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its good to hear people getting envolved with there local issues. but i'd just like to through in my 2cents. I've delt with the school board quite a bit, i was pretty involved in it while i was in high school (3 years a go). I think one thing you have to understand is that they have no control over how much money they get, basicly they're handed this job where they're given a set sum of money and then supposed to run a school district with it, from my expreience its usally not even close to enough money, so then what are you supposed to do? people get mad when you cut programs from the school and don't get me wrong i think its fucked up to cut things like art, music and pe these are probably the most important programs for kids, but what else are you supposed to cut? you can't cut the basic things like reading, writing and arithmetic. is cutting teachers really better? then you just end up with huge kid/teacher ratios. I guess all i'm saying is be a little cautious before blame the schoolboard, i'm sure they didn't want to cut those programs. this is another one of the reasons that we need to start passing tax raises for schools or maybe spending less on military and more on education. anyway thats just my 2cents.
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