The Federal Government....

We need a new president.
We need new education policy.
No Child Left Behind needs to be left behind.

Found out that that the Title I allocation for our district has been cut. By half a million dollars. From one year to the next. And we didn't know it was going to happen....

Why did this happen you might ask? Because mid-century census data collected by the federal goverment indicates that the amount of poverty in our district went from 5.03% to 4.90%. That's a different of 13% for those of you who struggle with mental math. Doesn't sound like a big change does it? But sadly... by falling below 5% we lost 42% of our funding or half a million dollars.

Know what it takes to be identified as a family in poverty in the census data? A family of 4 can make no more than $20,000. Yep. Survive in our world on less than $20,000 a year. No wonder our poverty percentage dropped... if you live on less than $20,000 a year, you are probably living under a bridge... and I'm guessing those folks aren't counted in the census.

So now I'm faced with making $500,000 dollars in cuts. When contracts have already been issued.

Our system is fucked up.

Time for a new president.
Time for a new education policy.
Time to get rid of No Child Left Behind.
Seriously. Time. Before I have a nervous breakdown and quit doing the work that I was called to do in this life.