Scary stuff-parents, you need to be paying attention

[Broncojohnny]

Yep, the day of reckoning has come for the public sector. There isn't any federal money to prop up the states any more. It sucks that you may lose your job Leah.

[Silverback]

sucks that they gave all that money to GM and others, only to not be able to support teachers

[Denny]

sucks that they gave all that money to GM and others, only to not be able to support teachers

Crappy vehicles > crappy education

[mstng86]

Have they said how this is going to affect the state runned colleges? Is Mack Brown in trouble?

[Strychnine]

Have they said how this is going to affect the state runned colleges? Is Mack Brown in trouble?

Apparently your district lost funding a long time ago...

[Denny]

Have they said how this is going to affect the state runned colleges? Is Mack Brown in trouble?

As much as people are paying for tuition and as much as their football program brings in, I seriously doubt it.

[mstng86]

Apparently your district lost funding a long time ago...

haha son of a bitch. I didn't even realize I typed that.

[Silverback]

Have they said how this is going to affect the state runned colleges? Is Mack Brown in trouble?

They just signed a multi-million dollar tv deal. I think the football program pays for quite a bit for State run schools

[Broncojohnny]

sucks that they gave all that money to GM and others, only to not be able to support teachers

Technically they did give money to support education, problem is that most states counted it as part of their normal budgets and blew it all in one year.

Realisically, these changes should have started about three years ago when the recession hit and the school boards realized that tax revenue was going to drop significantly. Instead they just kicked the can down the road and hoped things would get better. Now they have to do what everyone else had to do and take it on the chin.

[Denny]

You have to also look at the municipal tax revenue dropping off. All these houses being foreclosed or at least defaulted probably bring in no taxes either.

[Broncojohnny]

From July of last year:

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jun/21/stimulus-aid-states-seen-delaying-day-reckoning/

This has been coming for a long time, any school administrator who acts suprised should be fired.

[bcoop]

New Stadium in Allen ISD was a cool $65 million or so. You should look at the cost of the new Prosper High School. Fuck, go look at the building! It's absurd! Though I understand some of it was private funding, the old high school was only around 5 years old and now sits empty.

Cutting football programs is shooting yourself in the foot. That's a lot of revenue. There has been wasteful spending for decades. This news isn't exactly groundbreaking. Everyone saw it coming. If the govt has proven anything, it's that it can't run anything lean, or efficient.

[Rick Modena]

i wouldn't worry because obama said the recession is over.

fixed!!!

[mstng86]

New Stadium in Allen ISD was a cool $65 million or so.

This is why I asked which AISD we are talking about. I think high schools do not need that type of stadium.

[built2layframe]

Sounds like the schools are about to be a dangerous place to be. Glad a live far enough out in the country all these badass kid with nothing to do can't steel my wheel/radio. lol