Posted by
Playful Walrus on Monday, April 21, 2008 3:51:32 PM
In addition to regular tax money, lottery money, Indian gaming money, and bond money, the government schools still rely a lot on private money.
You know this, because you get hit up during the fundraisers all of the time.
Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer, reports.
South Orange County families are being urged to donate $400 per student to save the jobs of 266 teachers in the Capistrano Unified School District.
Parents at Long Beach's Longfellow Elementary are among countless statewide who are launching fundraising foundations.
Bay Area parents launched a campaign featuring children standing in trash cans; the theme is "Public Education Is Too Valuable to Waste."
Yes, more Leftist protest laughs.
A free public school education is guaranteed by the state Constitution to every California child.
Big mistake. It isn’t really free.
But as districts grapple with proposed state funding cuts that could cause the layoffs of thousands of teachers and inflate class sizes, parents are being asked to dig deeper into their pocketbooks to help.
"Public education is free, but an excellent public education is not free at this point," said Janet Berry, president of the Davis Schools Foundation, which recently launched the Dollar-a-Day campaign, urging citizens of the city near Sacramento to donate $365 per child, grandchild or student acquaintance.
It never ends.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposed budget would cut about $4.8 billion in education funding this year and next.
I believe they are talking about reduction in planned increases, not real cuts.
Public school district fundraising foundations were first formed after voter approval in 1978 of Proposition 13, which limited property tax increases and dramatically reduced school finances.
Ah yes – the obligatory mention of Prop 13, which kept retirees and widows from being taxed out of their lifelong homes.
Education officials acknowledge that these fundraising groups are more successful in wealthier areas, increasing the divide between the haves and the have-nots.
That will ALWAYS be a reality. Otherwise, what is the point of busting your hump to make something of yourself? If everything in life is going to be the same for you and your family regardless of how much money you make, why bother to earn more?
To raise awareness, a parent who runs an ad agency created the "Step Up" campaign.
Students, teachers and coaches have perched inside trash cans around Alameda, with signs reading "Our students / teachers / coaches are too valuable to throw away."
More entertaining protests. Interestingly, the only time children are really dumped in the trash in relation to school is when school staff takes a girl to an abortion clinic.
1.As long as schools are funded by tax money, they will have to deal with less money when the economy slows down. We have to cut back. So should the schools.
2.Where is all of the money going? Certainly not to the teacher or classroom. It is going to administration, insurance, legal fees, etc.
3.How much money is spent educating illegal aliens and their children?
4.How much money is spent on social engineering instead of teaching the basics?
Separate school and state. Let tuition, donations, sponsorships, and fundraising fund it all.