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<blockquote data-quote="71buickfreak" data-source="post: 2464510" data-attributes="member: 8373"><p>The state has reduced all of the school's funding. In Stillwater, that means 1.5 million for next year. Oklahoma leads the nation in reducing the education budget, to the tune of about 21%. That is for next year. Huge amounts of money are going bye-bye for the schools, so our kids will get a lesser education. I'm not concerned about the education for my children, we teach at home in addition to what they learn in school, but the changes they are making are ridiculous. The library budget was eliminated for next year. As in zero dollars. Yet they have bought a giant factory building for a bus barn. They are moving all of the 5th graders to middle school, 7th graders and 8th graders to junior high and the 9th graders will be in the high school. 14 year olds should not be mixed in with 18 year olds. It always works out for the detriment of the freshmen. This school district has brutal bullying problems and the administration turns a blind eye to it. The superintendent would rather make easy cuts like SROs, music, library, and field trips, than work to actually make the tough choices. The district pays $75,000 a year for cell phones. It's time that they pay for their own. Switching to personal cell phones would save the money to pay for the SROs. Boom, done. Internet is costing the schools $69,000 a year! The athletic director for the district does not teach a single class. When asked why the athletic department was not taking a single hit to their budget, he responded "We pointed out areas that we could make cuts, and were told we didn't need to make any cuts". The guy OFFERS to make cuts and the admin says no, you are fine. We have a giant Texas-style high-school football stadium that is brand new, but we are gutting the actual education budgets over anything athletic. Guess what? That stadium sits empty 75% of the year. Rent it out for concerts, make money off it. I will never understand what the issue is with this town and their lack of caring for the kids. They stifle anything that is actually fun for families, catering only to themselves and to the University.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="71buickfreak, post: 2464510, member: 8373"] The state has reduced all of the school's funding. In Stillwater, that means 1.5 million for next year. Oklahoma leads the nation in reducing the education budget, to the tune of about 21%. That is for next year. Huge amounts of money are going bye-bye for the schools, so our kids will get a lesser education. I'm not concerned about the education for my children, we teach at home in addition to what they learn in school, but the changes they are making are ridiculous. The library budget was eliminated for next year. As in zero dollars. Yet they have bought a giant factory building for a bus barn. They are moving all of the 5th graders to middle school, 7th graders and 8th graders to junior high and the 9th graders will be in the high school. 14 year olds should not be mixed in with 18 year olds. It always works out for the detriment of the freshmen. This school district has brutal bullying problems and the administration turns a blind eye to it. The superintendent would rather make easy cuts like SROs, music, library, and field trips, than work to actually make the tough choices. The district pays $75,000 a year for cell phones. It's time that they pay for their own. Switching to personal cell phones would save the money to pay for the SROs. Boom, done. Internet is costing the schools $69,000 a year! The athletic director for the district does not teach a single class. When asked why the athletic department was not taking a single hit to their budget, he responded "We pointed out areas that we could make cuts, and were told we didn't need to make any cuts". The guy OFFERS to make cuts and the admin says no, you are fine. We have a giant Texas-style high-school football stadium that is brand new, but we are gutting the actual education budgets over anything athletic. Guess what? That stadium sits empty 75% of the year. Rent it out for concerts, make money off it. I will never understand what the issue is with this town and their lack of caring for the kids. They stifle anything that is actually fun for families, catering only to themselves and to the University. [/QUOTE]
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