HAWAII, THE ALOHA STATE! WHERE ALL KIDS GET LEFT BEHIND!
Enough already. Stop the excuses and finger pointing. This "back and forth" is disgusting. The bottom line is that this State does not consider education a priority. Plain and simple. All the time and money being wasted on negotiations will not add more days to the school year. I actually believed that there was hope for our children. Damn, the school year is flying by and will be over soon. All this political talk is not helping our children. In fact, every day that passes with excuses from our leaders only validate the fact that the kids are not important. It is shameful. It is sad.
Hawaii has the least amount of instructional days in this country. What a designation. We worry more about attracting tourists to this state than about the future our keiki. The question is an easy one. Do we want to compromise the future of our kids by taking away their education or do we look elsewhere for fiscal solutions? I think the latter is the better direction. Yes, easier said than done but we must try. I have not seen a sincere attempt as of yet. It is obvious that the furloughs were planned long ago. It is obvious that there was never an honest attempt to keep our children in school. It was always about the money. Unfortunately, the social costs for this reprehensible course of action will be felt by all of us.
Mel, you are correct the politicians have their PRIORITIES in the wrong place. It's always been about money, but not for the benefit of the people, but for themselves..Tourists should never been ranked above education, never. Take note that most of the politicians don't send their children to public schools, so they don't care. Besides, education will actually harm their agenda - the dumbing down of the population will serve to their advantage especially in Hawaii..We need to take a stand and speak what's on our minds and in our hearts. Speak out people, when you meet the politicians face to face, let them know how you feel...
ReplyDeleteI gotta say that Minnesota may be freezing cold, but here they value the education of their kids. It is amazing how much of a priority education is here. Quite a contrast to the education climate in Hawaii.
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