Reply #4: the view from B-more [View All]

[Rob in B_more]

The schools are already in a state-city run nether world of commities lack of accountability. The Baltimore City Paper's idiots guide to the present scandel is here http://www.citypaper.com/2004-02-11/comicsfeature.html
It is a real shame because things have been a little better here for the first time in a while. I generally like O'Mally our Dem Mayor, but he really dropped the ball on this. I think he thought the s**t wouldn't stick to him, that it would just drag down the Ehrlich the repub gov. But there is plenty of s**t to go around. People were realy just starting to feel pretty good about schools, the test scores were going up(thats good if your into that kind of thing) now there are lay offs, the teachers flat out turned down any paycut, (they said who is going to buy supplies for my classroom if you cut my salary), and people turn against them like they are being unreasonable. MY neighbors are flipped out, the fact is there are not many people of means who send there kids to public schools in the City, my neighborhood elementry is considered one of the best and my neighborhood is filled with people who have made a choice to keep their kids in the school and have put an enourmous amount of effort into supporting it. They are seeing the funding for everything slashed and they feel terribly betrayed.