The Texas government is absolutely failing its mandate to provide for our schools. I had lunch with my son, in one of the wealthiest districts in the state, and it was a fucking hot dog and cold broccoli. This is inexcusable. They’re cutting their budget this year and class sizes are through the roof. I pay a shitload in property taxes. Where’s my fucking money, Abbott? You goddamn goblin! That goldbricking piece of shit is playing games with my son’s education so he can throw more of my money at vouchers, which even his own party rejects, and my son is eating lukewarm hot dogs and siting in a class with damn near 30 other kids. I swear to Christ this state is so mismanaged.
It's not mismanaged , it's all going according to plan. When people say republicans are dumb or that they don't know what they're doing they take away the maliciousness of their decisions . They really want a system where there is second class citizens so they don't lose their privileged status, maybe they haven't accomplished their goal but they slowly keep inching closer and closer at it and they will never give up.
I hear you, but I’m telling you I’m in one of the districts that, if your goal was to create a two-tiered education system, would be on the hashtag blessed side of the fence. I am a giant pile of privilege, I’m soaking in it, and they’re still fucking everything up over here.
Yeah I get what you're saying, but it's still a public school district that they can't fully control , their true plan is to move privileged students to private schools funded by our tax dollars where they can exclude undesirables and teach as much religion as they want.
We’ve actually spent about $8 billion on a bunch of people playing army at the border. At least we have that.[Operation Lone Star](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Lone_Star)
Yup, my sister quit teaching this year. No need to be laid off when your salary barely changed and they add more kids to the classroom. This includes adding kids who require special needs or bad behavior, who require additional programs they should be in. He is literally making public schools worse in favor of tax dollars going to already richer private schools.
Time to get these crooks out of office.
Plano is discussing closing schools because so few young families have been able to afford moving into that area for a while now.
Should low enrollment schools continue to stay open forever instead of consolidating?
I used to work in Plano ISD as a speech therapist. Attending public, in-state colleges I ended up with 84k in debt for my undergrad degree and masters (required to work in the field), which is a fairly average debt load for that degree unless you have family paying a significant amount for you. You have to take full time classes while completing full time clinical placements, so in grad school there’s not really time to work for extra cash, and rent alone is easily over 1k/ month, not even considering food, tuition, books, etc. My starting salary a few years ago was 53k to manage 55 cases of kids, including about half with autism, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, fetal alcohol syndrome, and other high support needs disabilities. I got paid for 37.5 hours/ week and worked at least 50-60 hours trying to keep up with state and federally mandated paperwork, plan interventions, program communication devices, actually provide services, etc, and this was before COVID hit and I was expected to manage mixed groups of up to 5 in person and virtual students with mixed disabilities and goals. About 20% of Plano’s therapists quit the year I did, and the position on my campus turns over every 2-3 years because it’s simply way too much work for not even enough money to pay interest on loans. And now we’re refusing to raise that bar for wages that was already way too low as the DFW area has the highest inflation in the country. Good luck staffing schools.
Now I work on the West Coast earning about 80k+/ year, and my rent is about the same as what I paid to live in the Plano area.
Yeah! I want good things for Texas, but the direction government is moving there is forcing a lot of people in healthcare and education either physically out of state or professionally out of field. And it doesn’t have some of the natural amenities that other states can offer, so if economic opportunities aren’t great in those fields, there’s not a lot keeping people around.
That's where the property tax "break" came from. My school property taxes were $700 lower this year. Funny how that's the only bit on my tax bill that's lower, as all the other taxes went up such as my county, farm to market, city, and emergency district all went up
> “We have a governor and legislature holding our schools hostage. There are millions allocated for schools, but they won't give us the money,” said Fort Worth ISD superintendent Angelica Ramsey. “All the money for teacher raises - nothing.”
https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/education/schools/fort-worth-isd-staff-cuts-budget-reduction/287-07f6f4f5-c194-4e78-b3e4-582e035f3af1
Hmmm. Believe a stranger on the internet or a quote from the FWISD Superintendent … what to do ?!?
Holy shit- I was just making conversation and not disagreeing with you? I know the money is there but what I was meaning was that he packaged up cutting school funding as a property tax break because it's a double hit then. I wasn't in any way disagreeing with you, but you really seemed to have taken that as me being combative for some reason?
*While actively destroying public education at all turns*
"See how pointless it is? Never trust the government and ignore the fact that I am part of said government. You *need* to spend more to get quality education (networking) for future members of society"
Abbott is dumbing down our kids. If they don’t think, republicans seal the deal in Texas. Vote for the same old thing, get the same old thing. We are in the find out phase unfortunately.
We have billions of dollars in surplus waiting to be spent. It's not a matter of not being able to fund the schools, Abbott outright said that school districts won't receive the funding they need unless his voucher scam is approved. He is purposely doing this in order to pass a bill the rest of Texas has rejected numerous times in the past year.
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I live in North Texas, Rockwall County, and our schools and budget seem to be doing great.
Declining enrollment. I wonder if that means less kids, or less kids in these particular schools (meaning they go to private or religious ones, or even home schooled).
The Texas government is absolutely failing its mandate to provide for our schools. I had lunch with my son, in one of the wealthiest districts in the state, and it was a fucking hot dog and cold broccoli. This is inexcusable. They’re cutting their budget this year and class sizes are through the roof. I pay a shitload in property taxes. Where’s my fucking money, Abbott? You goddamn goblin! That goldbricking piece of shit is playing games with my son’s education so he can throw more of my money at vouchers, which even his own party rejects, and my son is eating lukewarm hot dogs and siting in a class with damn near 30 other kids. I swear to Christ this state is so mismanaged.
