Hi All,I''m on a crusade and need your help. In the next couple of days, the Nebraska legislature is going to debate LB 126 which is a measure to shut down all of the "one room" country schools in the state, and force all rural students into large K-12 schools. The backers of this bill only want to close the small schools so they can suck more tax money from the rural areas to finance their bloated admistrative costs, while spending less money on acutally educating our kids. The large district that would absorb my 4th graders school spends close to $1000 more per student a year and their annual test scores are lower. My school taxes will go up about 12% according to what I found out from the county assessor. As for the "less opportunities" argument they use, there IS an opportunity for getting knifed in the hallways, learning to smoke dope, take meth, and get into a gang at the school in town! The kid is taking typing in 4th grade (they call it keyboarding), comes home with math assignments that make me think twice, and the only "gang" is 4-H. I need everyone, especially those in Nebraska to write or call the state senators, and tell them to vote against LB 126. If you don't know how to get ahold of them email me or go to the legislatures web site:LinkThey>Link talk about the demise of the "family farm" all the time, and at the same time try to take away another part of of our farming heritage, the "one room school". Don't you love politicians! Sorry about the long post, and thanks for your help. Rockin' Farmer
Terry Hrdlicka
Crete, Nebraska
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