Great thread! As Dennis Miller says, I don't mean to go off on a rant here but......
The school budgets... I have put 3 kids thru school and have NO idea where the money is going. School attendance #'s have gone up about 40% in the last 10 years and the budget has gone up over 150%. What's up with that! Eagan high has a huge number of non-teachers on staff. Are they REALLY needed? And this Profile of Learning... What a crock! If school boards would spend the money in the classroom it would be a better use of tax dollars.
Taxes.... No way te state, as the 4th highest taxed in the country, should have to raise the tax rates further. If I don't have the money to buy an item or take a college course,too bad. I have to meet a budget every day and don't have the option of telling my employer the he or she MUST pay me more or I will cut back on my work. Get real! We have too many special programs for too few people and too many bulls**t programs in general.
O.K., I feel better now! Got lots more to say butdon't want to run you all off!!!
