Now that the new year has turned, towns across the state have entered the semester of budget preparation, presentation, deliberation, and enactment. This seems like a good time to review the factors, organizations, and political pathologies that drive school system priorities, in particular.
Last year, we addressed school budget theatrics in this column: http://www.themainewire.com/2012/06/op-ed-not-so-secret-libretto-tricks-school-budget-intimidation/. Now I intend to prove that the only group that has no champion in the process is the children themselves. Hear me out.
I live in Brunswick; I don’t know where you live, dear reader. No matter, I know that my town and yours are like faraway, fairy-tale Lake Wobegone. Our schools are the best, each of our teachers is excellent, and all our students are above average. So what follows doesn’t apply to you and me; it’s for all those who don’t enjoy our unfair advantages.
Read the entire column here:
http://www.themainewire.com/2013/01/group-champion-educational-system-children/
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