Kanawha County Board Of Education Case Summary

I propose the we terminate the Department of Education. There are several reasons why the Department should be abolished.

Some may feel that this is soley the students fault, while in actuality, budget cuts take a major toll as well. Marcus obtained information from Califorrnia State University that two-thirds of their students couldn't register for the clasess they needed, because of funding,

teachers who had already notified the district of their intent to leave their positions, and

Since last spring, Philadelphia school district leaders have been sounding the alarm about this year’s fiscal budget. Even after months of discussions and headlines, schools have opened with fewer resources than last year. On March 28th the School Reform Commission approved a lump sum budget which showed a need for an additional $220 million in revenue in order to provide schools with same resources as the “wholly insufficient” 2013-14 school year (McCorry). There will be many inadequate funding impacts on the quality of the education. Classroom resources would be stripped to untenable levels. The district would reduce as much as $2.2 million funding to the districts’ multiple pathways to graduation program which affects estimated 300 students. Another $1.5 million could be reduced from the elimination of preparation and professional development time for teachers at the district’s high needs promise academies. The district’s building maintenance budget could have reduction in amount of $9.6 million. Schools will be cleaned less frequently as a result. Building maintenance will also be curtailed as a result. District’s school police budget could also have reduction in amount of $2.4 million. School police officer vacancies will be unfilled, leaving an additional 27 elementary schools to share an officer.

On March 31, 2016, While assigned to Legacy High School located at 1261 N. Main St. Mansfield, Tx 75603, I, Officer B. McMillon, # 135, of the MISD PD was dispatched to the MISD PD lobby in reference to hit an run that occurred in the parking lot of Lake Ridge High School located at 101 N. Day Miar Rd.

The National Conference of State Legislatures said, “School budget crunches have been a trend over the past couple years and span the entire nation” (qtd. in Van

Two teachers could lose their job if the board decides to dismiss them for leaving two students at six flags.

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It has been stated that Texas has been encountering many issues leaving questions about their future in education. A high degree of students are not completing high school therefore, leaving Texas with an unskilled workforce for the upcoming years. Texas is being left with a vast group of individuals that lack the necessary education and skills needed to earn a living, and subsequently requiring assistance from the government later on. Now, it is not to say that all the fault is due to the lack of student cooperation but also the school board, and teachers themselves.

School Choice gives all families more choices in education... choices that are traditionally limited to those with the financial means to either send their child to a private school or move to a better district. However,with school choice opening up more, and the ability for families to receive a tuition credit (likely paid by the District with "our" Federal funds), I expect our enrollment to continue to drop, but at an even faster pace.

Oklahoma as of today is ranked 49th nationally in per-pupil expenditures and ranked 48th in teacher pay (Klein 2). Putting Oklahoma as one of the worst states to be educated in the United States. “Oklahoma is consistently ranked near the bottom for education funding and teacher pay” (“Investing In Education Is Key For Growth And Job Creation” 3). When there are state cuts that need to be made, the departments of education are one of the first that usually tend to suffer. Since the 2008 economic crisis, Oklahoma has continued to cut the budget for education; even though the economy has since then gotten better (Perry). Budget cuts in education affect all parts of the education process for the students. “Some school districts have ordered teacher layoffs and shorter sessions” (“Oklahoma Makes the Poor Poorer” par 4).Schools are now struggling to keep their heads above water. Each year from the budget cutting, schools have had to lay off teachers, cut entire programs, and have limited resources used to educate the students. Even the teachers’ retirement system is suffering, being one of the top poorly funded pension programs nationally (Ash par 3). Seeing as that the schools have to cut down classes and programs, administration has had no other choice than to increase class size, overwhelming teachers tremendously. “Oklahoma has 1,500 fewer classroom teachers and 40,000 more students since 2008-2009” (“Investing In Education Is Key For Growth

An article was written on the USA Today website on the date of August 28 in the same year, 2013, with the title, “Some school districts quit

When school budgets are limited, and can no longer support all the employee positions, they are eliminated. In the Union Journal, it speaks of cuts to the Royal College School of Nursing, and how in the year 2011 there were just over 2,500 school staff, which was down from 3,000 in 2010 (“Union condemns cuts to school nurses”, 2017). At other institutions, budget cuts have impacted particular sections of employees. According to Ginsberg (2009), budget cuts eliminated many human services programs in schools, which is not in the best interest of the children (Ginsberg, 2009). With eliminating these services, students will no longer have the support system within their school environment to go to in their time of need. Position cuts not only risked the health of the children, but also the health of the future of the

We know that shutting down schools are a budget tactic within districts and according to Scholars Strategy Network an article published by Vontrese R. Deeds Pamphile, with uprooting students they loose what they value the most and that is familiarity, stability and comfort in their school. Reformers who favor performance-based school closures assume that families will choose a better school performance wise for their children and sometimes this is not the case due to parents not being fully informative on academics at other schools. According to Pamphile studies indicate that many students experience social disruptions as well as adverse academic effects after schools close and in many instances closures can undermine the very student outcome that administrators and policymakers are trying to improve. However according to the Philadelphia Research Initiative the long-term effect of school closings on student performance appears to be minimal and Kansas City;s was the best received by

When schools are faced with rising costs they are, “coerced to trim budgets by reducing staff, increasing class size, deferring