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    Quote Originally Posted by OneGuy67 View Post
    Sniper, my sincerest appreciation goes out to your wife and her coworkers. It is a job I could never do, nor would I want to. It's an old saying, but teachers should be paid what the professional sports people are paid and vise versa.
    I will definitely let her know. They are most definitely one of the most under appreciated employees out there. whether you like public school or not most of them try hard to do their job well, teach ALL the kids, put up with the bad ones, push the great ones and keep the parents involved.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Aloha_Shooter View Post
    This is one thing that chaps my arse. I would love to see a private non-profit devoted to finding these cases and fixing them. I KNOW some families or districts can't afford proper supplies -- I'd be happy to donate supplies or funds to get the students going in the right direction, I just don't want my pocket picked by Denver or the county to do what THEY think they want to do (which is probably funding more "education" in "diversity" and "sensitivity").
    best thing you can do is be patient and answer your door when the bell rings. Students who do fundraising are where the biggest impact will occur and you can be certain almost all your money will directly impact that kid, and most of the time you will get something back out of it....even if it is an overpriced tub of cookie dough
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rooskibar03 View Post
    And once again Colorado votes down anything to do that might actually help our schools.

    I'm as conservative as anyone here but as a parent in torn on the issue when it comes to school funding. Colorado is always at the bottom of the list when it comes to school funding and I can tell every time I walk into my daughters school.

    I don't mean to be that guy certainly vote how you feel is right. But I took a government budgeting course very recently that opened my eyes a ton. Colorado has legislation that mandates that certain percentages of nearly all taxes go to education and as of last year that was around 40 percent of the state tax burden.

    I have numerous friends in the teaching field that tell me time and time again how misappropriated the funds are. I love education however, like everything I refuse to give them money if they can't use it a little wiser. I also say don't believe that bumper sticker that says Colorado is 49th in funding schools. We give lots and lots of money with federal assistance. This is also why the state cuts funding to other programs because there isn't legislation to maintain those programs like education in Colorado, however there is no real way to save money unless you plan on cutting health care.

    Again, not trying to start a fight, just stating my stance and why I think schools are ridiculous to ask for more when they can't control what they have.

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    or we could just fix the budget problem by not paying for illegals to go to school here...

    It seems as though most of the budget problem in our country can be solved by deporting illegals and not letting them back in.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JoeT View Post
    or we could just fix the budget problem by not paying for illegals to go to school here...

    It seems as though most of the budget problem in our country can be solved by deporting illegals and not letting them back in.
    There goes our infastructure.

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    its currently going down in flames 72% no
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    Quote Originally Posted by car-15 View Post
    its currently going down in flames 72% no
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    You gotta be kidding me.

    I just checked the Denver Post at it is at 64.8% NO out of 48% reporting.

    Well alright, I hope it fails, currently showing that 35% of the voters are idiots.

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    I fail to see what makes schools special. the economy shrank by 5% a couple years back, we Maybe have recovered to where we were then (maybe). Everything is getting cut, what makes schools special?

    Hell, look what has happened to the private sector over the last few years.

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    Quote Originally Posted by merl View Post
    I fail to see what makes schools special. the economy shrank by 5% a couple years back, we Maybe have recovered to where we were then (maybe). Everything is getting cut, what makes schools special?

    Hell, look what has happened to the private sector over the last few years.
    I agree, nothing special about public schools. Education shouldn't be publicly funded in the first place. Schools should get the parents money because the school earned it.

    This money is a payoff to the union for getting the Looper his governorship.

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