No Spin Ag said:
Until they cut the pay of superintendents, and anyone in the district who's making way more than they should, they're doing the wrong thing.
People associate cost with quality. Good luck shifting that paradigm.
No Spin Ag said:
Until they cut the pay of superintendents, and anyone in the district who's making way more than they should, they're doing the wrong thing.
It's not the state's money, it's the taxpayer's money. The parents that feel they're getting value from public schools will keep the kids in public schools. Those that don't will take the funding (and supplement with additional out of pocket spend) and send their kids elsewhere.txwxman said:
All part of the state's plan to bleed public schools dry, allow them to fail, and then announce the arrival of the private school white knight to rescue Texas education and line the pockets of the private school industry.
txwxman said:
All part of the state's plan to bleed public schools dry, allow them to fail, and then announce the arrival of the private school white knight to rescue Texas education and line the pockets of the private school industry.
Aggie95 said:
Do schools need libraries anymore? Do we need librarians with the vast majority of learning material being digital?
Funky Winkerbean said:No Spin Ag said:
Until they cut the pay of superintendents, and anyone in the district who's making way more than they should, they're doing the wrong thing.
People associate cost with quality. Good luck shifting that paradigm.
High schools probably not. Elementary and Middle School, absolutely.Aggie95 said:
Do schools need libraries anymore? Do we need librarians with the vast majority of learning material being digital?
My wife is still in her 40's, as noted above, had to get her masters, and she barely makes more than a teacher with same numbers of years in. In fact, once she completed her masters she only got a $500/year raise. As I used to joke, hey this thing will pay for itself if you do this for 18 more years. Anyway, they're not paying librarians administrative level wages, they're basically on teacher pay but often expected to backfill a lot of the jobs the administrators (principals) do. At least my wife is.vansprinkle said:
Weird thing with librarians is that they have to have a Masters Degree in Library Studies to be a Librarian. Talk about a completely useless waste of time and money for something that could be taught with a 2 year associates or apprenticeship.
I think the push to make this an associates degree or apprenticeship route would cut back on pay to Librarians. Add in that most Librarians are probably pushing 60 and making peak pay from their years of government service, and I could see where the cost/benefit of a librarian would work against keeping them on staff.
Woah... So screw the tax payers even more because of personal decisions to pay for schooling used almost exclusively with the government?Urban Ag said:
If she gets laid off I think we should be able to sue the ISD for the cost of her masters + some other sh**.
It's the same exact mentality that goes into student loan forgiveness debate. Incredibly rampant.Tea Party said:Woah... So screw the tax payers even more because of personal decisions to pay for schooling used almost exclusively with the government?Urban Ag said:
If she gets laid off I think we should be able to sue the ISD for the cost of her masters + some other sh**.
Considering what I have paid in property taxes in this county for the last 22 years and what I consider an implied in fact contract for us to fund her masters degree, yeah I think the ISD should pay it. Couple that with everyone else getting students loans paid off, yeah I think we should get our money back.Tea Party said:Woah... So screw the tax payers even more because of personal decisions to pay for schooling used almost exclusively with the government?Urban Ag said:
If she gets laid off I think we should be able to sue the ISD for the cost of her masters + some other sh**.
Why not just ask the local voters to pay more in taxes? Seems reasonable if they believe it's a cause worth fighting for.chjoak said:
My with is on the PTO for our kid's CFISD elementary. She has been all over this. There are several at our school, including the principal, that is blaming this on Abbott. They claim that he is withholding funding because the legislature keeps voting down vouchers.
Your family made a financial decision to work for big gov and now want to sue big gov for not being big enough.Urban Ag said:Considering what I have paid in property taxes in this county for the last 22 years and what I consider an implied in fact contract for us to fund her masters degree, yeah I think the ISD should pay it. Couple that with everyone else getting students loans paid off, yeah I think we should get our money back.Tea Party said:Woah... So screw the tax payers even more because of personal decisions to pay for schooling used almost exclusively with the government?Urban Ag said:
If she gets laid off I think we should be able to sue the ISD for the cost of her masters + some other sh**.
And yes I know it won't happen.
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Why not just ask the local voters to pay more in taxes?
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Why not just ask the local voters to pay more in taxes?
What will you do when 100% of your income goes to taxes? Or your home values increase at a rate that the taxes will prevent you from retiring? Extreme? Yes, but it's the trend we are on and it can't last forever. Whose generation is going to fix it?
Sure! 5 or 6 classes a day of physics, and with a stipend to boot! I suspect there are better bang for the buck teachers out there.akm91 said:But do they teach in addition to coach?B-1 83 said:Our local varsity football team alone has 7 coaches.aggiehawg said:
How about cutting admin staff and coaching staff instead of librarians? Would seem to me there would be even bigger savings by doing that.
Covid federal relieve runs out in September? WTF? that was four years ago.texsn95 said:
My wife is a teacher at CFISD but is safe.
Big_Time_Timmy_Jim said:
Highlights from Superintendent's email..
- projected $138 Million deficit for 24-25
Plan better
- attendance down since 2019, costing CFISD $15M annually
? less students, less need for $$. They want budget for x students, and when they get x-2k students (making up number) they want the same number of funds.
- attendance down cause losing pandemic funds
Pandemic was four years ago... what are you even talking about
- Poor CFISD, we lose $63M annually to homestead exemptions
lol ok
- State increased school safety allotment from $1.04M to $2.3M but CFISD safety/security costs are $51M annually.
complaining that they got an increase of 1.3M... ok
EDITED TO ADD: 2019 1.8 BILLION bond that passed with 75% of soccer moms, they allocated Safety and security: $207.7 million!
- Special Ed funding from State is $88M, actual costs $138.5M
manage better, so much waste. Nobody complains more than educators
- Record inflation since 2019 of 19%, CFISD hasn't asked for an increase
Welcome to the party (/mcclain)
- Federal stimulus funding eliminated which offset budget shortage last 3 cycles runs out in September
FFS
- We need more time to figure it out, need state to pay our deficit now
Not even sure what to say about this. So stupid... idiodic.
- laying groundwork for tax increase, but won't help till 25-26, when it'll be twice as bad
"laying groundwork for a 4 billion bond... good luck suckers! (another bond same amount every few years, which will pass every time because white female suburbanites will blast on Facebook)
- this is tip of the iceberg, next year will be worse
Ohhhhhhh... scary!!!
Because librarians actually interact with students.Funky Winkerbean said:
Why not both?