If you guys weren't so darn proud of your ignorance and racism we wouldn't have a negative thing to say. You're easy to make fun of because you don't even try to fix your ignorance and stupid. My numbers came straight from the GAC, look it up if you can figure out how to spell it. All the modern gop is is a prime example of hate, intolerance, ignorance and pride in being so. A good dose of education would do you all a world of good, real education not the gordon county school systems version. Blessed are the ignorant for they know not how stupid they really are. Another little fact for you bible thumpers; most atheists and agnostics know the bible better than you christians, why? Because we have actually read it and know what hate lies within.

For those of you dumb enough to believe the person calling his/herself proud2bliberal is actually a liberal they aren't. It's just another facist tea partier trying to make themselves appear to be an intelligent progressive person.

As far as high sports goes, the football program in many schools not only pays for the cost of that program but many others as well. Why cheerleading, and band arent covered by the schools, it's very simple. They bring no income into the programs and they aren't sports, cheerleading has been classified as sports in many areas to satisfy Title IX which forces schools to offer "sports" programs for girls at the expense of boys programs. In many schools across the country even football teams have been eliminated to satisfy the requirements of Title IX which serves no useful purpose whatsoever except to give girls something to do after school.

Now as far as the national debt is concerned, for those of you who watch FoxNews and have no education other than that here are the numbers from W's years, "George W. Bush’s First Term – $1.885 trillion increase



George W. Bush’s Second Term – $3.014 trillion increase"

So, if we are 5 triilion in debt then $4.899 Trillion is Bushs which leaves Obamas increase at .101. Just saying, either your numbers are messed up or its your brain.

Education is fast to take credit when they benefit, e.g. ranked 37th.

Every person who can fog a mirror chafes when 90% of local taxes go to education, huge salaries, and $5,000 per hour development speakers result in less than five (5)students per 100 graduating college ready.

Being greased by education make you happy? Didn't think so.

Blder,

I think navajo is saying you are correct in the 15 to 1, but you couldn't run the schools if you cut the teachers in half because many of those teachers are designated to work with only a few students. the schools have no control over the low numbers allotted to certain teachers. that is federal law. Thus when you add it up and just divide, the 15 to 1 makes things sound a lot cushier than they are. you still have teachers with 35 regular ed to a class. then you have smaller special ed classes with fewer students, but each student requires more work and attention. the statistics are correct, yours and AJC, but the actual use of the teachers in a 1 to 15 situation is not correct.

Navajo7 emotions my Ed Weldon the library guy.

Both US News & World Reports and AJC reported articles: CHS 15 to 1; GCHS 13 to 1.

Trust whom I know. Navaja7 I do not.

Sorry, I'm busy with a recession. But thank you for confirming waste with the $5,000 story.

Bider,

I appreciate your sentiments, but you are not quite correct. Yes, Calhoun and GC do boast a student-teacher ratio of 15 to 1, but that is counting areas in special education in which there may be ONE teacher assigned to a single student. Sped classes sometimes run 3-5 students also. Generally this is done because it is written into that student's IEP. This greatly skews the numbers. AP classes are generally smaller also, due to law. Now, the rub is that the general, regular ed kids, some of whom need a little extra help, are packed in like sardines, up to 35 to a class much to the chagrin of teachers who care. They just take the total and get an average, which does not give a very accurate picture of what is going on. I do agree with you about much of staff development. A lot of times staff development people or superintendents are wooed by training company representatives and then teachers are forced to undergo some awful "educational" experiences imposed by the starry-eyed, easily flattered assistant superintendent. Calhoun City experienced that bs a few years ago when an inspirational speaker was brought in from "out of town." The gentleman left with a check for $5,000.00 that did not include travel and board. Pretty good for a coupla hours work ( if you want to call spouting platitudes work) when you are spending someone else's money. The funny thing about it was right in the middle of his speech he gave a great big plug for Obama. And the school board approved it.

The majority of the Gordon County School Board saw fit to give Superintendent Bill McCown a raise while continuing furloughs for teachers and other employees. Should we as a community seek to replace the board as custodian of taxpayer dollars and the Superintendent as a potential ethics violator? It will be interesting to see how end of year school results tabulate.

Federal government hands states' education annually $450 billion.

That doesn't count Georgia and city/county education funding.

GA uses $51 million to hire folks like Zachary Kirk, an 11th grade English teacher, to professionally develop other teachers.

Mr. Kirk's already on the payroll.

Fire educators who can not do the job. That's how it's done in the private sector. America is full of unemployed new college graduates.

If Calhoun and GC fired half the teachers, the student to teacher ratio would only be 30 to 1.

The state's leadership is failing the people of Georgia on education. They have their heads in the sand.