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The LA Times says that LAUSD needs more money. That they need to build more schools. Then they show the incompetence of LAUSD: "The board displayed a dismaying lack of regard for the public's dollars in November when it placed a $7-billion bond measure on the ballot, more than twice as much money as it needed to build new schools and refurbish old classrooms. Billions of dollars of the bonds weren't earmarked for any particular projects, but rather created a slush fund for future expenditures in a district that is losing enrollment.
None of that money can be used for teachers, textbooks or educational programs, all of which were short of funds even before California's disastrous crash. The reasons for the bond measure's over-inflated size had little to do with real need and much to do with polls that showed once voters were considering billions of dollars, they didn't seem to differentiate between a couple of billion or an amount two or three times that."
But, the Times says, if LAUSD promises to be responsible we should give them even more money.
LAUSD has been running a misleading ad on local TV. In it they claim to:
By 2012 have created 131 new schools
167,000 new class seats
At a cost of $20 billion
Misleading? Yup, they left out one very important detail. At the same time they have added 167,000 class seats, the enrollment of the district went from 745,000 to 630,000.
This is an out of control district--give up money and it will be spent--that is why the billion deficit--not because of an onslaught of students.
The LA Times, once again shows why it is no longer a credible newspaper--a high school journalism teacher would give them an "A" for effort and an "F" for truth. What do you use the Times for, if you still subscribe?
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None of that money can be used for teachers, textbooks or educational programs, all of which were short of funds even before California's disastrous crash. The reasons for the bond measure's over-inflated size had little to do with real need and much to do with polls that showed once voters were considering billions of dollars, they didn't seem to differentiate between a couple of billion or an amount two or three times that."
But, the Times says, if LAUSD promises to be responsible we should give them even more money.
LAUSD has been running a misleading ad on local TV. In it they claim to:
By 2012 have created 131 new schools
167,000 new class seats
At a cost of $20 billion
Misleading? Yup, they left out one very important detail. At the same time they have added 167,000 class seats, the enrollment of the district went from 745,000 to 630,000.
This is an out of control district--give up money and it will be spent--that is why the billion deficit--not because of an onslaught of students.
The LA Times, once again shows why it is no longer a credible newspaper--a high school journalism teacher would give them an "A" for effort and an "F" for truth. What do you use the Times for, if you still subscribe?
More...