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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lots of APS math graduates in here.  Cutting Outdoor Lab and TJHSST don't even come close to balancing the budget.

The sacred cows of option schools need a hard look.[/quote]

And you must be a graduate of Lucy Calkins’ reading program.

Outdoor Lab PLUS option schools PLUS iPads in elementary PLUS many other items. No one — literally no one — is suggesting cutting Outdoor Lab alone will balance the budget.

I also don’t think we should cut TJ. Feel free to disagree.[/quote]

So you cut all those things, then what do we do next year when teachers want another step and COLA? You're talking about one-time cuts, once we cut them they are out of the base. We will start with a smaller budget next year and we haven't done anything to address the state or county funding formulas, or class sizes or other major drivers of spending. [/quote]

This is a good time to discuss teacher wants. OF COURSE teachers need to be paid well. We also need to have real discussions about level of pay related to amount of work. If teachers want salaries that are comparable to other skilled workers that work 12 months out of the year, then they should ALSO work 12 months out of the year.

There’s a profound need for summer school at this point. Also a profound need for other types of summer programming.

And almost all professional careers require some amount of work to be completely outside of regular business hours. [/quote]

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