Wisconsin and teachers...
a powerful letter from a parent.
http://greendale.patch.com/blog_posts/an-open-letter-to-my-fellow-parents-of-the-greendale-school-district
"....Scott Walker and his administration may have saved each home owner an average of $30 in Greendale (myself included), but what did we lose?:
We lost $814,000 in state aid to the Greendale School District.
We lost four times the average number of teachers to early retirement.
We lost a computer lab because our district office can no longer afford to move out of my school.
We lost funding to the UW system, which caused a 5.6% rise in tuition - meaning that if you send you child to Madison, it will cost you an extra $560 per year in tuition.
We saw drops in DNR inspections to hazardous waste by 32%, storm-water runoff by 26%, solid waste and landfills by 18% and air quality by 16%. Employment within the DNR dropped by only 4%.
I may have saved $30 on my property tax bill, but now my children will have less computer time, be taught by less-experienced teachers in a larger class, drink dirtier water, breathe filthier air and graduate from college in more debt than they would have if they state could have kept my $30 bucks..."
Sadly, the comment section is filled with the hate that Walker and his followers have been spewing about teachers and public employees...it's a sad state of affairs here in Wisconsin. 
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