Comments on: School Board Member Going Grassroots For Amendment 8

By: Yosi

Yosi — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 15:36:56 +0000

YES to amendment 8. It is not about the quantity but the quality of a classroom. For those that are not happy with the public system, than charter schools or private schools are the way to go. My children are in charter school this year and what a difference from public school. I need to vote YES on amend. 8 to keep my kids in the charter school. If it does not pass, they risk being withdrawn by reverse lottery, teachers jobs are at risk and future enrollees are at risk as well. We need to look at the bigger picture here. VOTE YES!!!!

By: L

Sat, 02 Oct 2010 00:00:27 +0000

NO to amendment 8. I am a teacher ( mathematics, high school) and I have 45 students in a some classes. All I want is the bell to ring for that time to be over. More than 35 students is too much, and who ever say class size does not matter, GO TO THE CLASSROOM for 1 week and try to teach 45 kids. It is not fair to them, because they don’t get my best, just a very irritable tired teacher!!!

By: interested reader

interested reader — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 18:15:48 +0000

PLEASE vote NO on amendment 8. Our children deserve the best education possible and they will have a better chance if the teachers don’t have more children than they do now. Where are the teacher aides? GONE! Where are the parents to help out? GONE! The school board is elected to serve the people (including young people) and all should be defeated in re-election if they can’t put education first.

By: Horrific

Horrific — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 12:34:42 +0000

Oh sure ppl just be worried about your pocket book instead of your children.
Thats is just like this town.

It’s always about the money and never about the children.

Have any of you been paying attention to how the teens write on here.

Let’s just make the class sizes too large for the teachers to give any
help at all to those who were “NOT LEFT BEHIND”,

By: huh

huh — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 03:59:27 +0000

They want larger classes and less teachers, can’t you see this? You can’t learn with 40 students and 1 teacher

This is nuts anyone with commonsense can see it, classes sizes are large enough as it is. Why do they want to get rid of teachers?

By: Observer

Observer — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 00:30:41 +0000

The main problem with class size limits was the legislature failed to properly fund the law when it was passed by the voters of Florida. If Prop. 8 passes the system will return to its old manner of “packing em in.” PE classes might have 50 students and core classes might have 35-40. This is never effective as a learning tool. The District is broke and will do what it has to in order to financially survive. All assets of the District should go to support the student in the classroom chair. Everything else is window dressing. We tend to forget that too often! We do not need Prop. 8. It is a band aid on a deep wound. Do not be misled.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 21:25:21 +0000

Yes to 8

By: mom of two

mom of two — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 21:23:41 +0000

i agree with the ones on here saying no to 8 !!! our kids already dont get the help they need .

By: Mom

Mom — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 20:18:49 +0000

As a school volunteer and mother of 3 kids, this makes my blood boil. No to 8!!!
When my children have 40 kids in their elementary classes, who can I complain to and it not fall on deaf ears. “Pile them on in” will be our new ECSD motto.

By: YELLARHAMMER

YELLARHAMMER — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 19:11:43 +0000

To Frank I totaly agree that was the purpose for the lottery, but when the voters voted it in the state pulled the rug out from under us.