CA State Budget Passed – State’s demise imminent

[DWCAP]

[quote=flu]Anyone see the Carmel Valley “newspaper” lately? Looks like with the budget cuts, a lot of those afterschool programs are about to be axed along with some teachers.
…Why is it that when the state has a budget issue, the first places people love to cut is schools? Just curious if there is a correlation to CA being at the bottom of the education stack in the U.S. and what our state government/fed chooses to axe first.

At least the superintendent sort of speaks the talk:
“We haven’t been happy in tackling these cuts,” McClain said. “But we can’t continue to live beyond our means and maintain our budget.”

Fortunately, not “bad” cuts yet, just all the bells and whistles…But me thinks it’s going to get a lot worse….

Here’s the soft-print version:
http://www.carmelvalleyleader.com/news/253699-dmusd-considers-laying-off-19-esc-teachers

DMUSD considers laying off 19 ESC teachers
Feb 12, 2009
By Karen Billing

As many as 19 teachers in the Extended Studies Curriculum program may be laid off and the Del Mar Union School District Board of Trustees may cut out the art and physical education arms of that curriculum if the school board approves Superintendent Sharon McClain recommendations.

At the school board’s Feb. 11 meeting, McClain recommended that the ESC program be trimmed to include only technology, science and music based on input from parent surveys asking which programs they valued most.

“We haven’t been happy in tackling these cuts,” McClain said. “But we can’t continue to live beyond our means and maintain our budget.”

Currently there are 39 teachers in the ESC program and only 19 are needed to cover the contractual agreement of the program, McClain said. Seniority will play into the lay-off decisions and teachers are expected to receive preliminary notice by March 15.

A final decision on the cuts is expected to come at the next board meeting on Feb. 25 at 6 p.m.

About 50 people attended Wednesday night’s meeting at Del Mar Hills Academy.

Public comment included an art teacher near tears and a student who expressed how much her art and PE classes mean to her.

The cuts do not mean that PE and art won’t be taught in district schools. The subjects are already taught in the classroom. The cuts mean that they won’t be taught by specialized teachers in the ESC program, who bring “depth and complexity” to these subjects.

The board also discussed a shift in the way the ESC program is funded. By the 2010-11 school year, there will be no more site-specific fundraising for programs. Funds donated to the Del Mar School Education Foundation will be spread out among all schools equally, to provide parity.

As fundraising efforts have already begun at school sites for the 2009-2010 school year, McClain recommended giving schools until April 15 to raise the money needed to keep their ESC programs in 2009-2010.

Some parents expressed concern about specific sites not raising enough in that short timeline.[/quote]

Schools get the axe first cause they take the most. HALF goes to schools. HALF. It makes it hard to not cut schools.
And I may be a prick, but I think these are the kinda programs that need to go in a budget as bad as this one. Some kids not getting EXTRA gym isnt the worst thing to ever happen. Is it good, no, not claiming it is. But the sociatal costs of this cut compaired to some others is quite low. Besides, go play a sport. I am sure those programs were not cut. Or go for a run, or maybe, just maybe, play a sport with your kids after work. Or art. I know alot of people who can paint without the help of a teacher. Especially when these kids already had an hour of art instruction that day.

[EconProf]

Let’s remember that CA’s teachers are the highest paid in the nation, on average. Even higher cost-of-living states on the East Coast pay less.
Admittedly, their job here is tougher because our average class sizes are well above the nation’s average (that is why our overall k – 12 education spending is in about the middle compared to other states).
Some years ago the unions had a choice between higher pay with larger class sizes, and lower class sizes and lower pay. They chose the former. So much for caring about the welfare of the kids!

[EconProf]

Let’s remember that CA’s teachers are the highest paid in the nation, on average. Even higher cost-of-living states on the East Coast pay less.
Admittedly, their job here is tougher because our average class sizes are well above the nation’s average (that is why our overall k – 12 education spending is in about the middle compared to other states).
Some years ago the unions had a choice between higher pay with larger class sizes, and lower class sizes and lower pay. They chose the former. So much for caring about the welfare of the kids!

[EconProf]

Let’s remember that CA’s teachers are the highest paid in the nation, on average. Even higher cost-of-living states on the East Coast pay less.
Admittedly, their job here is tougher because our average class sizes are well above the nation’s average (that is why our overall k – 12 education spending is in about the middle compared to other states).
Some years ago the unions had a choice between higher pay with larger class sizes, and lower class sizes and lower pay. They chose the former. So much for caring about the welfare of the kids!

[EconProf]

Let’s remember that CA’s teachers are the highest paid in the nation, on average. Even higher cost-of-living states on the East Coast pay less.
Admittedly, their job here is tougher because our average class sizes are well above the nation’s average (that is why our overall k – 12 education spending is in about the middle compared to other states).
Some years ago the unions had a choice between higher pay with larger class sizes, and lower class sizes and lower pay. They chose the former. So much for caring about the welfare of the kids!

