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Thank you Jackiemama1017 and Patientman for your kind comments.

Patientman, I agree. In addition to the shrinking number of students, State and federal mandates require additional staff (jobs program). Many of these mandates are unfunded so the local school district must pay for the salary. I will use bus monitors as an example. Now, I know bus monitors provide a valuable service and keep kids safe but it is required by law that they be on certain busses but no funding comes from the state to pay for this mandate. I would not be in favor of cutting bus monitors but there are definitely places to make cuts in personnel in staff and in administration. The fact is, the drop in the number of students should have prompted a cut to the number of schools (and employees) throughout the 1980s, 90s and 2000s. No changes were made during that time, because the economy was robust, and they are trying to make the cuts now. If this had been done over a period of time (15-20 years), people would have a better understanding that changes happen, a savings would have occurred over time too. Education is suffering and you are correct, it is not a job program.

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