Vote NO on 744

[okietool]

I was considering yes until the commercials bad mouthing the politicians. Bad mouth someone else when you cant make your case on it's own merits I guess.

 

[vvvvvvv]

And incidentally, vote no on Susan Paddock and yes on one of her opponents while you're at it - Paddock is the only one running in that race in favor of 744.

Wrong. Richard Cooper says "put up or shut up."

http://www.okgazette.com/article/10...ate_superintendent_of_public_instruction.aspx

 

[Isha's Pa Pa]

Vote NO !!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[GlockCop]

Im voting no on this one for sure.

 

[RickN]

I already did.

 

[????]

I am voting no because it pegs our spending levels to a benchmark level determined by other states and because their is no source of funding, unfunded mandates will destroy district finances and budgets, we should not be constitutionally required to spend money because another state spends more.

thats a yep!

 

[bettingpython]

I have an idea... We have multiple schools with under 200 students yet they still have superintendents that make over $92K a year. Consolidate or make supers float a couple of schools. It's ridiculous....

Superintendent salary listing for 2010.

http://blog.newsok.com/educationsta...RG_Superintendent_Salaries-final-report-2.pdf

 

[mbear53]

Voted NO!!

 

[hard_r]

Vote yes if you care at all about education. I will be voting yes. Schools have been cutting and cutting and cutting and the cuts aren't matched by the other state funded institutions. The school I work at doesn't even have a janitor. But I saw 3 county workers watching 2 other county workers put a sign up yesterday. And the last time I got pulled over I found out apparently it takes 3 cars to write a warning. Schools should come first. Keep kids in school, you keep them out of jail, you save the state money.

And somebody stated that supts should take a pay cut? Anyone here a supt? Know what it's like to have to balance a budget that size, knowing you can't please everyone? Trying to do what's best for the kids, all the while parents and "church" groups are after your job? Why would they keep doing their jobs, especially in these hard times, if their getting a pay cut? They'd leave, go to texas or kansas or anywhere education is supported. My father is a supt and I've seen the things they go through. I've seen the toll it takes on a person, and these guys deserve every penny they make.

 

[vvvvvvv]

Schools have been cutting and cutting and cutting and the cuts aren't matched by the other state funded institutions.

I dare you to offer evidence.

The school I work at doesn't even have a janitor. But I saw 3 county workers watching 2 other county workers put a sign up yesterday. And the last time I got pulled over I found out apparently it takes 3 cars to write a warning.

Apples to oranges. One is largely state-funded, the other county-funded.