[quote=Djshakes] I was told that most schools have two sets of books for each student. One for classroom and one for at home. WTF? Serioulsy? [/quote]

I’m not sure who told you that, but it is definitely NOT true. The schools do not provide books for home. What a joke. In fact, most schools don’t have nearly enough books in the classroom and kids share the books. At my son’s school, parents pay for many of the classroom books. I personally bought 10 copies of a book my son’s teacher wanted for the class when I found out how many kids had to share one book. Of course, my son goes to an excellent school with one of the highest rankings in San Diego county – which means they get very little money from the state. All the state money goes to the low performing schools.

The problem with the state school budget is all of the administrative costs. The amount spent on “overhead” is obscene.