I believe education should be our nation's number one priority. Austin Independent School District is facing major budget cuts and reading "Time for Austin school chief to level with us" by the Editorial Board posted up on March 1, 2011 on the Austin American Statesman website, arguing that our AISD Superintendent Meria Carstarphen should be a lot more forthcoming about her future plans for the reorganization of the district and I have to say I completely agree.
The author's intended audience are the tax paying citizens that are being given a false assurance from Carstarphen. The article explained how she felt exigency was imperative this week even though we have five board meetings left until the legal deadline April 15th. The article also proves the rumor that employees have been notified is false. It also suggests offering incentives for teachers willing to leave early since it has been working in the Dallas district. I like that it gives a information of a proposal regarding what might happen to the teachers that might get cut which entails giving teachers a lump sum of $10,000 per person. I love that the article points out that while hundreds of teachers might be cut, Carstarphen's proposal doesn't include cutting bonuses and car stipends. I especially love how the article ends, "She works for them, and they work for us."
The article gives plenty of information and lets me look through all the fog that Carstarphen is giving. It gives facts and numbers, not just opinions and assumptions. The article demands for more information and I am right there along with it.
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