Big Hollow Punishes Students Instead of Controlling Spending
May 28, 2007 by admin
Filed under Fund The Child, Funding Reform, General
The school board in Big Hollow School District 38 has voted to punish the children instead of controlling spending. They have now voted to cut the following:
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She said board members agreed to cut all art, music and computer courses, physical education for all students from kindergarten through fifth grade, and lunch/recess for every student. Students instead will have a 15-minute snack period. The board also voted this week to shorten school days from six hours and 15 minutes to five hours and 30 minutes. They will eliminate playground monitors, and there will be no new library books, art supplies or physical education equipment. All assemblies and all extracurricular activities have been cut as well. The district also dropped out of the school’s athletic conference. |
As you can see these are cuts that affect the children themselves. These tactics are nothing more than threats to the parents for not allowing the district to take more of their money. There is a letter to the editor today in the Daily Herald that sees these tactics for what they are as well. They asked some very good questions that the board and administration should answer.
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Big Hollow didn’t see this coming? The article in Thursday’s Daily Herald about the Big Hollow School District leaves some major unanswered questions and a taste of blackmail. 1) Why did they build new schools if the finances were so bad? Why didn’t they scale them down if they needed more room? Comments4 Responses to “Big Hollow Punishes Students Instead of Controlling Spending”TrackbacksCheck out what others are saying about this post...
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I would like to know why, now that grades K – 8 are in one location, do we need two priciples and an assistant? Why, if the district is broke did they hand out a 5.5% pay increase to the superintendent? I’m sure he’s not the only one at the top who got a raise. If music is being cut, why keep paying the music teacher? Let her go! Same with all the other teachers who don’t have classes to teach. How many other uneeded positions are there?
Good questions Kim. I hope the district and school board will answer them.