Reopening Schools

[BmorePat87]

(07-16-2020, 10:23 AM)michaelsean Wrote: Let me ask this.  Would you allow  communities to vote on a levy that increases funding for their school?  What i mean is, say the state takes over funding of schools and allocates money per student equally across the state.  Could people vote themselves higher taxes to pay teachers more or what have you?

This kind of highlights the issue with equal funding. Some schools need far, far more to make up for decades of deficits as well as deficits that are a result of their life outside of school.

However, in a scenario where schools get an equitable amount of funding, teacher pay could be set by the state with teachers being paid more to teach in higher risk schools, rather than the better counties being able to keep getting the better teachers by paying more. 

Granted, I teach in the 3rd wealthiest county in the nation, but I also teach at my old school (where I was one of the poor kids who lives in the neighborhoods on the very edge of the border with a not as nice county) so I feel a sense of connection to it and wouldn't leave for better pay.