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After going a few times as a kid, I went last year with my wife, my sister, and her husband. The 4 of us (all in our late 20s) had one of the best vacations ever... If you haven't experienced Disney World, on-resort, as adults with no kids to deal with, you haven't seen what great things Disney has for the non-kiddie-crowd. Give it a shot, regardless of your anti-establishment predisposition.

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Maniacal says...

>> ^JiggaJonson:

California isn't the only state that is facing budget cuts in education. When I came home with my pink slip this year, I told my wife I was one of 55 teachers in my school corp. that got one. I misquoted my department head though, actually, 55% of us were pink slipped and any program with less than 28 students was cut to make up for a budget shortfall.
Notable program cuts included a majority of AP (advanced placement where HS students can earn college credit) classes, art, German, level 4 foreign language classes (which traditionally only have 6-12 students enrolled,and journalism (newspaper not yearbook)(of course it's the section I teach [I only have a staff of 12 now]) - oh and special education, those students are being placed in regular classrooms without aids.
Total layoffs amounted to about 135 teachers, most of the janitorial staff, and nearly all teacher aids. If that seems like a lot it's partially because they actually are closing schools in the corporation. Two middle schools, four elementary schools, and one high school (mine) are closing. The two middle schools are being combined into the closing high school building, the elementary schools are being crammed into the middle school buildings, the closing high school is being merged with the open one and the leftover buildings are being used for storage and administrative offices.
Ever wonder why half of all new teachers quit in the first five years?


This sounds exactly like the high school/school system I went to and my father still teaches at(hell, it could actually be it) in central Indiana...the education system in that area has gone down the toilet. They raise local taxes and get loans to upgrade both high schools, making more space, getting better equipment, now 4 years later they close one and start using it as a junior high, while the taxes still have to pay for all the accommodations made for enhancing the high school education/experience.

Now kids will be looking at 90min bus rides to the high school, 9th graders having to travel across town to participate in high school athletics, clubs, and/or academics that will not be offered at the new junior high, and teachers with more seniority being forced to start teaching courses they are less familiar with in order to keep their jobs. Frustratingly enough, I know this is happening everywhere, but I am glad as hell I moved out of that area after college.



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