I don't think it's boring and I would love to have the sentence Martin lined out explained as well... Give us some insight, Diana!
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Martin Dust [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Montag, 5. April 2004 14:47 An: 313@hyperreal.org Betreff: Re: (313) Detroit schools to cut 3,200 jobs Maybe, it's just the whole way language is used - long weekend talking about such stuff but I won't bore you with it :/ > When a child comes from a low socio-economic household > you're dealing with a lot of diff't cards both > academically for a child and also in terms of school > financial support. Can you explain what you mean here? Off list if you like... Martin 5/4/04 11:33 AM diana [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I think the part of the sentance that really matters > is that most families come from below poverty level. > There's many schools across the country (in very rural > parts) where the kids are white and the same thing > occurs. > When a child comes from a low socioeconomic household > you're dealing with a lot of diff't cards both > academically for a child and also in terms of school > financial support. > The other deadly combo is the no child left behind > act, with kids from a low SES and the shortage of > teachers. How can you keep a school academically > afloat when you can't attend to each child's needs. > Think about the kids who have learning disorders..even > the ADHD ones.Those kids NEED extra support in a > classroom. > The US government encourages people like me (who are > about to graduate) to teach in schools like the ones > in detroit. They give tax breaks and forgive large > portions of student loand,but how are we supposed to > be motivated to go in to them when it's like this? > > welp...*sigh*back to the music.... > d > np:Bill Withers, Lovely Day > --- Martin Dust <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I wonder if they would have mentioned such stats if >> the 90% had been WASP, >> this sh*t really gets my goat... >> >> >> 5/4/04 10:07 AM >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]@blueyonder.co.uk >> >>> yep true and sad........ >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Katrin Richter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Sent: Mon 05/04/2004 10:56 >>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; >> 313@hyperreal.org >>> Cc: >>> Subject: AW: (313) Detroit schools to cut 3,200 >> jobs >>> >>> >>> >>> Well, I guess this says it all: >>> >>> "Ninety percent of the remaining students are >> African-American, with more than >>> 7 out of 10 students coming from families living >> below the official poverty >>> level." >>> >>> >>> -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht----- >>> Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Gesendet: Montag, 5. April 2004 11:37 >>> An: Katrin Richter; 313@hyperreal.org >>> Betreff: RE: (313) Detroit schools to cut 3,200 >> jobs >>> >>> so the simple thing is to invest :) >>> >>> I know we all have a soft spot for Detroit and so >> I am be a little biased here >>> but is it me >>> or is detroit picked on? I think they should if >> they ae doing cut backs, use >>> the money to invest in the city >>> not make matters worse.. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Katrin Richter >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Sent: Mon 05/04/2004 09:49 >>> To: 313@hyperreal.org >>> Cc: >>> Subject: (313) Detroit schools to cut 3,200 >> jobs >>> >>> >>> >>> I guess this is on topic as school was the >> only place to hook up for >>> Derrick, Kevin and Juan as there was >> nowhere else to go >>> >>> Detroit schools to cut 3,200 jobs >>> By Jerry Isaacs >>> 3 April 2004 >>> Use this version to print | Send this link >> by email | Email the author >>> Detroit Public Schools officials announced >> Thursday the district would >>> lay >>> off 3,200 school employees, including 900 >> teachers, by July 1. The job >>> cuts, >>> which amount to 13 percent of the >> workforce, are in response to a >>> budget >>> shortfall of $78 million last year and a >> projected deficit of $91 >>> million in >>> 2005, officials say. >>> The cuts in the $1.5 billion budget follow >> an announcement last month >>> that >>> an additional 450 administrators could lose >> their jobs. The district, >>> which >>> already faces chronic overcrowding in the >> classrooms, also plans to >>> shut at >>> least three schools, in addition to the 16 >> closed or consolidated last >>> year. >>> The budget for supplies and purchased >> services will be cut by more than >>> one-third to save $50 million, with funding >> for playground improvements >>> slashed from $1 million to $250,000. >>> The layoffs will wreak havoc, particularly >> for teachers who are already >>> short-handed and stretched to the limit. >> "You could see a gym teacher >>> who is >>> certified in kindergarten through six grade >> become a homeroom teacher, >>> or an >>> instrumental teacher might have to go back >> to the classroom," district >>> spokesman Mario Morrow said. >>> Kenneth Burnley, CEO of the Detroit Public >> Schools, said he also plans >>> to >>> renegotiate the district's contract with >> the Detroit Federation of >>> Teachers >>> in order reduce or eliminate 3-4 percent >> annual raises that teachers >>> are >>> due. >>> The 151,000-student school district-the >> largest in the state-has been >>> hit >>> hard by federal and state budget cuts, the >> ongoing loss of >>> manufacturing >>> jobs and tax revenue in Michigan, rising >> fuel costs and a decline in >>> enrollment. Over the last eight years >> nearly 30,000 students have >>> transferred to charter, private and >> suburban schools. Ninety percent of >>> the >>> remaining students are African-American, >> with more than 7 out of 10 >>> students >>> coming from families living below the >> official poverty level. >>> Facing a $1 billion state deficit, >> Michigan's Democratic governor >>> Jennifer >>> Granholm and the state legislature are >> cutting per-pupil grants for >>> K-12 >>> education by $55 per student and revising >> the formula for counting >>> pupils in >>> schools, in order to slash another $43 >> million from state spending for >>> schools. In the proposed state budget, >> Detroit could also lose another >>> $15 >>> million it has been receiving since the >> state took over the district in >>> 1999. On Wednesday the state senate also >> rejected a plan that would >>> have >>> given extra money to districts with >> declining enrollments. >>> Because of stagnating or falling revenue >> school districts throughout >>> Michigan are facing budget cuts and >> layoffs. According to Tom White, >>> executive director of the Michigan School >> Business officials, 90 >>> percent of >>> state districts are planning to lay off >> staff or not fill open >>> positions. >>> "It's like getting squeezed by a python," >> he said, the "pressure just >>> is >>> increasing as time goes by. It is going to >> get ugly and I don't hear a >>> great >>> deal of concern being raised in [the state >> capital] Lansing." >>> Like other districts nationwide, Detroit >> schools are also threatened by >>> the >>> provisions of the Bush administration's >> 2001 federal education plan, >>> the >>> so-called No Child Left Behind Act, which >> removes federal funds if >>> districts >>> fail to achieve specific academic goals. >> One quarter of the district's >>> schools have already been warned they must >> overhaul their operations >>> because >>> of "chronic failure." The school district >> received a federal reading >>> grant >>> of nearly $6.5 million in August but >> continued funding hinges on >>> 1st-through-8th and 10th-graders passing >> tests at the end of the school >>> year. The budget cutbacks announced >> Thursday all but ensure future >>> failures, >> > === message truncated === > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! 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