/2015/10/24/clarion-ledger-we-support-initiative-42/ Perspectives on Mississippi's public schools Sun, 18 Sep 2016 02:06:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.2 /2015/10/24/clarion-ledger-we-support-initiative-42/#comment-849 Mon, 26 Oct 2015 14:52:00 +0000 /?p=4189#comment-849 I am against I-42. I have a problem with the knowledge that our states budget already uses approximately 60% of the annual budget on education but the problem is about 60% of that is spent on secondary education-colleges, universities. I have been in the trenches as a public school teacher. The bulk of the education should be spent on K-12 education. This is where the foundation is built. Our family is sickened by the constant construction of these monolithic buildings named after some politician on college campuses across the state. These buildings are beautiful but what purpose do they serve? They are not classrooms, they are basically money pits after the initial construction grant. Wake up Mississippi! Appropriate the funds already allocated correctly.

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