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Originally Posted by TPI Monte SS
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Originally Posted by Oddball
It is opposed by groups that like the status quo (like the teachers union)
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Well, it's not that we like the status quo, believe me. Unfortunately, we (the teachers) need the property taxes to fund our salaries.  |
i'm raising the BS flag. other states don't need property taxes to fund public education, why should NJ? just because they haven't ever tried anything else doesn't mean something else won't work. look at PA - they no longer fund schools with property taxes and there is no mass movement of the teachers in that state to find some other state to live in and work.
the people most unfairly affected by funding schools with property taxes are those with no children in the system. i am one of them. i am not saying that it doesn't take a village to raise a child, but the amount that i am kicking in and the education these kids are receiving is not commensurate.
having each school district be an entity unto itself is what has created inequality among teachers in this state. if you're lucky enough to have had a superintendent that had something on the ball at any point, then your school will provide a better education than most. why would people even think of moving to an area based on the public school's ability to provide a better education? within our state? that's ludicrous. ALL of our children should receive the same level of education regardless of where they live. it shouldn't be predicated on property taxes.
same thing for teachers. all should be paid according to their experience, not where they go to work.