Key Issues
SCHOOL CONSOLIDATION, OMAHA METRO
AREA:
http://www.gobiged.com/The_OPS_Controversy/
SCHOOL CONSOLIDATION, RURAL
NEBRASKA:
http://www.gobiged.com/Saving_Our_Country_Schools/
SCHOOL SPENDING ON THE INCREASE:
2004-05:
Total
public school district spending in Nebraska $2,217,418,785.49
Cost per
pupil: $8,012.88
http://ess.nde.state.ne.us/ASPX/AFR/AFRStatewide.aspx?datayear=2004/05&id=2
1994-95:
Total
public school district spending in Nebraska, $1,451,714,541.94
Cost per
pupil: $5,167.33
http://ess.nde.state.ne.us/ASPX/AFR/AFRStatewide.aspx?datayear=1994/95&id=2
Increase
over 10 years: $765.7 million - an increase of 52.7% in 10 years
Meanwhile, K-12
enrollment has dropped by 4,209 students in those 10 years, from 280,941 to
276,732 students.
(Enrollment is Average Daily
Membership, found at the bottom of each district's annual financial report, and
aggregated in the statewide reports cited above.)
Check your
district's annual financial report:
http://ess.nde.state.ne.us/ASPX/Search.aspx?id=1
OTHER KEY ISSUES:
PROPERTY, SALES AND INCOME TAX CUTS
NEEDED
SCHOOL BOARDS BASICALLY RUBBER STAMPS
FOR FEDERAL, STATE MANDATES
READING ABILITY, VOCABULARY,
COMMUNICATION SKILLS DECLINING
ABSENCE OF MEANINGFUL SYSTEM OF
AUDITING SCHOOL SPENDING
RACIAL ACHIEVEMENT GAP PERSISTED FOR
DECADES
MINORITY DROPOUT RATES OF 50%
LACK OF MEANINGFUL SCHOOL CHOICE
DESPITE BETTER SERVICES IN PRIVATE SCHOOLS
REDEFINITION OF THE PURPOSE OF
SCHOOL AS MOSTLY JOB TRAINING
STANDARDIZATION INTO GLOBAL
EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM DUMBS DOWN STUDENTS, THREATENS U.S. AUTONOMY, ECONOMIC
SUPERIORITY
GOVERNMENT PRESCHOOL AND CHILD CARE
SYSTEM THREATENS ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, FAMILY BONDS
ALL-DAY KINDERGARTEN, LONGER SCHOOL
DAY, YEAR-ROUND SCHOOLING ALL FEED INTO A DESTRUCTIVE WORKAHOLIC ATMOSPHERE
DATA COLLECTION ON EACH STUDENT AND
FAMILY INVADES PRIVACY
MENTAL HEALTH SCREENING MAY TURN
SCHOOLS INTO THERAPY CENTERS
MEETING THE NEEDS OF NON-ENGLISH
SPEAKING STUDENTS IS BUDGET-BUSTING
