first, thanks for the concern folks & especially for endorsements of physical violence. i love that! the outrage stems from the "debate" over whether or not the citizens of flagstaff should raise their property taxes by around $50 a year to keep our schools worthwhile for children.
here's the lowdown. right now the flagstaff unified school district has an operating budget of $64 million, with the state having the ability to make cuts every 6 months. the state is looking to pass a new budget with cuts to education (proposed at $133 million), which equates to $12.6 million+ for fusd. additionally, fusd is losing $3.8 million with the previous override phasing out. so if we don't get the $8 million override and the legislature cuts their full amount, we'll be left with a budget around $47 million. it costs $44 million and change to operate at "bare bones". so here's the programs that "core schooling" DOESN'T include:
-full day kindergarten
-responsible thinking classroom (for severe behavioral problems)
-elementary art
-elementary music
-elementary pe
-elementary band
-elementary strings
-athletic programs for high school
-athletic programs for middle school
-alternative education programs
-RTI (reading intervention)
-childcare at high schools
-camp colton (a 6th grade retreat)
-technology & tech support
-district administration (superintendent, etc)
-district administration (hr, etc)
******HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS******
-high school assistant principals
-high school support staff (secretaries, etc)
-high school counselor
-high school librarian
-high school nurse
******MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS******
-middle school assistant principals
-middle school support staff (secretaries, etc)
-middle school counselor
-middle school librarian
-middle school nurse
******ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS******
-elementary school support staff (secretaries, etc)
-elementary school counselor
-elementary school librarian
-elementary school nurse
-high school extra curricular courses (fine arts, etc)
let's all close our eyes and imagine a school WITHOUT a principal, secretary, or extra "specials" (music, pe, etc). WTF, am i right?! so i'm supremely fed up with all the jackass-ery surrounding the so called debate of whether to vote for the override. there is NO debate. either we vote for it and get to have these so-called "extra" programs or people don't vote for it and the children of flagstaff are boned.
and yes ashley, all those people deserved a big punch to the face. :) hopefully there will be a return to lightheartedness and tomfoolery in the next few days around casa de molly y molly.
ps. a big shout-out to my dear friend's left boobie! huzzah!!
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I really hope Michael gets that job now so you can get the heck outta Flag... I'm sorry you live in a state run by idiots :(
If everything you say is true than I can't imagine that that stupid thing will be passed (or not passed, there was a lot of words and numbers so I'm not sure which one to be rooting for). A school needs principals and secretaries and freaking PE. Who are children supposed to hate? Who are children supposed to mock? What is supposed to embarrass children into getting into shape so they can climb that rope or dodge the balls?!?! Next thing you know black will be white, dogs dating cats, TOTAL ANARCHY!!!!
ps. I may have gotten a little worked up, but I stand by it ;)
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