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Superintendents Paint Dire Picture If California's Prop. 30 Fails ["Bloodbath" Predicted?]
LA Times ^ | October 26, 2012 | Stephen Ceasar

Posted on 10/26/2012 9:51:51 PM PDT by Steelfish

Superintendents Paint Dire Picture If California's Prop. 30 Fails As Gov. Jerry Brown's revenue-raising proposition loses support, school superintendents say class sizes could grow, cherished programs could die and jobs will be lost.

What we face is the biggest challenge in public education since the state of California was founded," said state Supt. of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson

By Stephen Ceasar, Los Angeles Times October 26

As children peered at them through an elementary school fence in Cerritos on Friday, about a dozen school superintendents explained the consequences they will face if California voters fail to approve Proposition 30.

In Whittier Union High School District, class sizes — some already exceeding 40 students — will continue to grow. In Inglewood Unified School District, a $30-million deficit will double and the current school year will immediately be shortened by four weeks. In ABC Unified School District, which serves mostly Artesia and Cerritos, sports, arts and after-school programs — currently unscathed by $30 million in cuts in recent years — will be pared.

"If Prop. 30 fails, we're talking about a bloodbath," said Supt. Dale Marsden of the San Bernardino City Unified School District. The district will slash about $10 million from programs for gifted students, music and sports and cut 160 positions.

Proposition 30, backed by Gov. Jerry Brown, would add a quarter-cent to the statewide sales tax for four years and impose a seven-year tax increase on California's highest earners.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: beggingbowl; forthechildren; gimmegimmegimme; jerrybrown; moonbeam; moremoremore; neverenough; payuporthedoggetsit; prop30; standanddeliver; teecherzneedzbmwz; torlakson; yourmoneyoryourlife
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1 posted on 10/26/2012 9:51:57 PM PDT by Steelfish
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To: Steelfish

Our total California tax load is easily double what it was when I moved here in 1973. Yet everything is much, much worse in the intervening 40 years. Clearly we need to double our taxes again to fix everything up.


2 posted on 10/26/2012 9:56:41 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Steelfish

Well I and my 20+ are voting NO.
Good luck MoonBeam


3 posted on 10/26/2012 9:56:41 PM PDT by jennychase
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To: Steelfish

Bloodbath it is then.


4 posted on 10/26/2012 10:00:53 PM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (Ignorance is bliss- I'm stoked)
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To: Steelfish

Whatever became of all the billions of lottery dollars that were going to be spent on education???


5 posted on 10/26/2012 10:01:46 PM PDT by oldbrowser (An empty chair attracts a stadium full of empty chairs.)
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To: Steelfish

A bloodbath?

What’s he talking about? Who’s blood is going to be spilled?

The unions poured on the hyperbole during the Wisconsin situation too.


6 posted on 10/26/2012 10:01:52 PM PDT by Steely Tom (If the Constitution can be a living document, I guess a corporation can be a person.)
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To: Steelfish

Maybe they shouldn’t have made a school for 600 million for 2000 students a few years back?


7 posted on 10/26/2012 10:02:53 PM PDT by Professional
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To: Steelfish

What percent of the CA public education budget goes towards programs that primarily benefit illegals?


8 posted on 10/26/2012 10:03:04 PM PDT by Jane Long (Soli Deo Gloria!)
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To: Steelfish

C’mon California. We trashed one of the top school systems in the nation. We produce more illiterate liberal zombies than the next three states combined. We have thrown so much money at education, we could fund some European Nations. Our universities produce some of the most Global Warming Friendly retards in the world. Your children’s children’s children can not hope to pay off our debt. City after city, are going into bankruptcy.

Let do it again!


9 posted on 10/26/2012 10:04:26 PM PDT by 98ZJ USMC
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To: Steelfish

As long as it is going to be a bloodbath, they might as well have some sort of teacher vs. teacher pay-per-view cage match. Its for the children, of course.


10 posted on 10/26/2012 10:04:40 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: jennychase

Same here. What I like about my radio stations here in mexifornia they give fair time for both pro and anti ads. But I hate moonbeam so NO on 30 and YES on 32.


11 posted on 10/26/2012 10:05:32 PM PDT by max americana (Make the world a better place by punching a liberal in the face)
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To: Steelfish

Teachers will be forced to teach, superintendents will have to superintend, and students will actually learn the three Rs instead of the fluff classes that will be cut. Oh, the Hugh Manatee!


12 posted on 10/26/2012 10:07:50 PM PDT by rfp1234
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To: Steelfish

GOOD; and I speak as a former school district employee (Maintenance Supervisor) for over 25 years. I know for a fact how much they waste and misappropriate to stupid gimmee crap.
If they spent the money on education instead of PC bulls##t they would not have any financial problems.


13 posted on 10/26/2012 10:10:01 PM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: Steelfish

FEAR! FEAR! FEAR!


14 posted on 10/26/2012 10:16:49 PM PDT by tcrlaf (Election 2012: THE RAPTURE OF THE DEMOCRATS)
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To: oldbrowser

You are not supposed to ask questions, such as what about the extra lottery money for schools. Liberals do not permit such questions to be asked!!!


15 posted on 10/26/2012 10:17:08 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego ('s)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Whatever became of all the billions of lottery dollars that were going to be spent on education???

Just look in the General Fund, Fooled again..


16 posted on 10/26/2012 10:20:51 PM PDT by BooBoo1000 ( 1 retarded man is a pity, two retarded men are a law practice and three are a congress)
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To: Steelfish

Welcome to the real world. The world that the rest of us have to live in. Money is tight these days.

Start with waste, redundancy, and inefficiencies. And don’t tell me there isn’t waste in government.


17 posted on 10/26/2012 10:24:25 PM PDT by dhs12345
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To: Steelfish
i guess throwing the ILLEGAL'S out, is out of the question...
18 posted on 10/26/2012 10:24:48 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: Steelfish

Kill it. Kill it with fire. If Moonbat, er, -beam wants it, kill it.


19 posted on 10/26/2012 10:25:07 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: Steelfish

We are swimming in money.

So much so that Jerry Brown took on a new entitlement: The Dream act.


20 posted on 10/26/2012 10:27:55 PM PDT by NoLibZone (I know what it is to be Black,to be hated for who I am, more so than Whoppi does. I'm a Republican.)
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