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New York State fiscal crises will not end this year and cuts will continue into next year's budget. Teachers throughout the school districts in St. Lawrence County are being laid off or face layoffs in the near future. It is time the teachers made concessions and started paying part of their insurance. Remember it is about the kids!
It will be interesting to see the results of the survey. What are the taxpayers willing to pay to maintain that local school that represents their community. NYS has one of the better school systems in the country but the cost per student is one of the highest. Compared to other countries, US students do not rank very high. Our school system has inherent problems and a total over haul is necessary.
Raining today and in the 60s, not much golfing in Myrtle.
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It will be skewed by emotion rather than Fact . Remember school district employees and their extended families worship at the alter of the Status Quo and have a VESTED INTEREST that is not consistent with reform and cost containment
IN small communities they are a clear MAJORITY of voters. So while i would like to think this so called survey is bias free ---BUT logic tells me otherwise .
It's a puff piece so Pols can say see we asked ya :>))
The ONLY way change will come is via gubenatorial and legislative courage -- which is UNLIKELY
If the budget keeps calling for cuts it will be the futures. Will our legislators continue to insert money to maintain the current system, most likely.
This budget cuts the automatic increases to education and cuts their budget by a couple percent. It is a start but will they do it next year, most likely restore cuts, lol.
Speaking as a retired educator with over 3.5 decades experience, there is still FAT in MOST educational budgets .
Equipment, programs and facilities that add little to NO value that are fiercely defended as necessary so as to preserve someones pet project or fiefdom. Too many special interests abound in this arena
Special interest come when they expand Kennedy and they have to put astro turf in as a condition of the aggreement.
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