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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:02 PM Original message |
How would your district weather a 22% budget cut? |
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lostnotforgotten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
1. My School Taxes would Go Up And We Would Have Another Home Foreclosure |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Raising taxes is not likely to happen in the current legislature |
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lostnotforgotten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. I Value Education But Have No Kids And Pay The Full School Tax Rate - Seems Unfair To Me |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:26 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Then you don't value education. |
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lostnotforgotten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:29 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Quite The Opposite - Why Should I Be Charged the Same Fee With An Empty Nest |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:32 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Because you benefit whether you have kids or not. |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-09 11:42 PM Response to Reply #7 |
25. Gosh, where have I heard that before? |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-09 11:56 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. No kidding. |
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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
2. This is going on everywhere. |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I know... |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
5. If you have young kids, then you might want to consider getting out of town. |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Already done... |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 09:00 AM Response to Reply #6 |
20. If they want to let their kids grow up to be morons, then that's up to them. |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 09:56 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. And growing... |
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ChazII (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-09 08:12 AM Response to Reply #6 |
28. In Paradise Valley Unified |
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Riley18 (883 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
8. Florida is 50th in spending for education. We'll go to 51 if Puerto Rico ever |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:27 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. We're in a race to be #50 so you'll move up to #49. |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
13. There's this sense on the part of too many people |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 05:07 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Part of it is what is perceived as scare tactics and the appearance that |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 06:33 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. I also think they're trying to break the teachers' unions. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 07:01 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. They are trying to break our union in my district |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 07:10 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Your district is a nightmare! |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 07:26 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. But we have just great kids |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 07:32 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. I'm glad to hear you have made some progress. |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-11-09 06:23 PM Response to Reply #15 |
32. There is definitely anti-union sentiment... |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 12:34 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. The Leg. is definitely trying to break our union. |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-11-09 06:21 PM Response to Reply #13 |
31. It's also the foundation of a strong democracy... |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 12:37 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Cut taxes, cut taxes, cut taxes! |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
22. We are looking at a severe mid-year cut. THIS year. |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 05:03 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Wow! |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 07:17 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. The parents don't know yet. |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-09 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
26. Here's some equivalents in my district: |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-09 07:12 AM Response to Original message |
27. Hire more administrators. |
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Scooter24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-30-09 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
30. We've been lucky to keep more of our tax money from going to the state. |
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KakistocracyHater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
35. I wish they'd put high schools into empty malls |
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