Superintendent Spend-n-Whine FestSubmitted by MQSullivan on Tue, 07/29/2008 - 8:19pm.
Houston had a lot of expensive whine this week -- from money-hungry superintendents intent on spending a lot more of your money. And they'll spend every dollar they can get. Since 2000, public school revenues have grown 60 percent, even though the student population has grown only 15 percent. And yet the Texas School Alliance complains that "property tax relief" erodes their ability to tax-and-spend without fetter. Um, yes, that's the point. Jesus Chavez, the school chief in Round Rock, is quoted by the Associated Press as complaining that he just cannot raise taxes enough under current law to cover salaries and inflation. Maybe that's because his school district has an average administrative salary of $86,234 per year. Revenues in Round Rock ISD are up 75 percent since 2000, even though the number of pupils has increased just 30 percent. His comrade-in-waste at the Texas School Alliance, Richard Middleton, frets that efforts to force property tax relief efforts "takes power away from local school boards." And gives that power to the taxpayers. Bookmark/Search this post with: |
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Bringing back the power to the locals
If you really want to bring the power back local, institute the voucher system that can be spent anywhere locally. This will take the power out of the control of bureaucrats where ever they are, and into the hands of the people who really need the power.
Socialized Education?
Why is it that conservatives are generally against every form of socialization except when it comes to education? Is there a good reason why we should all be forced to give our money to the government so they can have control of our children's education? Instead, why shouldn't every parent that chooses to have a child be directly responsible for the payment of their child's education? This would give parents 100% control in where their child goes to school and keep schools accountable. Competition is a wonderful incentive to ensure that school teachers and administators provide a good education to our children. Let's take away the power and spending waste from the government beauracrats and teacher's associations and give it back to the parents.
Illegal's in our schools
Texans cannot afford to feed, clothe and educate every illegal immigrant child that shows up on our door step. Where has COMMON sense gone. If you provide it, they will come and come and come. According to FairUs.org:
In Texas, the $3.9 billion spent annually educating the children of illegal immigrants could:
Cover more than the $2.3 billion shortfall identified by the Texas Federation for Teachers for such things as textbooks and pension contributions.
Make Texas’ salaries for teachers more competitive by national standards, thereby reducing costly attrition, and recruit the 5,000 new teachers needed each year.
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