[Durham INC] County Manager's Proposed Budget Actions

[Joshua Allen]

Melissa,

This is a time when everybody has to trim their expenses.
Schools should be no exception.  We all know that there
is fat to be cut.  There are many school systems that spend
far less per pupil and show better results.

The right approach for our schools is to get rid of
tenure and ineffectuve teachers, increase teacher salaries
to attract the best teachers and treat teachers like
professionals.

--Joshua



On Jan 5, 2009, at 7:13 PM, Melissa Rooney <mmr121570 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Our schools cannot afford any more cuts. In fact, they need  
> significantly more money to accommodate the supposed increase in  
> people moving here (one of the arguments for all the new development  
> we're seeing in the suburban and rural areas). Many of our schools  
> are still overcrowded, particularly those in the rural and suburban  
> areas, and their trailers are now considered permanent fixtures.
>
> Don't mean to be barking up the same tree, but our local gov't needs  
> to kick and scream and demand the ability to vote on NEW DEVELOPMENT  
> impact fees specifically for public school funding. We citizens have  
> been begging our state reps and senators for this ability for years,  
> to no avail. Meanwhile Orange County is still benefiting from these  
> fees which Durham County is prohibited from imposing. In the  
> meantime a referendum to impose land transfer impact fees toward  
> this end should be included on any ballot from here on out... even  
> if it is unfair to our long-term and senior residents, it's the only  
> thing we've got...there must be some way we can offset this unfair  
> effect somehow. Colin, didn't you have some ideas in this regard?
>
> I love the Museum of Life and Science, and all the improvements  
> they've made. I am in full support of the new outdoor section and  
> the Dinosaur trail, which are supposedly already funded via bonds.  
> But I do not think this museum needs any additional improvements at  
> this time, particularly a new and larger gift shop...and many Durham  
> citizens did not vote for the prepared food tax because they didn't  
> want the money used toward this end.
>
> Just my ten cents...
> Melissa
>
>
> --- On Mon, 1/5/09, RW Pickle <randy at 27beverly.com> wrote:
> From: RW Pickle <randy at 27beverly.com>
> Subject: [Durham INC] County Manager's Proposed Budget Actions
> To: fhna-list at fhnanews.com
> Cc: inc-list at durhaminc.org
> Date: Monday, January 5, 2009, 6:27 PM
>
> Press release from Durham County.
>
> Today, the Durham County Board of Commissioners met for their first
> Worksession meeting of the New Year.  County Manager Mike Ruffin  
> presented
> a plan of recommended actions to accommodate the declines in the  
> economy
> and its impact on County operations. The report used a decline in key
> revenues as the basis for an overall FY 2009-09 Revenue Shortfall of
> $14.25 million dollars. To make up that difference, the County Manager
> recommends substantive cuts to county departments’ budgets to captu 
> re
> $8,951,100 and proposes 3% cuts to other county funded agencies  
> including
> Durham Public Schools, Durham Technical Community College, Museum of  
> Life
> and Science, various non profits and more to
>  make up the remaining
> $5,291.587.
>
> Dawn D. Dudley
>
> Public Information Specialist
>
> Durham County Manager's Office
>
> 919-560-0008  desk
>
> 919-475-4411  cell
>
> ddudley at co.durham.nc.us
>
>
>
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