Mood:  irritated

Cuts area schools are considering

The Kansas State Department of Education surveyed school districts, at the Legislature's request, to see what reductions in programs and services they would consider if they lost $187 million. Here are the programs area districts said they are considering eliminating or reducing:

WICHITA: 320 full-time positions*, close alternative schools, four-day week, paraprofessionals, custodial, security, maintenance, athletics, fine arts, after-school programs, library services.

It  IS NOT RIGHT THAT OUR KIDS, NIECES, NEPHEWS, OR GRANDCHILDREN HAVE TO SIT A DAY OUT BECAUSE OF TAX CUTS OR SPENDING ISSUES OUR CITY HAS, WE ARE IN 2012 A CITY FULL OF NEW BEGININGS EACH DAY, WHY SHOULD ARE KIDS SUFFER FROM OVER SPENDING AND ALSO SOME WOULD SAY WHY IS MY MOM WORKING TWO JOBS SHE IS A SCHOOL TEACHER? WE ARE NOT A SMALL COUNTY THAT THIS PARTICULAR WORK WEEK IS GOOD FOR THEIR COUNTY OF SIZE AND FUNDS, WE ARE A OVER POPULATED CITY WITH AN AVERAGE SIZE OF THREE OR MORE KIDS IN A HOME AND AS WELL AS A LOT OF SINGLE MOTHERS RAISING THEIR KIDS IN A HOME AND TEACHING THEM TO GROW UP WITH HOPES OF GOING TO COLLEGE OR HAVING A GOOD PAID JOB, WHAT WILL THIS SHOW ARE KIDS THAT THEIR TEACHERS AND PEERS OR FUTURE WILL BE SHORTNED DUE TO THIER CITY LEADERS POOR SPENDING IN THE CITY OR OVER SPENDING ON THEIR BUDGETS, THOSE JOBS YOU WOULD LEAST EXSPECT TO SEE CUT. OR THAT OF OVERALL  WOULD BE A TEACHER THAT HAS ABILITY TO FOCUS ON WANTING TO TEACH KIDS AND A PASSION FOR KIDS WANTING TO SEE THEM HAVE  SUCESS AND GROW UP TO BE WHAT THEY WANT TO BE IN LIFE WITH PROPER EDUCATION, EVERY ELEMENTARY CLASS TEACHER ASK YOU WHEN YOU WERE A KID " WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP" CUTTING SCHOOL BUDGETS DOESN'T HELP BENIFITS KIDS OF OUR FUTURE,  AND CUTTING THIER DAYS TO LEARN DO NOT HELP OUR KIDS IN ANY WAY THREE DAY WEEKEND IS A INVITATION TO SLOWER LEARNING, LOST FOCUS BY MONDAY MORE STRESS FOR LEARNING GUIDELINES THAT WILL HAVE TO BE MET OUR SCHOOLS ARE ALREADY FAILING IN SCHOOL PROGRESS FOR THE YEAR FOR NUMBERS TO BE MET THIS WILL HELP THEM FAIL MORE, WE NEED TO SIGN FOR A NUMBER OF THREE THOUSAND SIGNATURES TO HELP STOP THEM CONSIDERING THIS IN OUR COUNTY, AND NOT LET THEM SHORTEN OUR TEACHERS AND PILE UP STUDENTS ON THEM SO NO CHILD WILL BE LEFT BEHIND, THEY WANT TO CLOSE ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLS, ART PROGRAMS ONLY 40 FULL TIME TEACHERS CUT CUSTODIAL POSITIONS WHAT ABOUT GERMS AND BACTERIA WHY CUT A JOB THAT CLEANS FOR 1 PERSON THAT OVER 250 TO 1000 PEOPLE USE AS IN ONE DAY, WHO WOULD KEEP THE SCHOOL CLEAN, WHAT PICTURES OF ART MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE NEXT DEANGELO IN THE MUESEM, WHAT DOES THIS DO TO KIDS WHO GROW UP TO DREAM OF BECOMING A TEACHER AND SEE THAT IT IS BECOMING THE LEAST PAYING JOB TO SOME ONE THAT PUTS THIER PASSION IN WILL POWER TO TEACH KIDS WHO WANT TO HAVE A FUTURE AND WANT TO LEARN, ASK YOURSELF WHO TAUGHT YOU TO READ AND DO FRACTIONS AND PROVIDED A COMPUTER CLASS FOR YOU TO LEARN, THIS YEAR IS ALL ABOUT TECHNOLOGY AND COMPUTERS, CUTTING BUDGETS WILL AFFECT THE KIDS LEARNING PROCESS THESE TEACHERS BARELY RECIEVE BENIFITS OR SOME DON'T SEE A 401K PLAN NOW THEY WANT TO PUT THEM ON A 30HR WORK WEEK WHEN THEY TEACH YOU TO LEARN AND STUDY HARD SO AS AN ADULT YOU CAN GET A GOOD JOB,NOW, OR GO TO SCHOOL FOR FOUR DAYS AND LEARN LESS TO LET YOUR DAYCARE PROVIDER ON FRIDAY TRY TO TEACH THEM ALGEBRA OR KEEP THEM UP ON HOME WORK, THAT IS WHAT IT WILL COME TO SOON, CUT THE ZOO DOWN DAYS, TAKE MONEY FROM CURRENT PROJECTS SHORTIN THE LIBRARY HOURS QUIT BUILDING ARENAS WITHOUT A PARKING LOT, OR FIX STREETS THAT ARE FINE AND NOT DECORATE THE CITY OVER PASSES TO LOOK LIKE DALLAS,TX AND GIVING MONEY AWAY THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO HELP BAIL OUT CAR LOTS THAT MAKE RECALL CARS, WHAT IF OUR CITY HAS A STATE OF EMERGENCY WHO WOULD BAIL US OUT? IT SEEMS LIKE WICHITA IS GOING BROKE WHEN SCHOOL STARTED THIS YEAR THE NEWS POST HOW THE  SCHOOL BOARED GRANTED MONEY AND  ALLOWED MORE MONEY FOR SCHOOLS AND HAD A PLAN TO SPEND IT AND SAVE IT. THE SCHOOL BOARD WANTED TO BREAK UP RACE THREW OUT THE CITY AND PROVIDED TRANSPORTATION TO THOSE KIDS,  NEXT YEAR THEIR NOT? WHY WAS IT A TEST? WITH A FOUR DAY WORK WEEK HOW MANY KIDS CAN BE ALLOWED IN A CLASS ROOM ALLOWING ALL OF THEM TO PASS A STATE ASSESMENT?THEY WANT TO CUT PARAS OUT OF THE SCHOOL WHO IS GOING TO TEACH THAT CHILD THAT JUST NEEDS A LITTLE MORE OF A PUSH AND PATIENTS OR THE KIDS THAT WERE BORN WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY? THINK ABOUT THESE CUTS BEFORE YOU AGREE, HELP STOP THIS BY SIGNING YOUR NAME OR POSTING YOUR COMMENT.