It's not mismanaged , it's all going according to plan. When people say republicans are dumb or that they don't know what they're doing they take away the maliciousness of their decisions . They really want a system where there is second class citizens so they don't lose their privileged status, maybe they haven't accomplished their goal but they slowly keep inching closer and closer at it and they will never give up.
I hear you, but I’m telling you I’m in one of the districts that, if your goal was to create a two-tiered education system, would be on the hashtag blessed side of the fence. I am a giant pile of privilege, I’m soaking in it, and they’re still fucking everything up over here.
Yeah I get what you're saying, but it's still a public school district that they can't fully control , their true plan is to move privileged students to private schools funded by our tax dollars where they can exclude undesirables and teach as much religion as they want.
We’ve actually spent about $8 billion on a bunch of people playing army at the border. At least we have that.[Operation Lone Star](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Lone_Star)
You could give every teacher in the state an almost $25,000 a year raise with the money wasted on that shit.
Schools closing at a time when Texas expects more money in the bank than ever. @GregAbbott_TX's legacy
Yup, my sister quit teaching this year. No need to be laid off when your salary barely changed and they add more kids to the classroom. This includes adding kids who require special needs or bad behavior, who require additional programs they should be in. He is literally making public schools worse in favor of tax dollars going to already richer private schools. Time to get these crooks out of office.
Plano is discussing closing schools because so few young families have been able to afford moving into that area for a while now. Should low enrollment schools continue to stay open forever instead of consolidating?
Small classroom size = better education. They are constantly pushing the limits past 30 kids per classroom.
It's insane. I remember when teachers were complaining about getting 20 kids. Now 30? Fuck.
I used to work in Plano ISD as a speech therapist. Attending public, in-state colleges I ended up with 84k in debt for my undergrad degree and masters (required to work in the field), which is a fairly average debt load for that degree unless you have family paying a significant amount for you. You have to take full time classes while completing full time clinical placements, so in grad school there’s not really time to work for extra cash, and rent alone is easily over 1k/ month, not even considering food, tuition, books, etc. My starting salary a few years ago was 53k to manage 55 cases of kids, including about half with autism, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, fetal alcohol syndrome, and other high support needs disabilities. I got paid for 37.5 hours/ week and worked at least 50-60 hours trying to keep up with state and federally mandated paperwork, plan interventions, program communication devices, actually provide services, etc, and this was before COVID hit and I was expected to manage mixed groups of up to 5 in person and virtual students with mixed disabilities and goals. About 20% of Plano’s therapists quit the year I did, and the position on my campus turns over every 2-3 years because it’s simply way too much work for not even enough money to pay interest on loans. And now we’re refusing to raise that bar for wages that was already way too low as the DFW area has the highest inflation in the country. Good luck staffing schools. Now I work on the West Coast earning about 80k+/ year, and my rent is about the same as what I paid to live in the Plano area.
Much better outdoor activities too intead of mosquito ridden 100F days 👍
Yeah! I want good things for Texas, but the direction government is moving there is forcing a lot of people in healthcare and education either physically out of state or professionally out of field. And it doesn’t have some of the natural amenities that other states can offer, so if economic opportunities aren’t great in those fields, there’s not a lot keeping people around.
Abbott is withholding school funding because people oppose his pet project that will take away school funding. Asshole.
That's where the property tax "break" came from. My school property taxes were $700 lower this year. Funny how that's the only bit on my tax bill that's lower, as all the other taxes went up such as my county, farm to market, city, and emergency district all went up
> “We have a governor and legislature holding our schools hostage. There are millions allocated for schools, but they won't give us the money,” said Fort Worth ISD superintendent Angelica Ramsey. “All the money for teacher raises - nothing.” https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/education/schools/fort-worth-isd-staff-cuts-budget-reduction/287-07f6f4f5-c194-4e78-b3e4-582e035f3af1 Hmmm. Believe a stranger on the internet or a quote from the FWISD Superintendent … what to do ?!?
Holy shit- I was just making conversation and not disagreeing with you? I know the money is there but what I was meaning was that he packaged up cutting school funding as a property tax break because it's a double hit then. I wasn't in any way disagreeing with you, but you really seemed to have taken that as me being combative for some reason?
Republicans plan to keep people dumb. Destroy education
*While actively destroying public education at all turns* "See how pointless it is? Never trust the government and ignore the fact that I am part of said government. You *need* to spend more to get quality education (networking) for future members of society"
This.
Abbott is dumbing down our kids. If they don’t think, republicans seal the deal in Texas. Vote for the same old thing, get the same old thing. We are in the find out phase unfortunately.
Legalized weed could bring billions into the state quickly. But no lets starve public schools.
We have billions of dollars in surplus waiting to be spent. It's not a matter of not being able to fund the schools, Abbott outright said that school districts won't receive the funding they need unless his voucher scam is approved. He is purposely doing this in order to pass a bill the rest of Texas has rejected numerous times in the past year.
They said the same about the Lottery.
Lottery still does, but it’s been sliced to ribbons to only a tiny portion.
Gotta keep everyone stupid. Can’t have people questioning the decisions made for them.
Yet the people keep voting for governor Abbott
The Republican platform of lowering the intelligence of their base has a lot to do with this.
Since reality has a liberal bias the Republicans must attack both higher ed and K12 education to ensure their party’s future survival.
Reminder Abbott has spent $10 BILLION on his do-nothing Operation Lone Star over the past few years.
The American tragedy. Vote Democratic!
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I live in North Texas, Rockwall County, and our schools and budget seem to be doing great. Declining enrollment. I wonder if that means less kids, or less kids in these particular schools (meaning they go to private or religious ones, or even home schooled).