Wednesday, April 15, 2009

LOS ANGELES UNIFIED LAYS OFF THOUSANDS OF TEACHERS IN AN ACADEMIC DEPRESSION...


http://web.mac.com/videopalitalia/iWeb/Site/Photos.html

NOW IS THE TIME FOR ALL GOOD PEOPLE TO COME TO THE AID OF THEIR COUNTRY!

TEACHERS ON BULLHORNS? WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU ABOUT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA'S LACK OF "WHERE THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD" COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATION: SOME WELL-HEALED PRIVATE LOS ANGELES HIGH SCHOOLS COST OVER $20,000.00 PER SCHOOL YEAR WHILE CALIFORNIA'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS RANK ONLY ABOVE THE GRAND STATE OF MISSISSIPPI IN PER CAPITA PUPIL SPENDING...WHERE IS THE BEEF? THROWING MONIES AT INNER CITY DROPOUT RATES ARE NOT A PANACEA FOR 70% DROPOUT RATES, BUT PROVIDING FOR BASIC BOOKS AND SUPPLIES AND PHYSICAL PLANTS CERTAINLY COULD MAKE THIS DIRE SITUATION, BETTER!SHOW ME THE MONEY, LAUSD CORTINES AND CALIFORNIA'S GRUBENATOR, INSTEAD OF GREASING THE GREEDY PALMS OF MEGA-BOOK COMPANY CARTELS FOR SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS THAT SIT IN ABANDONED INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSES. 

OUR STUDENTS DESPERATELY NEED TEXTBOOKS, LAPTOP COMPUTERS, SAFE BUILDINGS/LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS AND "BEST PRACTICES TRAINED TEACHERS" AND ADMINISTRATORS WHO HAVE COMPASSION, UNDERSTANDING AND PANACHE, RATHER THAN PROFIT-MAKING BUREAUCRATS: OUR STUDENTS ARE HUMAN BEINGS, NOT ROBOTS!

Wayne Dennis Kurtz.