Quote1st, the school board is elected and the school does not control that. 2nd the raise will cost what 200k or something - the budget is 25,000,000,000.00 3rd I think the folks on the board made like 20k a year for their services and they have to fund elections - its a break even. the budget is 2.5 bil, not 25 bil, but i'm assuming that was just a typo on your part. even so, it doesn't matt
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you can't complain about insufficient funding 2 weeks after the school board gives itself a 60% raise.
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they do it because they can. fuck it -- let's just raise class size again. what's 40 per class in elementary? doesn't matter anyway -- teachers are never there to begin with.
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That guy's been lying to you folks for years. Never had any intention of writing anything other than trolling posts.
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in a state of decadence? the fuck is wrong with you?
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I know Fairfax city has a meals tax. Do other areas of ffx co have it as well? Saw it on a receipt inna herndon restaurant the other night.
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QuoteThree bottles of Jack Daniels, a couple of bags of beef jerky and a large container of Tylenol PM. I will end my days on this earth on the Appalachian Trail near the Blackburn Trail Center looking into West Virginia. ^^^ this. we need to reexamine our thinking with this religiously inspired opposition to assisted suicide, or really suicide of any kind. you ought to be able to go out with
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time to realize we're no longer an agrarian society. pick a fucking time and stick to it.
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it's FCPS. why not?
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school board is doing the same thing. 7 years of drastic budget cuts and class size increases so why not DOUBLE OUR SALARIES. vote out all the incumbent school board members.
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you're gonna drift a bit on the curves. keep separation btwn you and other cars.
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so tempted to make a comment about inches and your mom.
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i don't see anything wrong with that as an additional income source. it's damned easy work -- if that guy is honest about clearing 12k this year, you're going to have your equipment paid for in 2 years, and hell if you're smart you can deduct it as a business expense and then claim depreciation on top. plus it gets you out of the house when the kids are home from school.
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Don't count the days. Count the hours. 990 min, and delayed openings add up.
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overtime was 2.88 million in 2014.
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yes kvTv6
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i'm interested in assembling a list of days on which schools were closed or delayed due to snow/ice/cold over the last two school years. has anyone stumbled across such a list? i haven't found it on the fcps website.
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i'm pretty sure the dad's just volunteer to seek approval from trolls and morons on internet forums. i'm sure they care what you think. well, almost sure.
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remember this stuff and GO VOTE in november. vote the incumbents out if you dont like what they're doing. GO VOTE.
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QuoteCan you go outside and try again? best post of the month
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i'm pretty sure you guys spend more time online, bitching about shovelling, than it would take to shovel the area in question.
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3500 sq ft, one floor gas heat, one floor heat pump (useless right now) Thermostats set to 62, elec is $135 and gas is about $100. Units are about 8 years old but were pretty efficient for that time.
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norther?
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there's no predictability -- no accountability. it's all a guessing game until the last possible minute, when everybody scrambles for childcare plans. please remember this shit when it's time to vote in a new school board in the fall. every single incumbent should be removed. and remember that the school board just recommended a 100% salary raise for itself, after years of dramatic budget cut
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QuoteYour kids should be the only thing in your universe. only a child could say something that fucking stupid to a parent. it's BECAUSE kids are important that parents want them in school to learn. our having the ability to go to work so that there's food in the house is important too. now shut the fuck up and go clean your room, junior. and try not to make such blitheringly stupid assumpti
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QuoteWhy does us getting a day off of school bother you so much? Regardless of the conditions, you don't pay for our public schooling and if you guys have jobs how are we affecting you? I believe they were harder on you guys when you went to school, but you still got days off, so why can't you just be happy for us? because the entire world doesn't revolve around you. parents have stuff they *ha
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i love the misspelled words in the kids's posts cheering school closures. hard to distinguish trolling from stupid, but in either case, it's pretty funny.
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this is fine, but instead of bitching about it on an internet forum (or perhaps in addition to), go vote in november and replace the school board. staying home means re-electing the same people.
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closed the rest of the week, and with morning temps in the teens next week, im not optimistic about that either. pansies.
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If you want to keep them home, keep them home. But don't insist that schools close down -- some of us would prefer that our kids learn that life isn't all milkshakes and fingerpaints.
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