Re: Public schools
I liked this letter to the editor that i read in the hilo paper.
"Did you know that since 1978, enrollment in public schools has not changed? Did you know that in 1978, Hawaii ranked 47th out of 50th, and likewise 47th out of 50th in 2008, in student performance?
Did you also know that the DOE budget was approximately $267 million ($895 million, accounting for inflation) and in 2008 it was approximately $2.5 billion? Did you also know that non-teaching DOE employees went from approximately 4,000 to 10,000 in that same time?
Look on the DOE job lists and you will see that there are positions for store clerks, program analysts, cabinet makers, inventory clerks and more.
There are 412 non-teaching job titles at the DOE. So far, all those in those non-teaching jobs have not received pay cuts or furloughs. Once again, the teachers and students are taking the hit while DOE administration stays bloated.
I'm wondering why someone did not think to retire older workers early and cut their jobs from the budgets? That would have been one way of dealing with the budget shortfall. Now, Hawaii students will not get their 180 days of instruction, and with their shortened days (mainland kids have longer school days), they will fall further behind, while 11,000 teacher families will be struggling to make ends meet. Way to go Hawaii!"
I liked this letter to the editor that i read in the hilo paper.
"Did you know that since 1978, enrollment in public schools has not changed? Did you know that in 1978, Hawaii ranked 47th out of 50th, and likewise 47th out of 50th in 2008, in student performance?
Did you also know that the DOE budget was approximately $267 million ($895 million, accounting for inflation) and in 2008 it was approximately $2.5 billion? Did you also know that non-teaching DOE employees went from approximately 4,000 to 10,000 in that same time?
Look on the DOE job lists and you will see that there are positions for store clerks, program analysts, cabinet makers, inventory clerks and more.
There are 412 non-teaching job titles at the DOE. So far, all those in those non-teaching jobs have not received pay cuts or furloughs. Once again, the teachers and students are taking the hit while DOE administration stays bloated.
I'm wondering why someone did not think to retire older workers early and cut their jobs from the budgets? That would have been one way of dealing with the budget shortfall. Now, Hawaii students will not get their 180 days of instruction, and with their shortened days (mainland kids have longer school days), they will fall further behind, while 11,000 teacher families will be struggling to make ends meet. Way to go Hawaii!"
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