Spending has increased tremendously over the past 40 - 50 years, yet our education system keeps turning out lower scores and fewer graduates who can actually do anything. I look forward to debating this with the school board allies, "fellow educators, parents, civic organizations, local officials, business groups and others".

The problems never go away but they always need more money. The public school system reminds me of the house in "The Money Pit".

Oh, and for all of you who will say we don't care about "the children", let me remind you that when the class size amendment passed, Gov Bush warned that we would not have the money to do it, expecially if the economy turned downward. Hmmm, seems he was right but liberals attacked him as being uncaring and anti-education. Maybe it is the liberals, who keep taking more money from "the children's" parents, so they can't provide for the basics of life for their children.