The following link will open an Excel file showing data extrapolated from NCReportCards.org. It is JUST the elementary schools in our county and there may be typos. I encourage readers who are truly concerned to verify the information in the file by looking it up for themselves.
Download OVERALLstudentperformancecomparison
A lot of folks wonder why I'm in an uproar about all the fundraisers that go on at Southwest Elementary School where my sons are just completing grades 1 and 2. The numbers of that file should give you a little understanding.
I'm also up in arms about the fact that the executive board members figure the best way to shrink the budget is to reduce the number of teachers and increase class sizes.
Let me put this as simply as possible because it is possible one of those said persons might actually read this and I would like them to be capable of understanding it.
That is it. Nothing more. No copy machine using electricity, paper, or ink. No $50,000 swingset. No computers. No Promethean boards. And certainly no principals and overpaid district superintendents with their entourage of puppets.
Even the dullest of politicians are beginning to own up to the glaring failure of American schools particularly when compared to schools around the world. Yet, in an economy demanding cuts, the first sacrifice is the most vital, teachers.
So, all you school board folks here in Onslow County, North Carolina, particularly those of you who claim to be Christian, listen up. God is watching, look into your heart and try to see this as He sees it. Where is your honor? Your wisdom? Because with every teacher lost, with every minute spent with "The Candy Man" fundraiser instead of learning reading, math, or science, you reveal yourselves as fools.
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