According to the newspaper article, no one will know the proposed program cuts affecting OUR children until after the schools are notified?!? Don't we as Parents have the right to know what they are taking away from our children's education or even get a say so?

I am glad my son is out of school. With all the cuts, short calendars, etc. only the brightest will succeed from now on.

Scary thought, Larry. My kids are 8 and 3, and I sure hope they continue to be among the brightest as they grow older. It wasn't always easy for me in school, even with few funding worries. Y'all tell me what the solution is to the problems of public education because I don't have a clue!

So I suppose we want to keep the stupid stupid, huh? That will keep them in their place (and buying lottery tickets...)

The reality is that some students do not find themselves attracted to a traditional curriculum, while they may very well be attracted to a vocational curriculum. Keep the basics in place for vocationally based students to this extent--teach them how to write a sentence, do some arithmetic and teach them how to use a calculator for those operations that may require more, i.e. computing board feet or how many shingles to buy. In today's shrinking economy and very tight resources, not everyone can be a rocket scientist. Some of us end up as cops, or radio people :)

Larry..very simply...you are an example of what the "alternative" should be all about. Somewhere along the way, somebody taught you to write complete sentences as well :)

Tell you what. Let's not scrap the entire system. Let's just rebuild it so it will actually work! Thanks for the comment

oh, as an aside, let's put the kids in school uniforms as well. without a doubt, a good idea