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Who is footing the bill for year-round schools? Has President Obama considered the financial impact such a reform would have on already over-burdened schools? Many schools, like the elementary schools in my district, do not have air conditioning. Physically, there is no way that students could work in these classrooms during the hot summer months. Who would pay for the costly installation of air conditioning units in these schools and the additional revenue involved in keeping schools functioning throughout the summer?
Does Obama think teachers and support staff would be willing to donate their time working both extended hours and an extended calendar year or that their unions would allow that? Who will pay for the increased salaries for teachers and support staff?
This is so typical of educational reform. Policies are changed before financial feasibility is considered. Is the government going to allocate additional money to schools to cover all of these costs? Or will they expect school districts who are operating on already tight and sometimes overdrawn budgets to miraculously do so? We can barely pass renewal levies in this limping economy. Will Washington really expect us to ask our financially-challenged communities to support additional school taxes?
Before this goes any further, educational reformers need to look, not just at what they see as benefits to year-round school, but at the financial feasibility of such a plan in our current economic situation.
So, I ask again: President Obama, who is footing the bill for year-round school?
Posted by: Teacher World | October 03, 2009 02:06 PM