In response to the salary freeze. I love that the principal got a 5.5% increase. Mine last year was 2.9%, HOWEVER, no one seems to care that my taxes went up. OR that my daycare costs went up. Or that gas went up. But by god, the principal got 5.5%? And there’s apparently TWO of them needed in one school? So you mean to tell me, not only will my children only get a half day of education, I STILL pay for full-day daycare once they start school, my raise still will never match cost of living increase despite the 4+ years I spent in college, they get no lunch time (only a snack), and because taxes go up, now my home value is going down. Nice one Big Hollow. Gives me a great incentive to move despite the housing market slump.

I came from a poor school district in the south, but they somehow managed to give me a great education, lunch time and playground time, a building to learn in, never once charged my parents registration fees each year, and I was still bussed to school FULL TIME. Sure, there were 30 students to a teacher, but guess what, I survived. Keep it up, and eventually every parent will opt to pay for private education because it will cost them just as much as sending them to part-time PUBLIC education. Then the district will truly lose money. Then what? “I’m sorry, we can no longer afford to offer kindergarten.”