[RP TownTalk] Redistricting/gambling

Fri Nov 2 14:15:55 UTC 2012

Ideally, more money would mean in part more teachers and smaller classes,  which has a profound affect on the quality of education.  
The reason I don't send my kid to PG County public school is, I did twelve years of it.  In high school, I spent some time in schools in Columbia and saw how education couldbe - very different from my experience.  Yes, bloom where you're planted, it comes down to you, etc - but rich soil more reliably makes better blooms.  PG County schools need money.  Not 10% more, 150% more.

Andrew

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>Folks
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>Funding for educationis certainly needed, but it's not an end all to a good education.  One hundred and fifty years ago, many folks were educated in one room schools and possibly were more educated that many of todays pupils.  If our educational system is more focused on political correctness than academic excellence it won't matter how much money is spent.  As far as I'm concerned, we don't need casino's.  What we need is academic standards which provide a reasonable foundation for a meaningful career in todays world and teachers who are rewarded for excellence not how many pupils get through their classes.  Let's face it, anyone can spend money.  What do we have to show for all of the Fed stimulus money spent over the last 5 years?  Why do you think spending more money on a "status quo" educational system is going to be any different?  The state has been spending more money on education for the last 50 years and what do we have
 to show for it?  
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>How many of you send your kids to public schools?
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>Bruce
> On 11/02/12, Sue Collins<wheadle at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>"If we were really interested in funding education, we'd be doing it already"  EXCELLENT point!  Education should be one of the top priorities, no matter what level of government we're talking about, or how the funds are obtained.  However, sad to say, it seems whenever there's cutbacks, it's always schools, emergency services, and libraries that are the first to feel the pinch.  
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>From: Sarah Wayland <sarah.wayland at gmail.com>
>To: Sue Collins <wheadle at yahoo.com> 
>Cc: Lou King <lking at knob.com>; Town Talk <towntalk at riverdale-park.org> 
>Sent: Friday, November 2, 2012 8:11 AM
>Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] Redistricting/gambling
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>While I know that our county doesn't exactly have a stellar record on
>this point, I prefer to view it the way Lou does.
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>Regarding the point about education - I agree that the argument that
>the funding will go to education is a red herring. The money will go
>where the general assembly thinks it should go.
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>If we were really interested in funding education, we'd be doing it already.
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>-Sarah
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>On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 7:32 AM, Sue Collins <wheadle at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Good comeback!  I agree with you in part, but I was thinking of some other
>> things that could be the reason, and again, just my own opinion, but
>> possibly someone is getting a few dollars to push this along?  But as
>> Forrest Gump said, "that's all I'm going to say about that...."
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>> From: Lou King <lking at knob.com>
>> To: Town Talk <towntalk at riverdale-park.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, November 1, 2012 3:29 PM
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>> Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] Redistricting/gambling
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>> My momma wasn't as clever as yours.  It is so much easier for the politicos
>> to take money from casinos than to admit that they don't have the political
>> will to raise individual taxes to pay for all the things needed from the
>> state/County government PLUS all the other things promised.
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>> Lou
>> O< ascii ribbon campaign - stop HTML mail - http://www.asciiribbon.org/
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>> Sue Collins wrote, On 11/1/2012 2:25 PM:
>>> I have my own ideas, but my momma
>>> didn't raise a fool, and I'm not going to put them in print  (smile).
>>>
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