Wednesday, January 14, 2009

PART TWO: $55 MILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT: MDUSD BOARD OF EDUCATION PRESIDENT GARY EBERHART RESPONDS WITH TANGIBLES

MDUSD's Board President Gary Eberhart responded to my posting, yesterday, about the dire financial situation for education. Here is his response that was originally posted in yesterday's comments, that I felt should be made a posting of its own. - MisterWriter

"I totally agree that we need to overhaul public education. If we want our economy to have the freedom to continue to grow beyond the current boundaries, we must interject efficiencies. There are a lot of things that come to mind when you think about government; efficiency is not one of them. There are ways that school districts can assist in reducing statewide expenses...
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2 comments:

momgroeb said...

I personaly think we should suggest teachers get paid the same as our goverment officials. I personaly think that if they cut half their pay to pay the teachers and schools we could afford better educations for the FUTURE leaders of the world and teachers spend a lot more time and have a lot more invested preparing for that than our goverment. God Bless our Teachers. I know many Great teachers that stopped teaching because they could not affored to raise their family on their pay but a CEO can own a private jet and ask the goverment for a hand out:(

MisterWriter said...

While I agree, it is more a question of where that money comes from. This is the new crisis.