Thursday, March 24, 2011

School Cuts Raise Doubts Among Some GOP Voters - NYTimes.com

 

He's trying to balance the budget on the backs of teachers," Feest said. "It took so long to get our schools where they are, and they're going to cut it down in, what, two years? It's not right."

projected $3.6 billion budget deficit, Walker has sought to eliminate collective-bargaining rights for most public employees, including teachers

His two-year spending plan includes an 8 percent cut in aid to schools — about $835 million. And he wants to require districts to reduce their property-tax authority by an average of $550 per pupil

High school math teacher Ronn Blaha, 41 …”did not anticipate that he considered education a frivolity."

School Cuts Raise Doubts Among Some GOP Voters - NYTimes.com

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