Conservative
Type 40
I chuckle to myself when I see how well the reforms ar working. Schools are better off? Sure they are. In my town alone the school has to cut 1.5 million this year and another 1.5 million next year. I have one kid left in the house. His class sizes are set to rise up to near 40 in some. I for one will be at the next school board meeting demanding his classes be no bigger than 25. Thats a travesty. I know of other districts who will be cutting drastically as well. I know you cant have major cuts and good schools. Thats what the people want, lesser education. They shall get their wish.
Wisconsin Schools Back in the Black WITHOUT LAYOFFS!
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker performs a ceremonial bill signing of the new budget law outside his office at the Wisconsin State Capitol on March 11, 2011 in Madison. The new law helped the Hartland-Lakeside School District save money on health care costs by switching providers.
Thats where Wisconsins new budget law came in. The law, bitterly opposed by organized labor in the state and across the nation, limits the collective bargaining powers of some public employees. And it just happens that the Hartland-Lakeside teachers collective bargaining agreement expired on June 30. So now, freed from the expensive WEA Trust deal, the school district has changed insurers.
Its going to save us about $690,000 in 2011-2012, says Schilling. Insurance costs that had been about $2.5 million a year will now be around $1.8 million. What union leaders said would be a catastrophe will in fact be a boon to teachers and students.
I can post article like this from all over Wisconsin. But of course, you know that.