A couple months back, my little sister came home from school excitedly telling me how her teachers had decided to wear something "red" one day that week, in an effort to stand unified against the proposed freezes in educator salaries; the high school students planned to support their teachers by doing the same. Since there is a little bit of a "Blood" problem around here (as in Crips and...yeah, you follow), the faculty at the school felt it may not in the best interest of the student body to encourage their participation in this "unified stance". I got so caught up in my little sisters ability to deliver a story with full-on drama that I failed to acknowledge what the true issue was. Well, that has since changed a bit so here we go...
My home state is currently facing a $2.2 billion deficit, and a projected $10.7 billion deficit for 2010-2011. As a result, aid to school districts has been cut by $475 million this year, and $820 million for 2010-2011. Teachers in some districts have accepted the proposed pay freezes, while those most districts have not.
Who suffers the most in all of this? The youth. Man, this absolutely blows.
At the moment, I'm still dilligently doing my homework. But I'll definitely continue to update this post as I find more information on this.
http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20100421/NEWS01/4210361/War-between-schools-governor-not-over-yet
http://cbs3.com/topstories/insults.schools.funding.2.1643497.html
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/04/nj_teachers_attack_gov_chris_c.html
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