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May 27, 2005
CA state Sen. McClintock - comedy gold
I grit my teeth some mornings when I'm subjected to the whiney-ass ads on the radio from the 800-pound gorilla, as known as the California Teachers Association. They are absolutely incensed that Gov Schwarzenegger does not properly genuflect in their direction each morning. Zero tolerance, abysmal scores, students brawling and the shopworn cry of the CTA is "Gimme more money! Gimme gimmee gimme!"
Standing ovation to Tom McClintock for finding the humor in the CTA's surly histrionics.
The multimillion-dollar campaign paid by starving teachers unions has finally placed our sadly neglected schools at the center of the budget debate.I'm almost sorry my youngest graduates high school June 10th. I'll be out of the immediate loop for k-12 debacles to relate.Across California, children are bringing home notes warning of dire consequences if Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's scorched-earth budget is approved -- a budget that slashes Proposition 98 public-school spending from $42.2 billion this year all the way down to $44.7 billion next year.
That should be proof enough that our math programs are suffering.
As a public-school parent, I have given this crisis a great deal of thought and have a modest suggestion to help weather these dark days.
Maybe -- as a temporary measure only -- we should spend our school dollars on our schools. I realize that this is a radical departure from current practice, but desperate times require desperate measures.
However, she's going to be attending San Francisco State University. Fertile blogging ground, I'm sure.
hattip Justin at Classical Values
Posted by Darleen at May 27, 2005 03:47 PM