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<blockquote data-quote="crrcboatz" data-source="post: 2465835" data-attributes="member: 32702"><p>Good intentions, I agree however the words <strong>new taxes</strong> in this state will bring the wrath of every conservative in the state down on you like stink on a stink bug. Colleges have the ability to generate donations from wealthy graduates, keep large endowment funds, garner money for research, etc. Public schools don't have that. Also no one has mentioned the budgets of area vo tech schools. They are also a well kept secret with their funding. Their average per pupil expenditure is over $9000/ student yes I said that right over $9000 per student. Public schools in Oklahoma spend about $4000/ student. Also they build what many of us in public schools call "palaces" all over the state. They have an avg class size of 11 while <strong>your</strong> local school has one of 29 or more. They hand pick their students every year. By that I mean the interview each prospective student, check their discipline record, check their transcripts for academic performance and "choose" their students individually. In addition to that they take NO physically handicapped students. They have very limited programs for handicapped students. They can send their students back to their home high school for discipline reasons, as well as attendance, etc.</p><p></p><p>This is one of the GREAT fallacies of public education in Oklahoma. Vo tech has managed to keep all this out of the public's eye for a very long time. Their pay scale will knock the public's lights out too. Avg teacher pay upon retirement at metro area votechs is<strong> $60,000 dollars.</strong> The really sad part of all this is that Oklahoma's vo tech system is consistently rated number <strong>ONE</strong> in the nation while our public schools are in bottom 10. Help me understand that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="crrcboatz, post: 2465835, member: 32702"] Good intentions, I agree however the words [B]new taxes[/B] in this state will bring the wrath of every conservative in the state down on you like stink on a stink bug. Colleges have the ability to generate donations from wealthy graduates, keep large endowment funds, garner money for research, etc. Public schools don't have that. Also no one has mentioned the budgets of area vo tech schools. They are also a well kept secret with their funding. Their average per pupil expenditure is over $9000/ student yes I said that right over $9000 per student. Public schools in Oklahoma spend about $4000/ student. Also they build what many of us in public schools call "palaces" all over the state. They have an avg class size of 11 while [B]your[/B] local school has one of 29 or more. They hand pick their students every year. By that I mean the interview each prospective student, check their discipline record, check their transcripts for academic performance and "choose" their students individually. In addition to that they take NO physically handicapped students. They have very limited programs for handicapped students. They can send their students back to their home high school for discipline reasons, as well as attendance, etc. This is one of the GREAT fallacies of public education in Oklahoma. Vo tech has managed to keep all this out of the public's eye for a very long time. Their pay scale will knock the public's lights out too. Avg teacher pay upon retirement at metro area votechs is[B] $60,000 dollars.[/B] The really sad part of all this is that Oklahoma's vo tech system is consistently rated number [B]ONE[/B] in the nation while our public schools are in bottom 10. Help me understand that. [/QUOTE]
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