Mines is on a sliding scale according to our income, but if I have to pay when I did not have to then my kids will be in a private school.

yeah me too i think (the school board) are lining their pockets and stuff and trying to make the rest of us (the parents) pay out the behind for our kids education dont get me wrong i dont care to pay for her and my son:scared: but lord knows its getting hard to make ends meet.

I think there is something else involved!

Due to budget concerns-SCHOOL WILL NOT START MONDAY IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
In the words of 9th District School Board Rep Dan Schlafer, "a line has been drawn in the sand." At a special called Friday meeting, the Board of Education voted to delay the opening of Cumberland County Schools indefinitely until the 2008-09 school budget is resolved. Director of Schools Aarona VanWinkle reported that earlier this week, Cumberland County Commissioners on the Budget Committee sent the proposed $48.6 million budget back to the BOE for a trim of $5 million. The DOS stated that in order to make the cuts, educational programs and most likely positions would have to be cut back. After much discussion, a motion was made by Rob Safdie and seconded by Dan Schlafer to remove $2 million dollars from the school fund balance to partially make up the deficit, with the county making up the $3 million difference. That motion passed unanimously. A second motion was made by Safdie and seconded by Mary Smith to delay the opening of schools until the problems with the budget are ironed out. The motion passed 6-3, with Safdie, Smith, Brian Houston, Gordon Davis, and Chair Shirley Parris voting for. Ricky Smith, Orville Hale, and Victor Randolph voted against the motion. Dan Schlafer, who originally passed, changed his vote to yes, and he and several BOE members said that they were totally offended being placed in the situation by the county. Cumberland County Schools will not start on Monday, however the Meet the CCHS Jets and Elementary Jamboree will go on as scheduled Saturday
(this was the last sports related thing that will be done until school starts)

this is what is going on sorry so long!

i really dont know about 226,117 as of 2206 there is 7500 students or more here that cant go to school the sports teams is rallying right now on the court house lawn and everybody is pi**off that they are doing that saying studies should come first and not sports. and i dont know if i agree or not : : im so confused

sis they dont even have money to cross the road the kids that play sports cant even practice because there is no money. erika already has her classes and school clothes and all the stuff she needs i dont know about schools there but the parents have to buy the school supplies and the books here and now they dont want to run the buses because of gas prices

Aww Pamela2 I am sorry to hear that, it is just awful having no school for the children

How big is the population where you are?

latest news flash they said it "might be" after labor day before school starts and thats if they have the budget worked out. im fixing to just home school if crap doesnt change here because i have another one fixing to start school next year (i hope). we have a lottery here but it only covers college and pre-k. they are trying to raise the taxes here so we have to pay more just to live in this town i used to love it here now i cant stand it.

It all makes sense now. He went and invaded Iraq for the oil and brought it here so he can jack the gas prices here and fatten his pockets. That's pretty low.

They are just asking folk to go and stand out on the corner man!!! Come on, there has to be emergency federal funds for this type of situation. George Bullsh*t, always has money bail his brother out in Florida, wouldn't this be money better spent?

that is some crazy stuff

I think that is when I would pack my bags and move to a bigger city. Education is #1 for our kids and they are our future, that is some crazy stuff.

sis they dont even have money to cross the road the kids that play sports cant even practice because there is no money. erika already has her classes and school clothes and all the stuff she needs i dont know about schools there but the parents have to buy the school supplies and the books here and now they dont want to run the buses because of gas prices:upset:

Wow, that is new to me, i never heard of a school not starting because it has no money:confused: How in the world do they expect for them to learn. All this lottery money floating around here, you would expect for them to have something. I can understand the reason why they dont let kids go to summer school because of low budget, but regular school session, give me a break. "No child left behind," pull the trigger.

hey im here :white-flag:im just trying to get over the shock right now. My daughter was supposed to start school Monday and they cancelled it because there is no money to budget the schools so they dont know when school is gonna start or if it starts at all. i am so mad because they had all summer to come up with the money and so they are using the snows days they have for this winter which is like 13 days and when they use these up then they have to go to school longer in the summer:upset:. also way to go mike and all the faithful FG members for making us #1