Wednesday, February 16, 2011
In The News: Who Needs This School Anyway!
I have been documenting the variety of responses Texas school districts are devising to address the budget massacre coming out of Austin. Grand Prairie ISD is a large district in North Texas. They, and others, are likely to close and consolidate campuses.
Three points to remember from past posts:
- Every district in Texas faces cuts of at least 13% up to 25% for this two-year budget.
- Texas school enrollment grows 85,000 students each year...100,000 less employees are projected to be working in our schools next year to meet that increased student population.
- Our Governor's office is one of the only state offices and departments that will see their full-time staff climb. Gov. Rick Perry's office will climb from 120 full-time employees to 132.
The uprisings in the Middle East may be coming to Texas soon! The people may be hitting the streets demanding a more representative, responsive government! Or, more likely, ever more will be demanded of educators with diminishing resources.
Posted at 9:03 AM
Keywords:
In The News
, Budgets
, School Financing
, Texas
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