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Education is the key to a healthy democracy and to our future.
When I was a student in our great state, California Schools were the envy
of the nation. Sadly, with more than half of all educational dollars being
spent outside the classroom, when political correctness and social experimentation
have become more important than learning, and teachers are encouraged
to ‘teach to the test’, our schools have become more of a warehouse and
babysitter than a place of learning and critical thinking.
We can INCREASE the number of TEACHERS, make classes smaller, bring back
the ARTS and SCIENCES to our schools, to energize our students, without
raising taxes or increasing spending. We can actually put pencils and
paper BACK into the classroom along with other supplies necessary for
a modern education, such as computers… How? By attacking the waste and
the bloat of the educational bureaucracy, and capping administrative costs
to a reasonable level. Simply put, if the expense doesn’t directly teach
our students… it needs to be cut.
By creating smaller school districts, we will not only save in wasted
administrative expenses and bloated executive salaries, but would also
make the districts more responsive to the needs of its students and communities.
We could then significantly reduce the abhorrent drop out rate (41% in
San Diego City Schools), by empowering our parents, students, and teachers…
creating a new and dynamic partnership for the future.
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