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[quote=Anonymous][quote]You value education? Put your money where your mouth is. Raise taxes. Fund schools.

And respect teachers. Don’t crap on them.

YOU are the problem.[/quote]

WRONG!

Not the person to whom you are responding.

First, I was a teacher.  So, yes, I respect teachers.  Most teachers work very hard to do the right thing.
But, here's the issue: the unions don't really speak for the teachers.

The problem is not the lack of funds, the problem is how the funds are spent.  I have seen up close the waste in school systems.  I have seen Title I money get filtered off by the bureaucracy when I was teaching Title I kids.

Just look at all the waste in FCPS--I'm guessing the money spent on consultants is in the millions.  We don't see most of it.  Sure, there are some egregious things--like spending tens of thousands of dollars for a speaker for our administrators--when the kids are not even in buildings.

Look at what is going on now with our SB and "Anti-racism."  They will spend big bucks on things like "Critical Race Theory" which is a troubling philosophy-and not "scientific."  It throws out everything that MLK stood for.  And, just watch--our SB will spend lots and lots of money on this.  They will also "train" teachers --maybe even hire subs in order to train them.

People need to learn what 'anti-racism" is.  It sounds good, but it is anything but not racist. FCPS is drinking the Kool Aid and it will be very expensive Koolaid.  It will also damage our society.

Meanwhile, our very poor kids----many of whom happen to be Black and Brown--are suffering at the hands of a Superintendent and School Board that does not have the guts to do the right thing and get the kids back in school.

As for raising taxes--that is a 'simple" answer that will make some people feel good, but it will not fix the problem.  The money is already there.  It is just not being spent properly.  Concentrate on education and the social justice will be resolved.  Instruction is the best social justice.  Just like a jobs are the best way to help families.

Reduce Gatehouse.
Reduce consultants.
Spend money where it will help students--that happens to be in the classroom.

Look at everything through a value lens--will the money spent help our kids learn better?

Just think of all the kids who have been given computers who already have computers--and, likely better computers than the school ones.  Was that a wise purchase?  How about ensuring that the kids who don't have computers have the support they need to use the ones they are given?  Wouldn't that be money better spent? (Also, has anyone done an audit on those computer contracts?  Were they purchased at the best price?  Who made the decisions?  When I was teaching, I saw how the textbook companies would wine and dine the decision makers.  Pretty sure that could happen here, as well. )

No more money or higher taxes as long as kids are at home.  The funds should be sufficient--especially since so many are now turning to private or homeschool.
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