[EconProf]

Let’s remember that CA’s teachers are the highest paid in the nation, on average. Even higher cost-of-living states on the East Coast pay less.
Admittedly, their job here is tougher because our average class sizes are well above the nation’s average (that is why our overall k – 12 education spending is in about the middle compared to other states).
Some years ago the unions had a choice between higher pay with larger class sizes, and lower class sizes and lower pay. They chose the former. So much for caring about the welfare of the kids!

[kewp]

[quote=EconProf]Let’s remember that CA’s teachers are the highest paid in the nation, on average. Even higher cost-of-living states on the East Coast pay less.
Admittedly, their job here is tougher because our average class sizes are well above the nation’s average (that is why our overall k – 12 education spending is in about the middle compared to other states).
[/quote]

And if the private sector stops exploiting illegal labor, there will be less of a burden on social services to support their extended families.

Quid pro quo, Clarice.

[kewp]

[quote=EconProf]Let’s remember that CA’s teachers are the highest paid in the nation, on average. Even higher cost-of-living states on the East Coast pay less.
Admittedly, their job here is tougher because our average class sizes are well above the nation’s average (that is why our overall k – 12 education spending is in about the middle compared to other states).
[/quote]

And if the private sector stops exploiting illegal labor, there will be less of a burden on social services to support their extended families.

Quid pro quo, Clarice.

[kewp]

[quote=EconProf]Let’s remember that CA’s teachers are the highest paid in the nation, on average. Even higher cost-of-living states on the East Coast pay less.
Admittedly, their job here is tougher because our average class sizes are well above the nation’s average (that is why our overall k – 12 education spending is in about the middle compared to other states).
[/quote]

And if the private sector stops exploiting illegal labor, there will be less of a burden on social services to support their extended families.

Quid pro quo, Clarice.

[kewp]

[quote=EconProf]Let’s remember that CA’s teachers are the highest paid in the nation, on average. Even higher cost-of-living states on the East Coast pay less.
Admittedly, their job here is tougher because our average class sizes are well above the nation’s average (that is why our overall k – 12 education spending is in about the middle compared to other states).
[/quote]

And if the private sector stops exploiting illegal labor, there will be less of a burden on social services to support their extended families.

Quid pro quo, Clarice.

[kewp]

[quote=EconProf]Let’s remember that CA’s teachers are the highest paid in the nation, on average. Even higher cost-of-living states on the East Coast pay less.
Admittedly, their job here is tougher because our average class sizes are well above the nation’s average (that is why our overall k – 12 education spending is in about the middle compared to other states).
[/quote]

And if the private sector stops exploiting illegal labor, there will be less of a burden on social services to support their extended families.

Quid pro quo, Clarice.

[meadandale]

[quote=kewp]
And if the private sector stops exploiting illegal labor, there will be less of a burden on social services to support their extended families.

Quid pro quo, Clarice. [/quote]

Comeon kewp. You sound like a broken record. The school system in this state is also complicit in keeping illegals here. They knowingly educate the kids of illegals and even provide them free lunch and breakfast (of which the families often partake in whole). You are probably one of those that railed against prop 187 aren’t you?

Face it, the state in general and the Democrats in the legislature want the illegals as much as the private sector does for both their votes and their taxes (what little they pay).

[meadandale]

[quote=kewp]
And if the private sector stops exploiting illegal labor, there will be less of a burden on social services to support their extended families.

Quid pro quo, Clarice. [/quote]

Comeon kewp. You sound like a broken record. The school system in this state is also complicit in keeping illegals here. They knowingly educate the kids of illegals and even provide them free lunch and breakfast (of which the families often partake in whole). You are probably one of those that railed against prop 187 aren’t you?

Face it, the state in general and the Democrats in the legislature want the illegals as much as the private sector does for both their votes and their taxes (what little they pay).

[meadandale]

[quote=kewp]
And if the private sector stops exploiting illegal labor, there will be less of a burden on social services to support their extended families.

Quid pro quo, Clarice. [/quote]

Comeon kewp. You sound like a broken record. The school system in this state is also complicit in keeping illegals here. They knowingly educate the kids of illegals and even provide them free lunch and breakfast (of which the families often partake in whole). You are probably one of those that railed against prop 187 aren’t you?

Face it, the state in general and the Democrats in the legislature want the illegals as much as the private sector does for both their votes and their taxes (what little they pay).

[meadandale]

[quote=kewp]
And if the private sector stops exploiting illegal labor, there will be less of a burden on social services to support their extended families.

Quid pro quo, Clarice. [/quote]

Comeon kewp. You sound like a broken record. The school system in this state is also complicit in keeping illegals here. They knowingly educate the kids of illegals and even provide them free lunch and breakfast (of which the families often partake in whole). You are probably one of those that railed against prop 187 aren’t you?

Face it, the state in general and the Democrats in the legislature want the illegals as much as the private sector does for both their votes and their taxes (what little they pay).

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