Posted on 07/30/2010 12:55:58 AM PDT by dennisw
what's to come: higher taxes, layoffs of state workers, longer waits for public services, more crowded classrooms, shorter school years, higher college tuition and less support for the poor and the unemployed.
Paying more, getting less.
The Pew Center needs to recalibrate it’s scale. They have Connecticut ranked far too high. It’s one of the most dysfunctional states. People have left in droves over the past several years. That’s why the state lost a Congressional after the last Census.
I don’t think the Fed has lost the ability to create inflation, just that it takes a while to be felt. When the banks get the go ahead to dump all the monies they have been hoarding, the lid will blow off. For now, what hasn’t been skimmed is waiting in the wings.
School officials really must be stupid if they think students are not going to let the cat out of the bag — or did the students have to sign a document swearing that they wouldn’t tell their parents, as is common in some schools when school officials want to keep parents in the dark?
Did you bring it to the attention of the school board? I would be raising a lot of hell about that.
That explains Arizona's poor ranking.
Arizona is not in good shape. But they are in FAR better shape than Michigan and New York.
Caught my eye immediately also and I’m with you, it’s pure unadulterated BS.
When I went to school a long, long time ago, the only students who were bussed were those who lived 2 miles or more from the school.
State Dysfunction bump for later......
Oh, I raised hell. They did NOT get their new school. We held them off for about ten years. The corruption in the schools is inexplicable. They keep raising taxes, because NJ funds it’s school with property taxes.
People leave and they have even less money.
But then teachers don’t do math, or any other subject either it would seem. Except sex ed for kindergartners.
These were third and fourth graders. Mostly oblivious and always willing to do what the teacher tells them to do.
When they would have open house for parents the notices would never be sent home. They hated parents observing classrooms.........
Oh, I was always on their case.
Well good for you! That is what it is going to take to ever change anything. People fighting back and not just taking whatever they try to dish out.
Oh I was out there. Threatened by bullies, slandered by some fearful parents who wanted the teachers to be extra nice to their kids.
I never backed down.
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