Guest guest Posted April 24, 2003 Report Share Posted April 24, 2003 , Remember, I am homeschooling so none of that matters to me. Why do you need a listmate to come there? I keep trying to talk into moving out of this hellhole known as DC Metro. I really want to move to Alaska.... Georga Re: Oh Bother > > Um, I get the feeling I've been living a sheltered life ... they are > > cancelling school for the purpose of budget cuts? Since when? Is > this > > normal? > > Oregon has had some severe budget problems the last couple of years, > and this last year being the most severe to date. It is a long > complicated story of how Oregon's school funding came to be managed > in the way that it is, but the short of it is that we do not have > stable funding for the schools and are dependant upon the welfare of > the state. This means in times of plenty the schools do well and in > times of poverty they suffer severely. Oregon has lost a tremendous > amount of it's industrial and corporate base and there is nothing to > take it's place so there is less revenue. Each school district is > paid by the state on a per student basis which is supposed to cover > the cost of thier education, the facilities, etc. The state does not > have enough money and so funding is being reduced and school must > find ways absorb that reduction. Around the state school districts > have been suffering through cut after cut and there is nothing left > more to cut basically. Our district only cut an additional five days > off the school year which still kept us within federal minimums for > school year days. Other districts, like Portland, cut almost SIX > WEEKS of school days in order to absorb thier cuts. > > Now that I've expounded on this my chances of having a list mate come > here are probably slim to none. > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 24, 2003 Report Share Posted April 24, 2003 Hey Georga, I used to live in Frederick, MD, and then in Baltimore. So I am familiar with your neck of the woods! Maggie p.s. Alaska is cold. Read Jacquie's poem and substitute Alaska for Canada. ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 24, 2003 Report Share Posted April 24, 2003 > Remember, I am homeschooling so none of that matters to me. True. Why do you need > a listmate to come there? Because it would be nice to have someone here to have coffee with, etc. I have no life. There really isn't anyone here that I know that totally gets it, except for the kids new psychiatrist, but I can't call her at odd hours and say I need coffee, NOW! I keep trying to talk into moving out of > this hellhole known as DC Metro. I really want to move to Alaska.... Oregon is beautiful. The beaches are wonderful. The fishing is great, and there are alot of very very nice people here. I do like where we live for the most part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 24, 2003 Report Share Posted April 24, 2003 I didn't know you were born in Alaska, so repress my p.s., okay? Yes, DC Metro area is too crowded, too busy, too yuppie, too....yes. I like it better in TN too. Maggie ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 25, 2003 Report Share Posted April 25, 2003 that stinks. How is your hip? Jacquie H Oh Bother It's almost one and I should be long asleep, but I am not because my darned hip hurts too much. Yes, I took something for it but it is not enough. I'm sorta hungry, but not, cause what I really want is junk and we don't have any, and I should go to bed but the hip would keep me awake. Ergh. Ah, and we have a four day weekend coming up. The kids are off Monday and Tuesday as part of the budget cuts. Lovely. Blech. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 25, 2003 Report Share Posted April 25, 2003 I don't know , unfortunately it doesn't look like it's going to get any better any time soon. Penny Re: Oh Bother From: " egcjssmom " wrote: > Ah, and we have a four day weekend coming up. The kids are off > Monday and Tuesday as part of the budget cuts. Lovely. Blech. Um, I get the feeling I've been living a sheltered life ... they are cancelling school for the purpose of budget cuts? Since when? Is this normal? (The other day I pulled into an elementary school near my ST, just out of curiosity. The building was so sad and run down looking it looked like an industrial warehouse. The playground was pitiful and the grounds dotted with trailers, which I imagine are improptu classrooms ... teaching in trailers, sounds barbaric to me. How did things get this bad?) (SAHM in GA) MSN elizabethloht@... n 33, mo, no formal dx Phoebe, 10 wks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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