From the Star Bulletin website comments:
"so typical... here they are in the eleventh hour threatened with a law suit and they are scrambling to do what they should have done in the first place...lengthen that silly short day of school (should have done that years ago) and swap "training" days for instructional days. I would like to see attendance stats for these training days going back 5 years....if you add up potential paid days off for doe employees it is well over 50 per year(vacation,sick,training,ho lidays,etc) how about actually teaching where does that come in. I dont blame theteachers..they are vistims and pawns in all this...it comes from the top.lack of leadership,no moral authority to do the job assigned to them.its the politicians who fo ryears have neglected to lead and allow the unions to get out of control and to basically run the show.Why cant we take a look at the best school districts in our country and emulate them..some things are done better on the mainland and educating children is one of them"
If you read the online comments on the Honolulu Star Bulletin and Honolulu Advertiser websites, you will see a common thread. The people are unhappy. They are very unhappy that we have come to this. To reduce the number of instructional days is simply unacceptable. Yes, a lawsuit has been filed. Yes, people are scrambling to try and change things. Yes, people are playing the blame game. No matter what happens, the fact remains that the State of Hawaii did not consider education a priority. They felt that the education of our children took a back seat to everything else.
As you know, this story made the Associated Press. The media across the country have access to this story. Many newspapers carried the story so now the whole world knows about Hawaii's love for their children. Boy, do we look good.
A special session by the legislature could rectify this problem. The problem is that the Governor is not inclined to support that. Why not? Without the Governor's support, the legislators are hesitant to convene. I say that they convene anyway and let the Governor veto their actions. Plain and simple. This crisis must not be political. The politicians can flex their muscle with all the other issues, but not our kids' future. Come on people, it is time to do the right thing. It is time to take care of our kids.
It seems to me, our politicians (so called leaders) are more reactive vs proactive in almost everything of importance. Doesn't anyone have any common sense anymore? Am I imagining it or is our world spinning out of control? If we continue this course, what does that say for the future generations? Perhaps our so called "leaders" can't think that far in advance. I'm hopeful someone will prove me wrong..
ReplyDeleteI suggest that an audit be conducted to find out where all the missing monies are. That's where the answers are. Whoever is responsible for causing the "shortfalls" should be held accountable. How can government say we don't have enough money to balance the budget but on the other hand we have lots of money to be had to build the rail system, keep on flying out to Japan etc. to encourage tourism. Doesn't Japan know where Hawaii is, after all they did bomb Pearl HARBOR, DIDN'T THEY. Our leaders have shown us they are spending our money freely because No one is holding them accountable.
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