Just when you figure the teachers and their unions couldn't make you puke any more, here come the dry heaves.

For your files.

You wouldn't pay good money for a lousy product and you'd pay even less if they raised the price. When our education establishment improves on the product and implements merit pay then they have something they can sell. All the PR in the world won't make people buy a bag of Sh!t unless it's fertilizer.

The Council Rock school district pays Communications Solutions $6,000 per month.

This is the school district that bends me over for taxes and has the highest paid teachers in Pennsylvania.
I am going to be sick.

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It's really getting bad. In Alabama they were threatening to cut off football season, bands, all extra ciricular activites. They had all these high school players doing commericals. It would almost bring a tear to your eyes.

Meanwhile, the state loses $7Million per year on UAB's athletic program. The current governor of Alabama has never seen a tax he doesn't like.

This is going on in local public school.Teachers want to strike and the taxpayers are paying for their bull crap.The teachers gave out lies on paper.The unions and their $$$$$$$$$$$$ making and lies can pound sand.

In 1987, the Clark County, NV School district was spending in excess of $110,000 a year for their "public relations" office. Imagine what it is now.

This AP article is the type of story that really is not "news" in that they could have published it at any time - - like a week ago or a week from now. And I can't imagine why the AP has not credited an author's name to it. But anyway, since the AP decided to release this story on Christmas Eve, and it might therefore be missed by many people, I will do the AP a favor and bump this from time to time over the next week or two, just to make sure people get to read it.
Merry Christmas!

Our local district (White Mountains Regional in northern NH) hired a newspaper reporter to do their public relations writing.

He just happened to be the most critical reporter of their shenanigans.

He didn't realize it until I jokingly mentioned to him that they'd bought him off.

What do think about this?
School districts spend the money they confiscate from taxpayers so that they can pay PR firms to essentially lobby for the confiscation of even more taxes. Puke.

As political as education has become, this doesn't surprise me at all. The problems that are faced today in our schools are different than a short 20 years ago.

The sad fact is that everything is pointing to federalization of education. Its happening in small but steady increments everyday. Another fact is that the vast majority of America supports throwing more money at the problems; even Bush understands this.

You can bet that the more the feds control education, the more problems there will be. Better to be funded at the local level and have the local level retain leverage.

So many entities of the ed industry pulling it apart at the seams; including teacher unions, politicians, administration, academics at univ's, lawyers, parent groups, the list goes on forever, not like it use to be. Oh ya, I forgot all the conservatives that only see a narrow piece of the picture, and continue to lose the war to various special interest groups. I really think conservatives should take a look around and readjust their directions concerning education; before their insignificance becomes apparent.

Once the feds completely control education, they will also control the children of America.

What do think about this? School districts spend the money they confiscate from taxpayers so that they can pay PR firms to essentially lobby for the confiscation of even more taxes.

School districts do a terrible job of communicating with the public, especially as to what is going on that is actually good.

Instead of speading $6,000 per month on PR firms, they should have student reporters writing stories about the positive aspects of their schools, submitting such news to local papers, an giving kids a chance to practice their writing skills and feel the thrill of being published. And, use the money they would save on these PR firms to raise teacher salaries.

an giving = and giving

Instead of speading $6,000 per month on PR firms, they should have student reporters writing stories about the positive aspects of their schools, submitting such news to local papers, an giving kids a chance to practice their writing skills and feel the thrill of being published. And, use the money they would save on these PR firms to raise teacher salaries

Those are good suggestions. I agree, with the caveat that salaries get increased for the outstanding teachers first. (Now if only there was a sound way to measure teacher effectiveness.)

Thanks for considering my suggestions! :)

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