcharge generated nearly $1 billion in revenue for the state, enough to close much of the hole that his reckless budget opened in local school budgets.
Those two decisions – to slash funding for schools and to deliver generous tax cuts for the super wealthy – are so far out of the mainstream in New Jersey that the governor is attempting to distract New Jerseyans from the real issue. For the last several days, his distraction of choice has been to attack teachers and school employees, claiming that we – not his misguided priorities – are the reason that schools face deep and painful cuts that are going to hurt kids.
I understand politics, and I understand Gov. Christie’s tactics. If I were cutting funds from schools to provide tax cuts to the wealthy, I’d be looking for a distraction too. I wouldn’t want people focusing on the consequences for students and I wouldn’t want people asking why millionaires get a pass when everyone else is being asked to share in the sacrifice.
Chris Christie 2012
I’m SERIOUS!
Yep, and he’s not afraid of anyone.
To hell with the democrats...lol.
When I was in high school we dressed like that on one day of the school year — HALLOWEEN.
Unafraid to call a spade a spade., Christie keeps on impressing!
I’m a NJ resident. Certain groups are screaming to the High Heavens about a $400,000,000 budget cut to schools or townships or something like that yet didn’t squeak a pip during the $70,000,000,000 wealth exodus which occurred under the Corzine regime.
"You see this...it's the world's smallest violin, playing just for YOU, NJEA!"
Why are the teachers making so much money when our children are not educated?
This is only the beginning of the hell Christie is about to experience. The school boards will announce cuts in every program middle class parents want for their kids. Sports, clubs, SAT Prep, AP courses. Anything that parents believe will negatively impact their kid’s college acceptance. You won’t hear about raising class size from 21 to 25. You won’t hear about teachers picking uo two more teaching periods a week. You’ll hear cuts of everything I’ve mentioned. If Christie had only to deal with the spending in Newark,Trenton, Camden and Paterson he’d have a chance. But once the enraged parents in Short Hills, Middleton, Ramsey, and Cherry Hill get going Chrisite’s ideas will be crushed in the Legislature by Dem and Rep alike. That’s school politics in the Garden State.
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