California is broke and the governor was begging for federal funding back in the beginning of 2010. Where did the big bucks come from? Or is that why Calif is broke?
Money doesnt matter..it's for the cheeeeeldrin
Laying teachers off, but they can build a school for 578 million.This is the crap that is annoying about government. Half a billion friggin dollars? Give me a break. How many teachers could have kept their jobs had they not jumped the shark? Simply retarded.
fixedMoney doesnt matter..it's for the illeeeegals
I'm guessing they also found a couple of "shovel ready" projects there that they found "alternate" funding for.
I think what would be really impressive is if they could begin cranking out a majority of young adults who can spell, read, and perform routine mathematic functions at a respectable level. Guaranteed, that would blow everyone's socks off!Joe Agron, editor-in-chief of American School & University, a school construction journal. "Districts want a showpiece for the community, a really impressive environment for learning."
Progressive line of the day! What kind of surroundings did our Founding Fathers grow up and learn in? How about our "Greatest Generation" that made America freaking incredible during the 1940s and '50s?Some experts say it's not all flourish and that children learn better in more pleasant surroundings.
What's that saying - "all style, no substance"? Yes, that might fit quite well. I saw a lot about the special amenities but nothing about being well-stocked on up-to-date textbooks, computers, or other learning aids.
I think what would be really impressive is if they could begin cranking out a majority of young adults who can spell, read, and perform routine mathematic functions at a respectable level. Guaranteed, that would blow everyone's socks off!
Progressive line of the day! What kind of surroundings did our Founding Fathers grow up and learn in? How about our "Greatest Generation" that made America freaking incredible during the 1940s and '50s?
I am pretty sure none of those people went to school in post-modern, individually designed, plush learning environments such as this.
Quite to the contrary, I bet it was the fact that those earlier environments were totally NOT plush and comforting that lent towards the children buckling down and getting their work done. By the time they left, they knew their stuff - and they went on to apply those lessons in regular life.
What lessons are kids supposed to get from this? Maybe that the government will always be there to provide everyone with a cushy place to hang out. Maybe that - as I said at first - style trumps substance; as long as you look cool enough you can be successful.
We had 4 computers in our junior high school, if you can call these things computers. They had buttons that depressed about an inch and a teletype output.I dont know how we got by in school without a computer in every room.
When I picked up the Enterprise and saw the new front on Leonardtowm Elementary School which cost beaucoup dollars , I wondered how the stiudents had gotten by without it all those years.I wonder how we made out at the tech center before we put on that million dollar glass front there.
I have no problem with a computer for every kid. It is technology, it is the way of the world today, it is required knowledge.I dont know how we got by in school without a computer in every room.
When I picked up the Enterprise and saw the new front on Leonardtowm Elementary School which cost beaucoup dollars , I wondered how the stiudents had gotten by without it all those years.I wonder how we made out at the tech center before we put on that million dollar glass front there.
Our kids are already behind those of several other nations, no need to set them back further. Computers are great things as long as the teacher does not allow the kids to overuse them - say, using the calculator for every math problem, or googling that history answer instead of trying to remember it.It is technology, it is the way of the world today, it is required knowledge.
I have no problem with a computer for every kid. It is technology, it is the way of the world today, it is required knowledge.
Complaining about computers in school is like complaining about going away from the hand slate and chalk.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, California's state controller and treasurer, decided Monday to delay $2.9 billion a month in payments to school districts and counties sooner than expected so the state can meet debt and pension obligations.
The leaders issued a joint letter notifying state lawmakers of their decision to begin withholding the payments in September instead of October.
The move reflected the limited resources the state has to work with as the impasse over California's $19 billion budget shortfallhas dragged on for nearly two months.
If their purpose is to create a better learning environment - ultimately to keep the children in school and improve their education - this seems like a terribly inefficient use of resources. For 4,200 students, they could build a $100 Million facility (modest, I know, but they'd manage), and use the savings to pay every student $5,000 at the end of each year for successfully meeting certain performance measures. That would probably go further toward keeping kids in school and encouraging them to work harder. (I'm not advocating such a policy, but it would seem like a better idea than spending half a billion on a school like this.)