tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7536140049505603887.post4746241623666216827..comments2024-01-26T03:26:54.060-05:00Comments on O-pinion: Taxing authority for the CMS school board?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7536140049505603887.post-74116846550468207232011-08-30T22:15:05.774-04:002011-08-30T22:15:05.774-04:00Another taxing authority in Charlotte? Notably th...Another taxing authority in Charlotte? Notably the fools on the BoE? Hello SC!Havermeyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13460065450557994606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7536140049505603887.post-50805470679197260432011-08-19T06:22:23.780-04:002011-08-19T06:22:23.780-04:00Actually they embrace the idea of Urban Children g...Actually they embrace the idea of Urban Children getting three to one over Suburban Kids as enlightened.<br /><br />In fact many of the groups I have had the privilege of attending an event with, and almost all of those running for with me have all said this is fair and necessary.<br /><br />This is what I call group think. <br /><br />You know where since it what the group thinks you really do not want to change the flow of thought.<br /><br />Perhaps that is the problem with my ideas of Education, people should have ideals outside the groups and dreams that extend beyond boundaries that we have never even conceived in our minds. <br /><br />How many of us have even see or heard of swarmbots. These are the kinds of things I want to teach our kids to embrace for the future. <br /> <br />That is why my ideas of choice of vouchers, charter schools and what ever works is just too far afield from the failures we have called the public government operated system we know and has not worked for decades.<br /><br />So is it sad they do not do any editorials on the real stories about our schools.Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07977808657926308272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7536140049505603887.post-2484008277463006742011-08-18T19:44:13.011-04:002011-08-18T19:44:13.011-04:00So Fannie was there and heard forum attendees deny...So Fannie was there and heard forum attendees deny that the suburban schools receive many fewer dollars than urban schools and that suburban classes are overcrowded. I trust in tomorrow's column she will correct these "misperceptions". After all, she and other editorial board members had nothing to do with how CMS spending is perceived by the public. They never claimed inner city schools were being treated unfairly--right?misswhithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11410771121576864068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7536140049505603887.post-8200599037726344202011-08-17T22:28:46.116-04:002011-08-17T22:28:46.116-04:00Too bad we couldn't have gotten rid of Lloyd S...Too bad we couldn't have gotten rid of Lloyd Scher sooner than we did years ago. He served 8 years, 7 too many.<br /><br />When politicians are in protected districts, like Vilma Leake and Geroge Dunlap, who used to be on the BOE and now DO having taxing authority, getting rid of them is impossible.<br /><br />CMS has failed miserably managing the money they do get. The County has even asked for a refund in the past due to overstating enrollment.<br /><br />We have bond monies that have yet to be spent and monies that were approved to build schools in the wrong places or were overcrowded before the doors opened.<br /><br />CMS taxing authority is one issue that if legs start to grow on this, they need to be cut out from under it immediately.Wiley Coyotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16966764080565903720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7536140049505603887.post-1330782933772749152011-08-17T15:50:39.369-04:002011-08-17T15:50:39.369-04:00Fannie Flono was the concierge writer for this Tue...Fannie Flono was the concierge writer for this Tuesday Morning group from the Observer.<br /><br />And as far as taxes, believe it or not, I do know were taxes come from having paid them and a lot of them for quite some time. <br /><br />Yes I talked about local and all kinds of taxes and how they are running down our whole City. And it is strange she is discounting the taxes CMS gets from the county which is local? <br /><br />But since this group does not believe that Urban Kids get 10K and Suburban Kids get 4K and just want more for Urban kids I guess she can just discount it as nothing.<br /><br />Anyway you will see the full discussion on this site of theirs very soon http://www.tueforumclt.org/.<br /><br />You will will also hear from the meeting everything I quote, saying things like which schools are over capacity mainly classes and schools in the suburbs and not at West Charlotte for example which is my old school. <br /><br />So thank you Fannie it was great to see you at the meeting and the one from the night or so before that at the Church on Beatties Ford Road.Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07977808657926308272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7536140049505603887.post-77748843001663863892011-08-16T22:23:42.432-04:002011-08-16T22:23:42.432-04:00I'm not sure who from the editorial board wrot...I'm not sure who from the editorial board wrote this Daily View but apparently the author was at today's forum. I understand that most of those in attendance today did not believe that suburban schools receive a much lower per pupil allotment than high poverty schools. Nor did they believe that many suburban classes had 35+ students in them. As an editorial page editor or associate editor I'm sure you must by now know that the urban schools receive a much higher per pupil allotment than the suburban schools and that last year suburban schools had very crowded classrooms. Did you speak up when folks in the room denied that this was happening?misswhithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11410771121576864068noreply@blogger.com