We are failing our children
The LA Times had a great op-ed piece today about how our state is failing our students and by doing so hurting the future of California. The author, makes excellent points about the systemic problems and the lack of awareness that people throughout the state have. He calls for us to all wake up and start fighting back.
“The solution is simple, but hard. It is what I’m doing now. Tell what is happening to every person who can hear it. Beat this drum until it can’t be ignored. Shame your neighbors who think the government needs to be starved and who are happy to see Sacramento paralyzed. We have to wake up this state and get it to rediscover its greatness. Because if we don’t, we will be the generation that let the promise for a great California die.”
click here to read the whole article.
This very same call to action applies to us here in CUSD. Please tell everyone you know what is happening down at the district office. “Beat this drum until it can’t be ignored”. We need to fight for better representation in CUSD so that we can take the politics out of our local schools and start working together on the bigger problems at the state level where the bureaucracy threatens the very thing that makes our country and state so great–public education.
Tags: Capistrano Unified, CUSD, erin kutnick
November 4th, 2009 at 6:03 pm
great idea….tax and spend, tax and spend.
November 4th, 2009 at 8:14 pm
We should all be grateful to live in a society with such a high standard of living and such a commitment to personal safety, health, and education. What is money for if not to maintain that high standard?
November 9th, 2009 at 8:55 am
oh thank you robin hood, tax, spend and steal from the rich.
November 10th, 2009 at 11:22 am
Supporting a quality public education for all students is hardly stealing from the rich. It’s investing in the future and doesn’t require additional taxes, just better management of the monies we have.
November 10th, 2009 at 11:47 pm
Robin Hood stole from the monarchy and its tax collectors to feed the starving populace. I certainly hope that’s not the direction we’re headed in here. But, really, if you’re aligning yourself with the “rich” and still resenting taxes to support an educated workforce, voting populace and community — you won’t find many intelligent, Christian supporters.