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Michael2012, the school budget has been level funded for three years. Plus, the previous city contracts all contained raises that were significantly more than what the school side was giving at thatbtime and the WISE union went 4 years w/o a raise.. Further, I think the teacher took raises of around 1.5% when the municipals were getting more than that. Plus the schools implemented 20% healthcare copays when the city was patting themselves on the back for getting the equivalent of a 10% copay from their unions.. It wasn't until this current contract that the city side health care copays approached those that the schools implemnted 2 or 3 years ago. If you've been paying attention to the Gorton issue, no one disputes that schools have to close but you can't go off half cocked and close a biulding without first having a long term plan. Moving to a middle school puts more kids in the junior highs than closing one of them does, thus a better utilization of the building - isn't that the outcome we want? That opens up potential consolidation at the elementary level. Stripping programs like art, music, advanced or honors programs out of schools is stupid. Funny that the city side of the ledger has gone up every year over the last 10 years but that doesn't seem to concern you, just as long as the schcools don't get any additional money - is that about it? Oh, and if you're one of those who says that since enrollment is declining so therefore no more money for schools, please be consistent and use that argument for the city, which has lost 3X the population that the schools have lost over the last 10 years yet whose budget has nearly doubled.

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