Unfortunately, my opinion is that the issue isn’t that there is not enough money, but that there will never be enough money. People by nature have unlimited wants but limited resources. The only way we can control ourselves is by realizing that we can’t afford everything and making some choices; or saying no to budget increases.

Hopefully, saying no more will cause the school system to make better choices on how it spends its budget; because I believe that there is much waste and extravagance. Waste and extravagances that they are not proposing cutting out in favor of cutting programs and services that should be retained (or will elicit more alarm from kids and taxpayers). But regardless of how well schools do with allocating the tax dollars already provided, this is a runaway car that I think we should stop fueling.

But even my opinion on this is a subject for adults. Children should not have pressure and guilt laid on them when adults have disagreements or issues with one another.

Mary Anderson,

Lawrence