I agree with the waste of money at the district office. Another large
waste of money is the increase in one on one instructional aides. I
have one period where I have 3 students with one on one aides. One
aide could easily attend to all 3 students but because the district
I'd so afraid of lawsuits they give dome students a full time side if
the parents are pushy enough. Now I barely have any for labs in my
class but we have plent y of money for aides. At what point does the
rights of one trump the rights of 30. Tthe average student is getting
the shaft these days.

On 10/17/09, Me too!! wrote:
> Yup! Corruption is running rampant in many districts. Once in
> awhile someone will get caught. A friend of mine told about the
> computer guru who caught got selling district computers on ebay.
> He finally was shipped off to prison. How many others in the
> system who has their fat salaries, fancy homes and cars, also
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>> I agree totally with what Jeannie has said. How did education
>> become such a cash cow? Our district waste thousands of dollars
>> on extra consultants, needless more administrative positions at
>> the district office complete with benefit packages. These
>> people should be sent back to the classroom. This whole issue
>> is totally outrageous and does not benefits our students one
>> bit. The only ones benefiting are the powers that be with
>> whatever kickbacks they receive. Every district ought have a
>> grand jury investigation.
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>> Then we do all this needless yet very expensive assessing. We
>> assess, assess, and assess. Then when we're done with the
>> district assessments, it's time for the Star test. The kids
>> nowadays are taught to the test. Anyone who could successfully
>> handle discipline could go in those classrooms today. It's so
>> mechanical that it appears the kids are being taught by human
>> robots.
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>> The teachers SHOULD NEVER be blamed for what is forced upon
>> them. At least with the Whole Language movement that Jeannie
>> mentioned, good teachers could hide their sound materials and
>> sneak them out to do a decent job. With this current garbage,
>> it there is no hiding.
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>> I thought at least with a new President, there would be hope to
>> returning to a little more common sense. However, we still have
>> NCLB and worse. The idea of tying teacher evaluations to test
>> scores is the most outrageous idea yet.
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>> I agree with Jeannie. We need a third party. I just wonder how
>> many out there share my ideas.
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>>> I have been in public education for 38 years . When we were
>>> doing well and the kids were thriving, it wasn't "good
>>> enough." We simply taught what was required and had time for
>>> P.E., Art, and Music. It was well-balanced and our
>>> achievement tests, a clean basic test, CTBS (Comprehensive
>>> Test of Basic Skills) proved that. We had time, then, to
>>> actually teach and even time for a little creativity.
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>>> BUT...evidently, not enough creativity. SO PRESTO: the
>>> publishing giants have just the materials to "fix" it. Along
>>> comes the Whole Language disaster. We tossed the books (I
>>> didn't; I hid them so I could teach). Our rooms were "print
>>> rich" and the kids would learn to read "naturally" with all
>>> the fun and games etc. Math was taught so children
>>> would "think" but while they were "thinking" their
>>> computation skills went down the tubes. Thousands of
>>> taxpayers dollars went down the tubes right with them.
>>>
>>> Okay, the Whole Language movement proved to be a disaster
>>> so the kids really couldn't read and write well. SO PRESTO
>>> AGAIN: The publishing giants are at it again. They have
>>> their printing presses rolling and new and "wonderful"
>>> programs to fix the mess their other products created.
>>>
>>> The standards went from fun and games to ridiculously high
>>> standards that even some affluent districts couldn't
>>> achieve. The more difficult the standards, the lower the
>>> test scores. Thus, there would be a greater need to "fix"
>>> the problem.
>>>
>>> So more money went flying out of the taxpayers wallets and
>>> into the hands of CEO's, lobbyists etc. etc. The political
>>> football game continues.
>>>
>>> I have NOT seen a huge change in kids over the years. And
>>> some of my highest academic achievers have been ESL kids.
>>> They may be from lower economic families but those families
>>> value education.
>>>
>>> The real answer answer, in my opinion, is an HONEST third
>>> party that will clean up the mess AND CORRUPTION in this
>>> country. With that, California may have a shot at again
>>> reclaiming the top educational system in the nation!
>>>
>>> Just my thoughts and opinions,
>>> Jeannie

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