tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post4874332915935894924..comments2024-03-10T06:07:53.511-07:00Comments on Crazy in Suburbia: Day of Action for students and teachers to protest statewide school budget cutsMartha Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14092931417080881172noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-57773772674662799612010-03-05T14:03:45.508-08:002010-03-05T14:03:45.508-08:00"On Wednesday night, the Acalanes Union High ..."On Wednesday night, the Acalanes Union High School District Governing Board unanimously approved a three-year contract with the Acalanes Education Association (AEA). This agreement exemplifies a sincere desire by our teachers to do their part, and much more, to buffer our students from the full brunt of state funding cutbacks.<br /> <br />The cost-saving measures in this contract include Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-62323756653730559672010-03-04T17:39:20.765-08:002010-03-04T17:39:20.765-08:00I was in 10th grade when Proposition 13 was passed...I was in 10th grade when Proposition 13 was passed and I remember our band teacher ranting and raving that this was the end, that the school would have to cut all after school programs including band and sports.<br /><br />Of course, this was all gloom and doom and it never happened.<br /><br />Proposition 13 was not the problem then and it is not the problem today.<br /><br />The problem is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-23799177320091180702010-03-04T16:59:18.647-08:002010-03-04T16:59:18.647-08:00Everyone that recieves addional services should pa...Everyone that recieves addional services should pay more than those of us who do not. As for the crisis US and CA is facing is because liberals, conservatives any label you have do not, have not and continue to not pay. Everyone wants something for nothing, this needs to stop. We have to start making sacrifices we should all lobby for union reform, increase retirement age, and pay service/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-36474422907334953782010-03-04T15:45:32.663-08:002010-03-04T15:45:32.663-08:00Charging families of special education students fo...Charging families of special education students for the services they receive would be a violation of 2 separate federal laws. IDEA and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.<br /><br />Why not charge families for Gifted and Talented programs? Why not charge families for every time their student ends up in the principals office? Why not charge student athletes for upkeep of the facilities that they playNerd Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05177750398775870580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-65652093814290999552010-03-04T15:23:08.227-08:002010-03-04T15:23:08.227-08:00I would love to know how much the state spends eac...I would love to know how much the state spends each year printing textbooks in Spanish, plus other bi-lingual services such as library books in Spanish, etc...<br /><br />Of courese, it's nearly impossible to get a straight answer to such a question.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-74608199679516961342010-03-04T13:45:24.052-08:002010-03-04T13:45:24.052-08:00Looks like we're almost ready for pension refo...Looks like we're almost ready for pension reform for government unions in this state, we are getting close!Masterlocknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-71922169662054591532010-03-04T13:06:14.153-08:002010-03-04T13:06:14.153-08:00I paste the L-word over problems that are caused b...I paste the L-word over problems that are caused by liberal policies.<br /><br />Proposition 13 was passed in 1978. Don't you think enough time has passed to get used to that fact and that school districts should budget accordingly?<br /><br />I agree that the state is absolutely unworkable as it is now constituted. Ask yourself why it is unworkable and get out the paste.<br /><br />Out of bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-43689005745322284962010-03-04T11:54:50.112-08:002010-03-04T11:54:50.112-08:00Beau, Do you think that this is going to be solved...Beau, Do you think that this is going to be solved by pasting the evil "L" word over any and every problem that exists? Lame.<br /><br />Wouldn't a more honest assessment be that our problems are the almost inevitable result of Prop 13, an unworkably large state, out of control costs, global/national/state financial collapse, and illegal immigration? When you look at the problems Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-84764734004336844932010-03-04T10:55:59.469-08:002010-03-04T10:55:59.469-08:00Interesting...
A huge number of liberal teachers ...Interesting...<br /><br />A huge number of liberal teachers are protesting cuts to the education budget when they are the same people who elected the tax-and-spend liberal legislators who got us into this mess.<br /><br />Folks, you need to realize that when you vote, it means something.<br /><br />You may feel good and wholesome when you vote for liberals, but you feel terrible when their Beau Hunknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-87746349209524919612010-03-04T10:18:18.542-08:002010-03-04T10:18:18.542-08:00We lump kids with speech problems, dyslexia, and h...We lump kids with speech problems, dyslexia, and high-functioning autistics into the same special ed pot as emotionally disturbed and profoundly mentally disabled. <br /><br />Offering help to the first 3 groups is an excellent investment as these kids grow into productive citizens when helped. But we really lost it when we decided that schools had an obligation to treat mental illness. We don&#Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-3759254798870096072010-03-04T09:20:57.625-08:002010-03-04T09:20:57.625-08:00This is a problem everywhere in our elementary sch...This is a problem everywhere in our elementary school in Orinda my son's class has 3 special need students that means we are paying for 3 special education assistants salaries, benefits and pension plans. This is not acceptable. The parents should be made to pay, if they can take fancy vacations they can certainly pay the cost associated with educating their children in a public school!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-61579194881698544912010-03-04T09:13:08.444-08:002010-03-04T09:13:08.444-08:0071 million a year for special education program is...71 million a year for special education program is completely Outrageous. 08-09 budget for Non special needs was $154million for Special needs was $78 million. Out of the 35,000 students in the district how many are special needs? There is a huge disparity in this spending. I completely agree parents of special needs students need to pay their share. This is not right on so many levels.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-26382608855852705502010-03-04T08:42:45.606-08:002010-03-04T08:42:45.606-08:00If you'd like the 'Day of Action' to b...If you'd like the 'Day of Action' to be meaningful, use it to convince Californians that we aren't taxed sufficiently to pay for all of the 'worthy' expenditures we've been making and that our only way out of the cycle is to [sadly] say 'no' to some of those choices and to [sadly] restructure our tax basis to adequately fund those that remain.Up3rd (and occasionally Chris Hendricks)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00295959123804288217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-66680253044900953052010-03-04T08:17:26.099-08:002010-03-04T08:17:26.099-08:00This is tragic for the MT Unified district, with m...This is tragic for the MT Unified district, with more special needs students in school districts CA should consider asking parents of SN to pay, it could be on a scale based on income. The budget for Special Needs is enormous in all school districts and with more parents instining their students attend public schools they should be accountable to pay. As a parent of SN we make large donations Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com