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Across Our State - Our Paras are Fighting for their Jobs? What's our Gov. Fighting for?

A Charter School Slush Fund.


http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20130604/NEWS/306040062/School-disctrict-paraprofessionals-fight-their-job-survival?nclick_check=1

“If we had the funding level we had in 2008, these cuts would not be necessary. Period,” Ackerman said. “If I were sitting where you are, I’d be very angry about what the state is spending money on right now.”

Doesn't Ackerman know that in 2008, the nation was headlong into a recession?  He couldn't possibly be telling us that public education in Delaware fared better during the recession than it is during the Recovery?  Or that today's education finance problems stem from the decisions made by the Gov who was elected in 2008? 

Nah, couldn't be. 

Markell's the education governor.  There's no way that the EDUCATION GOVERNOR would have ever balanced the state's budgets on the backs of our children.  No freak'n way!
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Nancy Willing said...

The Joint Finance Committee should have raised school funding dollars for the budget but DDOE didn't fight for more so why should they? Now they are hearing it and we should make sure the message is clear. Thanks for that, Elizabeth!

Anonymous said...

It is true. I looked it up. The district today has less than $17 million a year from the state than it did in 2008. Enough to fund 3 Charter School slush funds and two-fifths of the fourth....

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