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Looking at point number two, I wonder how well that would work myself. On the surface, it may seem like a good deal, notably for teachers on the bottom end of the payscale such as those in Winona. I am however hesitant that such an endeavor will work in practice. At the minimum, it will give the Ventura administration another tool in his never ending quest to insult the teaching profession. A rather lame excuse, but Ventura has enough tools in his tool chest, he does not need another as the ones he has are already used rather well. There are other drawbacks I'm sure, but that is what immediately comes to mind. On Thursday, November 15, 2001, at 10:29 , Rich Pflughoeft ((cPMT)) wrote: > > [Winona Online Democracy] > > I've got yet again another 'school' related issue. > > What I need clarification on is the issue of 'local control'. Maybe I'm > just > out of touch but I don't understand this term. I've heard it said that > we > need to have a piece of the funding for District 861 come from local > taxes > or we will loose whatever ability we might have to run the district as > we > see fit. > > 1)Is this accurate? > > 2)Are we really better off not having the state provide 100% of the > funds > necessary for basic education (leaving local taxes to pick up what the > community feels are worthwhile additions to the basics)? It is my > understanding of the school administrations position that the state only > pays for 80% of the basics. > > 3) What is wrong with having union contracts being decided on a state > level > basis rather than in every community? Would we rather that the college > professors at the University of Minnesota (i.e. WSU) negotiated their > salaries on a community by community basis? > > Feel free to enlighten me! Just be your standard Minnesota Nice! > > Rich Pflughoeft > > (I know that some of you would like to move on but in truth, the school > issues are not resolved, all the referendum bought us was a little time. > Assuming that you want this topic to go away, we need to deal with it > now.). -------------------------------------------------------------- Dan Dittmann: [EMAIL PROTECTED] How often do you say to yourself, "I didn't do it; so of course, it didn't get done?" --------------- This message was posted to Winona Online Democracy Please visit http://onlinedemocracy.winona.org to subscribe or unsubscribe All messages sent to the list must be signed with your actual name. Posting of commercial soliticitations is not allowed on this list. Report problems or questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
