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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know this will be inflammatory -- but the core/essential purpose of schools is the academic part.  So, keep PE b/c everybody needs a break and they do learn about health.... but get rid of sports teams.  Those are just not part of the core mission... sorry.

If I have to choose between counselors and a football team, I'm choosing counselors who might keep my kid from being bullied or might help someone with anorexia or abuse.

Then I'd reduce the number of instructional assistants -- I was shocked to look on my kids' elementary school website and see about 25 instructional assistants listed.  That seems like a whole lot.  Maybe we still need a lot of them for the special needs, but if they are not being used for special needs or kindergarten, I think they probably have to go.

Band/strings -- I'd hate to see it go, and I could argue that it is an academic pursuit b/c you can get a degree in music/fine arts.  But, it could become a fee-based program.

I'm willing to pay more taxes for all of the above and to avoid any other cuts.  [/quote]

Counselers don't do anything , in fact they sit around waiting in their offices most of the day. Everyone can now afford their own mental health counseling , no need to have that at school.

Sports and extra activities should be self pay to weed out the ones who are serious.

Many of the mental health and development issues should be self pay.

The school needs to prioritize teaching and the classroom. If they eliminated evening else or made it self pay there would be less administrators and executives needed to manage these superfluous activities.[/quote]

You should at least keep counselors at title one schools, most students there don't have rich parents who can pay for mental health services. And children living in poverty at more at risk for having lots of additonal stressors. [/quote]

Also, money aside, some children in poverty have parents who are unwilling or unable (because they can't get their SH*T together or are working 2 jobs, etc) to take them for mental health treatment.  THis happens in wealthy families as well.  Sometimes a child might feel comfortable going to the counselor but not the parent.  It IS related to school because the mental health distraction can keep the child from focusing in class.[/quote]

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