Posted on 04/21/2010 5:31:16 AM PDT by mikelets456
Thirty-four of 39 school budgets in the county were defeated.
School districts spending plans were massacred at the polls during the annual school elections Tuesday as voters used the ballot box to vent their frustrations about higher taxes.
According to unofficial results at press time, only five of 39 school district budgets were passed, a 12 percent approval rate, the lowest this decade and possibly longer.
The only other time this decade that fewer than half the budgets failed was in 2006 when only 17 of 39 budgets won approval.
School officials said the results were not surprising given the large cuts in state aid handed down to them by Gov. Chris Christie both during this school year and next year.
"We lost by a few votes and we were going against the governor and (radio station) 101.5," said Burlington City Business Administrator Craig Wilkie about his district's 480-532 vote defeat.
(Excerpt) Read more at phillyburbs.com ...
We are spending to much money on education.....and I’m a teacher!!
I hope you're not an English teacher!
Hey, teach, don't you mean "too"?
“We are spending to much money on education.....and I’m a teacher!!”
Where’s the money going? How much of that actually reaches the student? Has anyone done a breakdown of where the money goes?
lol
I heard 50% of the budgets went down in flames. That’s an outstanding endorsement of Gov. Christie. Of course, the whiners will come out, accuse us of “not caring about the children” and other such balony, demand that we “get out of town” despite the fact that we outnumber them, etc.
Ah, if only we could get rid of the libbies.
I’m not!
I have not verified this, but I have been told Newark, NJ spends $22,000 per high school student per year, and they have a 25% graduation rate.
Couldnt possibly have been up against years of overspending, bureaucracy building, waste and favoritism, hmmmmm?
Funny how no one in Government is ever expected to help pay their "fair share".
It goes to(I hope that’s the right one) buildings, administrators and more salary increases, none of which improves scores.
hehehe
Maybe it is time to eliminate some administrative positions.
Money is not what determines if children get a good education.
It is the quality of instruction, the discipline of the children, and the demand of excellence from all.
Somewhere along the way the “self esteem” of the students became more important than if they learned anything.
I feel this was a taxpayer revolt! This is the 2nd time I've voted down a school budget - I've been happy with our excellent schools but I'm so angry about the teacher's union and their stance on how they deserve so much as compared to the rest of us private sector working class....
I hope this is seen as the shot across the bow at the unions
I was happy to do my part
they are watching this from inside the Beltway and their blood is starting to run cold
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