Earlier this month, superintendents from around North Carolina got together in Durham to commiserate and tell how budget reductions were impacting their schools. This morning’s meeting of the General Assembly’s Joint Education Oversight Committee offered a far different view of how public schools are faring (See presentations here). Superintendents from Allegheny County Schools, Lee County [...]
More truth-telling (not) from the dems budget tour
“In Lenoir County, we have already cut to the bare bones. If there are any more cuts next year, we’re not going to have a school.” Those are the words of Lenoir County NCAE President Kathy Canuette at last week’s Democrat Budget tour stop in Kinston. How bad are things in Lenoir County? A DPI [...]
Principal Enlists Staff — and Students — to Fight Budget Cuts
Sadly we have yet another example of school administrators using teachers, students and school time to fight proposed budget cuts. The latest display of audacity comes from Lee County Public Schools where Ann Beal, Principal of Tramway Elementary School distributed this letter to faculty and staff at the school. Principal Beal evidently has no qualms [...]
Fearmongering 101
This could take us back a generation, it could take another generation to come back and I don’t think that what the people of North Carolina want. Dispelling the fearmongers is a full time job these days (See WRAL article). Add House minority leader minority Joe Hackney to the list of those who speak before taking the time to look closely [...]
Gov. Perdue Delivers State of the State Address
Governor Perdue reiterated her mantra of jobs and education this evening in her annual State of the State address, making various claims – which appeared to be at times contradictory – that she believes will pull our state out of the depths of recession. However, her speech was dominated more by lofty rhetoric and long-winded [...]
