I think the part of the sentance that really matters is that most families come from below poverty level. There's many schools across the country (in very rural parts) where the kids are white and the same thing occurs. When a child comes from a low socioeconomic household you're dealing with a lot of diff't cards both academically for a child and also in terms of school financial support. The other deadly combo is the no child left behind act, with kids from a low SES and the shortage of teachers. How can you keep a school academically afloat when you can't attend to each child's needs. Think about the kids who have learning disorders..even the ADHD ones.Those kids NEED extra support in a classroom. The US government encourages people like me (who are about to graduate) to teach in schools like the ones in detroit. They give tax breaks and forgive large portions of student loand,but how are we supposed to be motivated to go in to them when it's like this?
welp...*sigh*back to the music.... d np:Bill Withers, Lovely Day --- Martin Dust <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I wonder if they would have mentioned such stats if > the 90% had been WASP, > this sh*t really gets my goat... > > > 5/4/04 10:07 AM > [EMAIL PROTECTED]@blueyonder.co.uk > > > yep true and sad........ > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Katrin Richter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Mon 05/04/2004 10:56 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [email protected] > > Cc: > > Subject: AW: (313) Detroit schools to cut 3,200 > jobs > > > > > > > > Well, I guess this says it all: > > > > "Ninety percent of the remaining students are > African-American, with more than > > 7 out of 10 students coming from families living > below the official poverty > > level." > > > > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > > Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Gesendet: Montag, 5. April 2004 11:37 > > An: Katrin Richter; [email protected] > > Betreff: RE: (313) Detroit schools to cut 3,200 > jobs > > > > so the simple thing is to invest :) > > > > I know we all have a soft spot for Detroit and so > I am be a little biased here > > but is it me > > or is detroit picked on? I think they should if > they ae doing cut backs, use > > the money to invest in the city > > not make matters worse.. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Katrin Richter > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Mon 05/04/2004 09:49 > > To: [email protected] > > Cc: > > Subject: (313) Detroit schools to cut 3,200 > jobs > > > > > > > > I guess this is on topic as school was the > only place to hook up for > > Derrick, Kevin and Juan as there was > nowhere else to go > > > > Detroit schools to cut 3,200 jobs > > By Jerry Isaacs > > 3 April 2004 > > Use this version to print | Send this link > by email | Email the author > > Detroit Public Schools officials announced > Thursday the district would > > lay > > off 3,200 school employees, including 900 > teachers, by July 1. The job > > cuts, > > which amount to 13 percent of the > workforce, are in response to a > > budget > > shortfall of $78 million last year and a > projected deficit of $91 > > million in > > 2005, officials say. > > The cuts in the $1.5 billion budget follow > an announcement last month > > that > > an additional 450 administrators could lose > their jobs. The district, > > which > > already faces chronic overcrowding in the > classrooms, also plans to > > shut at > > least three schools, in addition to the 16 > closed or consolidated last > > year. > > The budget for supplies and purchased > services will be cut by more than > > one-third to save $50 million, with funding > for playground improvements > > slashed from $1 million to $250,000. > > The layoffs will wreak havoc, particularly > for teachers who are already > > short-handed and stretched to the limit. > "You could see a gym teacher > > who is > > certified in kindergarten through six grade > become a homeroom teacher, > > or an > > instrumental teacher might have to go back > to the classroom," district > > spokesman Mario Morrow said. > > Kenneth Burnley, CEO of the Detroit Public > Schools, said he also plans > > to > > renegotiate the district's contract with > the Detroit Federation of > > Teachers > > in order reduce or eliminate 3-4 percent > annual raises that teachers > > are > > due. > > The 151,000-student school district-the > largest in the state-has been > > hit > > hard by federal and state budget cuts, the > ongoing loss of > > manufacturing > > jobs and tax revenue in Michigan, rising > fuel costs and a decline in > > enrollment. Over the last eight years > nearly 30,000 students have > > transferred to charter, private and > suburban schools. Ninety percent of > > the > > remaining students are African-American, > with more than 7 out of 10 > > students > > coming from families living below the > official poverty level. > > Facing a $1 billion state deficit, > Michigan's Democratic governor > > Jennifer > > Granholm and the state legislature are > cutting per-pupil grants for > > K-12 > > education by $55 per student and revising > the formula for counting > > pupils in > > schools, in order to slash another $43 > million from state spending for > > schools. In the proposed state budget, > Detroit could also lose another > > $15 > > million it has been receiving since the > state took over the district in > > 1999. On Wednesday the state senate also > rejected a plan that would > > have > > given extra money to districts with > declining enrollments. > > Because of stagnating or falling revenue > school districts throughout > > Michigan are facing budget cuts and > layoffs. According to Tom White, > > executive director of the Michigan School > Business officials, 90 > > percent of > > state districts are planning to lay off > staff or not fill open > > positions. > > "It's like getting squeezed by a python," > he said, the "pressure just > > is > > increasing as time goes by. It is going to > get ugly and I don't hear a > > great > > deal of concern being raised in [the state > capital] Lansing." > > Like other districts nationwide, Detroit > schools are also threatened by > > the > > provisions of the Bush administration's > 2001 federal education plan, > > the > > so-called No Child Left Behind Act, which > removes federal funds if > > districts > > fail to achieve specific academic goals. > One quarter of the district's > > schools have already been warned they must > overhaul their operations > > because > > of "chronic failure." The school district > received a federal reading > > grant > > of nearly $6.5 million in August but > continued funding hinges on > > 1st-through-8th and 10th-graders passing > tests at the end of the school > > year. The budget cutbacks announced > Thursday all but ensure future > > failures, > === message truncated === __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! 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