Fortunately, T-Lo had the privilege of attending two very prestigious prep schools here in Alabama, but certainly not everyone has that opportunity. Two weeks ago, the education spending budget for the state of Alabama was prorated, effectively leaving schools with a nearly $0 operating budget.
I know that many schools are asking parents to buy 2 of each household product (one for themselves and one for the school) when they grocery shop, but many families are also feeling the effects of the national economy's plummet. I, Lo, have already begun donating small amounts of money to individual schools (schools can indeed accept ear-marked cash or personal check donations for daily operations) as they each lack different necessities.
I encourage you to start out 2009 with a generous heart - you will experience a karmic repayment - and help out the kids in our public schools who are suffering because of the actions of adults. With well-educated children, we will hopefully have a more responsible and well-informed leadership in the future.
If you’re still reading, thanks for indulging me in my rant ;)
Much love!
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Creating accountability for actually educating would be a good start to having the school systems begin to be properly funded again. Parents are going to continue to send their children (when they can afford it) to private schools as long as the public system falls short. I agree the public system needs help, we all benefit, especially people in industries such as mine. We do not get the college bound prep students anyway. Continually "needing" more money has not worked yet. At least as far as the legibility of the applications filled out for our company.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. I thought this was a blog about carbombs, not relevant current issues!
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