It is a sad, sad day when you listen to reports about defense contractors being paid twice for the same services, being overpaid, and the outrageous expense that this insane war is costing us as a nation, but many of our public schools do not have enough money to operate. In Cincinnati we've just failed to pass a critical levy that would boost our schools budgets just enough to keep doors open at some buildings, and to help with hiring enough teachers at others. Just last week my daughter's teacher sent home a note saying that she didn't have enough "copy clicks" left to send homework so we would be having longer projects every two weeks (we are now building a diorama of early settlement life in Ohio-can you say stick an ice pick in your forehead...).
And we banked on our city, on the belief that our public schools could again be thriving. When all evidence suggested that we bail on the city, and buy a house in the suburbs like every other middle class couple, we chose to stick it out, and buy our old dream house in the city with ancient windows and old plumbing. And I'm just so angry at our school board, at the idiot decisions that are made, and that the district has chosen to alienate families like ours who care about their kids' education.
I hope we see some change in '08.
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