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if this isnt the fastest way to get your child killed....
Dartful Dodger:
--- Quote from: Zero_Hour on April 27, 2005, 02:59:24 pm ---Indeed, the "Old West" is often looked back with fondness for their overwhelming civility.
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monkeybomb:
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--- Quote from: ChadTower on April 27, 2005, 03:03:01 pm ---I'd settle for a freakin' book. They don't have the funds for those, nevermind weapons.
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As an employee of the public schools I feel comfortable saying this is the smartest thing anyone has said in this thread.
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I'm telling you the money is there, it's the allocation.
fredster:
A plan would be nice.
Since people don't seem to like this one, what would be the plan?
It's very easy to complain, you don't have to have answers to do that.
How about kick out all the students in a fight? How about prison time for guns and drugs at school?
Stingray:
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--- Quote from: Stingray on April 27, 2005, 03:09:22 pm ---
--- Quote from: ChadTower on April 27, 2005, 03:03:01 pm ---I'd settle for a freakin' book. They don't have the funds for those, nevermind weapons.
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As an employee of the public schools I feel comfortable saying this is the smartest thing anyone has said in this thread.
-S
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I'm telling you the money is there, it's the allocation.
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Do you have any facts to back up this fairly wild claim? From where I'm sitting, every single area of public education seems to be lacking funds. I don't see any one program being overfunded at the expense of any other program. US public education is severely lacking in funds across the board, The school where I work has to cut programs every single year just to keep up.
--- Quote from: fredster ---How about kick out all the students in a fight? How about prison time for guns and drugs at school?
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These are already in effect to some extent, at least in the district where I work. Students involved in a fight are suspended. The amount of time varies, of course, depending on the situation. Guns and drugs are expulsion offenses. Students are turned over to the police. Any jail time is of course in the hands of the judicial system.
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ChadTower:
--- Quote from: Stingray on April 27, 2005, 03:30:58 pm ---Do you have any facts to back up this fairly wild claim? From where I'm sitting, every single area of public education seems to be lacking funds. I don't see any one program being overfunded at the expense of any other program. US public education is severely lacking in funds across the board, The school where I work has to cut programs every single year just to keep up.
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It's not as wild as you would think, at least not where I live. We have an excellent little public school system in my town, but there is still money being allocated to the wrong places. I mean, do you really need so many administrators, and should they be making $120,000/year? Start there, and work towards the things like building maintenance, where they pay thousands of dollars in utilities because they won't spend a fraction of that on maintenance. It's more about which budget things come out of than it is about how much money there actually is...