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What education cuts do you fear most?
Reporter Margo Rutledge Kissell and I examined state school funding from kindergarten to college in Sunday’s Dayton Daily News and found educators across the spectrum are nervous about what newly sworn-in Gov. John Kasich’s budget plans might bring. Here’s an excerpt:
Avoiding cuts to education — even significant cuts that will touch virtually every Ohioan — seems highly unlikely. “I would like to say it’s going to be with a scalpel but with the deficits we’re looking at, we may not have that luxury,” said state Rep. Peggy Lehner, R-Kettering.
The Kasich administration hasn’t revealed details of its education policy, spending priorities or where cuts could come. “We haven’t put timelines on any of that,” Kasich spokesman Rob Nichols said. “Many of these decisions will come out in the budget, but not all.”
Some fear programs like all-day kindergarten and state student financial aid could be on the chopping block. Cuts in state support could increase class sizes and result in higher property taxes and tuition bills.
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As Kasich prepares his budget and tries to fill an $8 billion to $10 billion budget gap, what cuts to education funding do you think would have the worst impact?
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By guy geiger
January 24, 2011 9:46 PM | Link to this
Our public education system reminds me of CDO’s (collateralized debt obligations)… We tax payers invest, on average, $10,000 per year per student for a total of 12 years meaning we invest $120,000 per student through high school. If you add in the special programs for those that don’t fit the academic profile I am sure the amount grows to a larger amount. The China profile tests the collateral after eight years and determines whether to continue to hold the investment or change course. Do the students continue on the academic path or pursue a vocational educational program? I am sure that we squander a great deal of money pushing non-academic students down the academic path to high school drop-out or getting a meaningless high school diploma. Isn’t it time for a change?
By Maxwell Powers
January 13, 2011 12:00 AM | Link to this
Since everyone’s answering the OPPOSITE of the question asked, I will too: dump all the tests! It is an INCREDIBLE waste of time and money. Any teacher will tell you it’s RUINED education in virtually all school districts. 2nd thing: shorten the school year. That’s right, SHORTEN it. The last 2 weeks (at least) are not used well — once testing is over, everyone shuts down. Here’s a 3rd: shorten the school day. Dump art, music and PE and focus on academics. You’d be done by noon. Another: make every Friday an online day — everybody stays home and does work over the internet.
By Paul
January 11, 2011 5:54 PM | Link to this
Having 2 kids in the public education system, its been a huge disappointment even in a school system rated Excellent. Scrap it and start over. Very few teachers seem motivated; instead they seem to be in perpetual disciplinary mode. Too much “down” time with teacher conferences; in-service days,etc. Senior year of high school seems like a Total Waste of time and money too. All Sports should be Pay-to-Play; eliminate busing if necessary to save money; Volunteers can replace many of the administrative workers in schools, too.
By amom
January 11, 2011 1:32 AM | Link to this
i know that times are tough , but i am hoping that the special ed/ ed units are not cut. my son depends on this for his success and there are a lot of kids that i am finding that fall between the cracks simply because the teachers are not given the funding to provide what these kids need, and the sad point is that there are very few school districts that even have the right tools for these gifted and needy children . these kids are so smart but they need certain tools and special things in the classroom to help them along that other students do not need. i know it may seem a lot for the schools to have to provide these things but these kids deserve the same kind of education that a normal child deserves , they should not be singled out by the adults that make these choices. are we not trying to teach our children that everyone is equal,no matter what race , learning disability , height , shape or size . you should always respect each other and it seems that this point is becoming so clouded in today’s school’s . when i went to school it was bad now people are telling their children its every man for them self do what ya got to do to get where ya wanna go, and these kids are missing the basic thought that if you treat people as you would like to be treated there are bigger gifts that you receive by using simple kindness, i thank my child’s teachers every day for making sure that he does not feel like the odd man out simply because he needs a little extra help they do a wonderful job of this, given that they are provided the tools to do so . rememeber this when you are making your cuts , because eventually the kids you are depriving will be the kids running the country one day !!!!
By Kathy
January 10, 2011 9:20 PM | Link to this
I think that ALL extra curicular sports should be pay as you play. We fund a small proportion of the total school’s kids. If all kids played sports then OK but for a small portion to be funded is outrageous.
By Paul
January 10, 2011 5:50 PM | Link to this
Replace senior year of high school with a job/co-op program., or classes on how to budget, how to buy a house, how to buy a car, credit cards, having babies at an early age, etc…
By Paul
January 10, 2011 5:26 PM | Link to this
You have to prioritize, Necessity vs. Non-necessity. We have to be adults and recognize all-day kindergarten is available in private schools if you want to pay for it. If you don’t want to pay for it, don’t expect taxpayers to pay for it, either. Also, less administrative workers, more volunteers who can do the same or better job. High schools are a whole different animal. Lots of repetion, wasted time, and discipline in high schools. Make H.S. 3 years instead of 4. High school is a problem, not working at all, not relevant, kids are bored to death, female teachers treating them like babies, too. A Big problem.
By Get off the bus
January 10, 2011 4:02 PM | Link to this
All student within 1/2 mile of the school need to walk to school. No more door to door service. Transportation is second highest expense next to salaries.
By OT
January 10, 2011 3:51 PM | Link to this
I HOPE that all-day Kindergarten is completely done away with - for starters. It was never funded, depended on raising property taxes (last thing we needed). There are places people can go who want their children to get all day kindergarten or education now. There are private schools and kindercare. Let the parents pay for it, not the taxpayers. It isn’t government’s job or role to tax others to pay for such stuff. Then when Kasich is done with that, I hope he takes on higher education.
By Squirrellygirl
January 10, 2011 2:22 PM | Link to this
We should cut the Department of Education since it is led by a bunch of left wing radicals who have “sanitized” the kids’ history books of all references regarding the Bible, and have replaced required information with stuff that the kids don’t need, like Cloward and Piven, etc. (socialism). It’s time for Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic, not how to become a socialist.