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Jean O'Connell, chair of the St. Paul school board, says the cost to educate the average K-12 student in St. Paul Public Schools is $13,672 per year. She excludes things like community (adult) education and food-service funds. But if you divide the total $652 million budget by the total number of students, they've got funding up around $17,000 per student now and they are programmed to always want more.


1 posted on 11/02/2012 5:28:52 AM PDT by TurboZamboni
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$175 extra to pay for more brother-in-law contracts to line the pockets of someone connected to the school board probably.

Whining liberal thought process: “but, but if you dont approve this tax increase you must hate the children and are an awful person”.


2 posted on 11/02/2012 5:33:54 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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“More is never enough!”

The Union always want more, so they can fund Dem’s and stay in control.

Where have “smaller class sizes” resulted in better student performance?


5 posted on 11/02/2012 5:41:01 AM PDT by G Larry (Which of Obama's policies do you think I'd support if he were white?)
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Administrators that don't teach are eating up the money. They don't have anything to do so they stay busy expelling 8 year-olds with plastic squirt guns. Fire them.
6 posted on 11/02/2012 5:41:12 AM PDT by ryan71
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It isn’t enough; it never will be.
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It won’t stop until every government owned, socialist-funded, and single-payer K-12 school in this nation is SHUT DOWN ! Permanently!

Solution: Begin the process of privatizing **all** education. Begin the process of complete separation of school and state.


11 posted on 11/02/2012 5:49:57 AM PDT by wintertime (:-))
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I equate the school system to being exactly like children themselves. It’s never enough with a child. It starts with a small piece of candy until they demand you foot the bill for the riding pony!


13 posted on 11/02/2012 5:56:06 AM PDT by Thorliveshere
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To: TurboZamboni; jsanders2001; Eric in the Ozarks; SMARTY

Think about the economic drag on our nation. This $17,000/child/ year is money that is taken out of the economy that is not being used to build the economy.

How many jobs go off shore due to the property taxes and hidden taxes that go toward inefficient government K-12 indoctrination camps? How many businesses never get started because the capital needed is sucked up by the rapacious and Marxist dominated indoctrination camps?

How do we balance state budgets and immediately give the economy a massive boost?

Answer: Give every child a voucher for $6,000 or ( if severely disabled) 1/3 of what it costs to educate them now. Then work like crazy for complete separation of school and state.


14 posted on 11/02/2012 5:58:44 AM PDT by wintertime (:-))
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Soucheray is good when he doesn’t have to talk about sports.


15 posted on 11/02/2012 6:11:37 AM PDT by Last Dakotan
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The strongest force in America is teacher greed.


22 posted on 11/02/2012 9:12:42 AM PDT by aimhigh
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