Amid all the accusations, innuendo and strong emotions, we want to get to the bottom of things and know what's really going on. We heard one thing in the Zumwalt Zone (Quis) and read something else in the Haymaker [Moore County: Saul Alinsky. Screaming Mommies. School funding. (And Quis is RIGHT.)].

Are Moore County Schools officials in need of money or are they misappropriating/mismanaging what they have?

If you have a usable information, put it in the "Comments" section, or send it to MooreTeaCitizens@Gmail.com if you desire confidentiality.

The more control one seizes, the more dictates one must issue. We see this in government all the time. In this case, the state (theoretically) pays the' salaries of teachers in the government schools. How do the Masterminds in Raleigh ensure that money isn't being "misused"? By dictating class size. However, this compounds the problem because it still funds based on the number of students in the county, not on the number of required teachers. For example, if the limit is 20 students per class but a school has 21, the state funds the county for one teacher but it must employ two. It must also find room for another classroom and that is not funded by the state.

We propose the state get out of the dictates business and leave such problems to county government to solve. Local control and local accountability.

Story: Senator Pledges More Funding For Class-Size Reductions

If school boards all got their money from their counties, this wouldn't be a problem, would it?

Read the story: Lawmakers to consider taking away school boards' power to sue for more funding

I like the idea of little English-speakers (K~4) becoming bilingual in the normal course of going to school. Why not? And since Spanish is the predominant language in this hemisphere it is a logical choice. I'm also a proponent for making English the official language of the US and restricting all federal documents/Websites to English, teaching logic and critical thinking to elementary and high school children—such as is part of the ciriculum of Sandhills Classical Christian School, and teaching them solid, market-based, basic economics.

So I like the foreign language immersion idea, but "intelligence guided by experience" with the U.S. education system has generated two questions:

   —What does this program cost relative to the rest of the county? There is something inherently wrong about demanding that citizens with no children pay (or lose their property) to educate the children the rest of us made. That is a debate for another time but the moral obligation of the school board and the county commissioners to exercise severe frugality with the taxpayers' property is most certainly germane to this discussion.

   —Who are the "native Spanish speaking teachers" and from whence did they come to West End Elementary? That is, do they come with a political message? Are they part of an organization with a much larger, anti-American agenda (ex., La Raza)? I'm not suggesting or implying they are because I have no information one way or the other. I'm simply very familiar with the tactics of the Left and am firmly asserting that we must examine cost and agenda before we leap on the Good Idea Fairy's train.

What if the program is not more expensive and the teachers are great, America-loving immigrants? Then I ask, why not make this an option for parents? What do you think? What do you know about this West End Elementary's program?

Read The Pilot's article: Elementary to End Spanish Immersion Program

Submitted by Skeptical Thinker

What do you think? This is unquestionably another consequence of the government running schools, but is this plan a proper way for the NCGA to deal with this particular problem? Read the story and decide for yourself.
Legislators Announce Bill to Reinstate NC Teaching Fellows Program