State of Virginia Budget

The Virginia Legislature passed a budget on Sunday, March 14th reducing funding to public school by an additional 250 million. In looking at a breakdown from the Virginia Education Association (VEA) it looks like Wise County is set to lose another 2.4 million on top of the 4.5 million originally cut.

I guess we will find out in the next few days about what the school board will do and if these figures are accurate. It doesn't look good for students and teachers.

http://www.veanea.org/images/budget-...2010-03-15.pdf

Asked a Board of Supervisors member today how this might affect Wise County. He didn't know yet, but it certainly can't be good. I know the school system is looking at cutting 6 bus runs for next year. They will be incorporated into existing runs. They can't do much to mine as it takes me an hour now.

Taking money away from any school, regardless which state its in, is ignorant.

i agree.

education should be the absolute last faucet they take away from.

The cuts were not as bad as first expected, but they will be cut again next year.

Oh for crying out loud this can't be happening.

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Originally Posted by burton2019

Taking money away from any school, regardless which state its in, is ignorant.

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No, that statement is ignorant.

More money does not equal a better education.

The paper said Wise County was set to lose around $800,000 per year over the next 2 years (total of 1.8 million over 2 years)....that's a heck of a lot better than the 4.5 million they were slated to lose. But, hey, everyone is losing funding over the next few years...don't see everyone one else freaking out over it.

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Originally Posted by retiredteach

The cuts were not as bad as first expected, but they will be cut again next year.

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That was my thought as well the cut mentioned was instead of and not in addition to


From the beginning i thought that 1st number that was thrown out was bigger than the actual number would be if for no other reason than the politicians could cut funding and still claim to have voted to raise education funding (raised over what was proposed LOL)

In any case you will see cuts in our schools but hopefully it will be in the form of attrition rather than layoffs

Cat 5 crisis.

• The Kansas City, Mo., School District is closing nearly half its 61 schools, with almost 300 teachers among those losing their jobs once 29 campuses go dark. The Montgomery, Ala., Public School Board voted last week to lay off more than 600 employees, including 415 teachers, in what it said was just the first phase of staff reductions.
• In the northwest suburbs of Chicago, the Illinois 46th District school board this week approved a proposal to lay off more than 1,000 employees ? about 25 percent of the district?s staff ? to help make up a projected deficit of $44 million. More than 700 teachers would lose their jobs, including all first-, second- and third-year instructors.
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• California school districts issued preliminary layoff notices Monday to about 22,000 teachers and administrators, nearly 7 percent of the professional workforce; 10,000 so-called classified workers ? bus drivers, maintenance workers and cafeteria staff ? could also get the ax, state Superintendent Jack O?Connell

Bad time to decide to become an educator?
U.S. schools in ?category 5? budget crisis - Education- msnbc.com