Jeb Bush-Florida Schools-FCats-NAACP- Oh but everythings fine!

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:mad:

These two articles from todays Orlando Sentinel pretty much sum up what is happening in Florida schools. More demands have been placed on underpaid, overworked teachers because of Fcat requirements, etc. Teachers are pulling what little cash that they earn out of their own pockets to help alleviate the supply shortage in their classrooms.

Minimal raises or no raises at all are expected for the teachers of Florida. Principals are cutting back on everyting including after school tutoring, guidance counselors, etc.

AND FCAT... Read the NAACP piece and realize that because your school isn't termed an "A" school, your school will recieve far less money than schools with that grade. 120 mill to be exact.

Just read both articles starting with the "Cut to the Bone" piece and you'll see how fuc@ed up things are in good old Florida.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/education/orl-locschoolcuts29082903aug29,0,4769330.story?coll=orl-home-headlines

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/education/orl-locfcat29082903aug29,0,6662905.story?coll=orl-home-headlines

[demnan]

1. Leave no

(rich white) child behind.

[Dudley_DUright]

2. Yup, FL schools are bad and getting worse by the day

Minimal raises or no raises at all are expected for the teachers of Florida. Principals are cutting back on everything including after school tutoring, guidance counselors, etc.

Funny you should mention the cutbacks today. This is my wife's last day after eight years as an elementary school guidance counselor in FL. They told her last spring that she definitely had a job this year, and then two weeks before the start of the school year, they eliminate her job. :mad:

[trumad]

3. kick

[The Backlash Cometh]

4. Brilliant!

I'm sure a conservative think tank came up with the legal loophole to funnel less funds to schools in black communities. That's the kind of devious planning they spend their time doing. The grading system, like racial profiling, is just a euphemism for racism. The NAACP is onto something. And it couldn't have come at a better time.