Comments on: School Board Lobbys For Amendment 8, Against Strict Class Size Law

By: wanda shipman

wanda shipman — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:25:11 +0000

I will vote, YES to amendment 8. My vote will hopefully prevent all these unnecessary and unessential revisions of which students are being subjected to at our schools.

Does anyone here have children in school and have seen the impact first hand??? I have two children in elementary and every school year there are at least five or more interruptions, month after month, with taking children out of established classes in order to make a new class with a new teacher because 1 individual class was over 1 child.

Many children have to start new in the middle of the school year with a new class and new teacher ,but at least the “approved” amount of children are in every classroom. Not to mention, new teachers must acquire how your child works and see what learning angle he/she thrives in learning. I am a parent who looks into the teaching styles of teachers due to being a parent of a Especial Learning Child, and I request a teacher for the next year but this is a waste if classes are just being split every month to make a new classroom.Also,many parents try their best to not move residence,especially when the school year has already started, as to not interfere with our children schooling, but this law is acting as if we are doing just that.

My children and I feel the numbers should be calculated at a grade-level average and be up to the principal of the school if a new class should be created, not an individual classroom number. Yes, this will allow some classes to go over a few students, but no more than a certain limit and it will be regulated by the school board.

Vote YES on amendment 8 in November 2010.

By: Mike T.

Mike T. — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:51:27 +0000

I will vote no too. My kids have had wonderful teachers so far, but why in the world would I want to make their jobs more difficult? If Malcom and the school board want to save money why don’t they stop putting flat screen tv’s and “smart boards” and expensive macbook laptops in all of the classrooms? 70% of the teachers at Warrington Middle school fled after last year and this was Malcom’s brainchild. It is to the point that I am starting to believe the opposite of anything he says is more likely to be true. Same with Bergosh.

Malcom and Bergosh are both contractors from my understanding. That may explain the emphasis on construction over education. Just a thought.

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:32:15 +0000

REGARDING:
” let the lose ends drag………..”

Not griping or arguing or anything but wondering at the expression.

Please expound on its meaning

David the curious

By: smitty

smitty — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 22:41:23 +0000

its a shame that cuts cant come from other places maybe instead of visiting schools and looking pretty Mr. T could put a pen in hand and do a little pencil and paper pushing help with the work load so we dont have to have so many asst. superintendents…they wont have to cut very much if they do what they want to do with the insureance every year it gets cut every year we hold our head high because we work for the school district,you are about to triple peoples insurance premiums how in the world do you exspect a person on 30 hrs a week at 7.48 an hr to have a pay check leftover. that cut is a utility bill,someone groceries, someones car payment. For goodness sake stop messing with the insurance. We got a raise and now you are wanting to raise the premiums. know how many where i worked said they will stand in the welfare line.you got it work for 4 hours doing 6 hrs worth of work only to clear a couple dollars. not right look else where…rezone use the darn schools we have stop building a new school fix the ones we have it wont be any more expensive.leave the teachers alone……go back to the basic education music,football,etc. can be learned after school years.get real

By: Century girl

Century girl — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 08:57:37 +0000

It is interesting to see the political spin given by Malcolm Thomas and the others trying to tell us “why” this is good for our children… If it wasn’t so serious, it would be funny.

Enlarging the classroom size due to Financial problems, will not be “helping” the kids. Closing a perfectly GOOD building and spending about twice the budgetted amount to get Bratt ready for the 09 school year may be part of the problem. Not to mention Carver-Century is still costing the taxpayers, power is still on, expenses go on and now they’ve put one SMALL headstart class in there only.

Maybe Malcom and the school board members need to ask “WHY”. Is the enrollment decreasing in Escambia Cty??? Population is decreasing as well. The people are tired of the poor quality of education, the over taxing in property taxes, etc. POOR LIFE quality– The northend of the county is just still getting left out! Affordable High speed Internet STILL not available in many, many areas. Area public transportation, no storm shelters the list goes on.

If the political heads would begin to start listening to the voters ,the people that put them into office, maybe they could begin IMPROVING life quality in Escambia county.

How is enlarging a class going to make it better for the children? Come on people, VOTE NO on Amendment 8!

By: school employee

school employee — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 22:56:05 +0000

Please vote no so your child can get the attention he or she needs. Think of 25 6 year old children with one teacher. .This is the leaders of tomorrow vote no.
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By: anydaynow

anydaynow — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 21:29:21 +0000

All I ever hear from republicans anymore is what they don’t wanna do, what they can’t do and what they are not gonna do.

By: my own two cents

my own two cents — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 15:45:48 +0000

I will be voting “NO”. I already am hearing that teachers are having a hard enough time with the class sizes they have now. The classrooms are not getting any larger either. Either way I am sure that faculty or staff will be cut.

By: Unemployed Teacher

Unemployed Teacher — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 03:14:19 +0000

My concern is always for the children and to make sure they get the best education possible. If I didn’t have a passion for teaching, I would not do it! I definitely do not teach for the pay because the people at the district make more than teachers, but they want to tell us how to educate the students!

As I stated earlier, do your research before you listen to me or anyone else when voting on this amendment.

By: interested reader

interested reader — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 23:54:45 +0000

I will be voting NO on amendment 8. Please, think of a teacher with 18 third graders and no help. They have all the children they can handle by themselves. Same goes for other grades. FCAT has changed the way school is taught and it is impossible to expect a teacher to be able to handle more than they have now. Cut out the extras and let the grade limits stay the way they are.Mr. Thomas and the school board are supposed to be helping the children not causing more problems. Please talk to the teachers and find out how this will impact the children. They should come first. NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND is not just a slogan.