State denies 4-day week again
July 15, 2010 at 3:31 am in Lake County News-Chronicle
Students and staff at schools in Two Harbors and Silver Bay will likely proceed as usual this coming school year it’s expected they will have five days of classes a week after a second denial of the Lake Superior School District’s application for a four-day school week. Continue Reading
The people turn down an operating levy, the state turns down the needed funds, and now the state says no to a cost-saving measure… Go ahead. Make bricks without straw.
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Monica…With all due respect, I don’t think you have been keeping up with the facts. It goes more like this: 2/3 of voters turn down referendum, state has actually increased per student funding more than 20% since 2005, and the state properly turns down a district proposal for which there were at least a half a dozen better and fairer alternatives. Do some reading at http://www.vote381.com, and look at the numbers on the department of education web site (links are provided). Just a thought…
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What were those fairer alternatives?
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