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commuter (Anonymous) says…

What a joke. Boy they really answered a lot of questions. I asked two questions that were not answered. Did anyone else?

lristh1230 (Anonymous) says…

I asked this question. I have 3 kids in elementary I pay over $100.00 just for school fees. (as do so many others here in Lawrence) Do they plan on reducing the fees and eventually eliminate them?? That question was not answered!!!

WHY NOT.

absolutelyridiculous (Anonymous) says…

email the board members. I can't support a LOB increase unless they can eliminate all school fees. I'm paying monthly (about $50) for 2 kids. The older they get, the more fees they tack on for the classes they want to take and the activities they want to be involved in. It creates a huge gap between those who have and those who have not. A good education and equal opportunities is based on what you are willing to pay. There should be a law suit there someplace. If you don't have the cash…you get a basic education. For a very democratic town…I'm surprised non one thought about this.

commuter (Anonymous) says…

Actually e-mailing the board members does not work. They will complain they do not get enough money and they “have” to tack on these fees. It is easier for them to blame someone else instead of looking at costs in USD497. i know I have tried. I am more curious to know if they do a budget to actual comparision. I would really be interested in that information more than hearing about their budget.

I just wanted everyone to know I personally just saved my company 10 billion dollars in budgeted expenses!!! Yeah, Yeah How, we don't have 10 billion dollars in income to offset these costs. School admin, here I come. they may want to hire me now.

absolutelyridiculous (Anonymous) says…

From the state Constitution:
§ 6: Finance.
(b) The legislature shall make suitable provision for finance of the educational interests of the state. No tuition shall be charged for attendance at any public school to pupils required by law to attend such school, except such fees or supplemental charges as may be authorized by law. The legislature may authorize the state board of regents to establish tuition, fees and charges at institutions under its supervision.

How clever of them! Anyone know a good attorney who would take on the constitutionality of this law? It's unfair to those who can't afford to pay to play basketball, football or be a cheerleader.

lristh1230 (Anonymous) says…

And of course Linda Robinson will avoid the school fees. And where does she work again? Oh yeah thats right she did list that. I wonder why?? I sure do wish I could get her off of the school board and we need more people on board that are for those people who are paying the ridiculous school fees.

absolutelyridiculous (Anonymous) says…

I'm sorry…”supplemental” fees ARE tuition. Anything charged and that they hound you over to pay goes to supporting a “public” education. I wonder what they would do if I refused to pay them. Just refused. Would they let my kids attend school? Hmmmm. I think by law, they have to.

max1 (Anonymous) says…

“In general, kids that are educated evolve into productive members of society while those that are not educated turn to activities which prey on society.” a_flock_of_jayhawks

You mean like . . .?

Jan. 23, 2008
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/…
Army Recruiting More Dropouts
A new analysis of Pentagon data shows that only 71% of Army recruits in 2007 earned high-school diplomas

January 23, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/con…
The study also found that the number of “high quality” recruits — those with both a high school diploma and a score in the upper half on the military's qualification test — has dropped more than 15 percent from 2004 to 2007. After linking the recruiting data to Zip codes and median incomes, it found that low- and middle-income families are supplying far more Army recruits than families with incomes greater than $60,000 a year… the Army has met its high recruitment goals for the past two years by lowering acceptance standards, offering signing bonuses and loosening age restrictions.

absolutelyridiculous (Anonymous) says…

http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2006/aug/06…
From the mouth of Sue Morgan
“The district collects about $1 million per year in fees, including pay-to-ride, textbooks, extracurricular and activity charges.”

Now I can't find a line item in the 2007-2008 Budget that includes “Supplemental Fees” as a a revenue source.
http://www.ksde.org/Default.aspx?tabid=1…

And 2,200 out of 10,385.5 FTE students receive Free Meals. That tells me that 21% of our student's families are having a hard time paying fees.

Linda, we know you are reading this blog, make the LOB 1.6 million and maybe you can sell this.

hawkperchedatriverfront (Anonymous) says…

they wouldn't present my question about the half done job at Central Jr. with the crapped out chain link fence and trash on the south side of the building. They don't want to hear about problems. They want us to give them money.It is that simple!