Schools Budget Number: One Speaker
Only one person spoke during the only public hearing scheduled on the Cobb County School District's proposed $841.9 million spending plan for fiscal 2013.
So only one person, Educators First head Tana Page, spoke during the public hearing, although to be fair, at least four teachers spoke during the teacher salary hearing at 6:30. You can recap the brief meeting in the CoverItLive blog above. But I'll reiterate the questions from that blog right here. What does the lack of turnout from the public and, for that matter, the board members mean? Do Cobb County residents not care about the schools budget? Are they happy with the proposed spending plan? Do they think the school board doesn't care what they have to say? Let us know what you think in the comment space below. The Cobb County Board of Education is holding its only public hearing on the fiscal 2013 budget for the Cobb County School …
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Rufus Wienerhammer
11:30 pm on Tuesday, May 8, 2012
I find Cobb county's education budget excessive and would like to see more of that money relocated and used to build additional jails and penitentiaries. Spending money on education is worthless while children are still being subverted by criminal elements. more ›