State Superintendent Walter says no more illegal kids in school!

feral said:

Applies equally to their "dictators, tyrants, and despots".
And the reason they've flocked here more in the last decade than have in the previous hundred years.
You don't know and don't want to know, or know and won't say.
Interesting.
Especially for a "constitution cowboy".

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PBramble said:

And they do. What's the complaint? Unfortunately no one read the fine print. 39.5 percent goes to colleges (institutes of higher education). 45 percent is doled out to the roughly 500 school districts in the rest of the state.

the Oklahoman:
Oklahoma’s lottery revenue has reached new highs after a decision by lawmakers to increase the prize amounts offered.

The Oklahoma Lottery Commission recorded an all-time high of about $380.5 million in sales revenue, and about $87.6 million was reinvested in education in fiscal year 2023.

It is projected to have its second-best year in its history in budget year 2024 with $354.6 million in sales and $87.5 million for education. The fiscal year ended June 30, but external auditors are still completing records.

Jay Finks, executive director of the commission, said the lottery is run on a net-profit model.

Better start looking at the school board for your money. Those administrators are paid outrageously for the little work they do.

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feral said:

Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.

"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she With silent lips.
"Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

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turkeyrun said:

I have posted this before and made a lot of people around town very mad.

We live in Cotton County, the POOREST county in Okla. The County has 3 school districts.
#1 Superintendent - salary $102k
4 Principals, 2 vice-principals
2024 graduating class of 42

#2 Superintendent - salary $94k
3 Pricipals, 3 vice-principals
2024 graduating class of 12

#3 Superintendent- salary $88k
3 Principal, 3 vice-principals
2024 graduating class of 8

Lawton has 3 High Schools
1 Superintendent - salary of $148k
2024 graduated 2700+ students.

Convince me that we don't have WASTE.

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PBramble said:

Maybe you aren't explaining it deeply enough for me, but I'm feeling that you don't have a proper understanding of immigration and assimilating into society. English is spoken here, not Hindi Bengali or Marathi. India's government has no sway over anything that goes on here, so other country .gov systems don't matter. Assimilation is what "The Melting Pot" is about. The attitude that others should respect our culture is why Europeans hate Americans. I'll get along with almost anyone, but play by the rules. Illegally coming into the country is a punishable crime. "But it's for the children" is old too. The parents didn't think about those kids when they dragged them across a desert and through a river. Those kids can come here when their parents legally immigrate.

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Hawkstar said:

English being the national language does not mean we haven't started a shift towards Spanish....... You may not see it were you are at but it is happening.

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TerryMiller said:

Rather than English being just a "national" language, it REALLY needs to be the "OFFICIAL" language. With such a change, official government documents wouldn't have to be printed in various languages, thus, people would be more likely to at least learn the language so as to communicate with all.

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