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Former state schools Superintendent Marilyn Howard says she’s “pretty much kept my mouth shut and my eyes and ears open” since leaving office in 2006 after two terms. But in a guest opinion in the Idaho Statesman today, she offered her ideas on how the state should help school districts cope with the funding drop that’s accompanying the current economic downturn, which include cutting strings on funding, a moratorium on new charter schools, and trimming back state budget directions to essentials, leaving districts to decide whether they do more. Click here to read the article.
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slfisher on March 19 at 10:31 a.m.
Can’t argue with anything she said. makes a lot of sense.
Sisyphus on March 19 at 10:38 a.m.
I know. And what a juxtaposition with the complaints on the sovereignty legislation. The wingnuts complain about strings attached to the federal money and they’re guilty of exactly the same thing.
Kage_Mann on March 19 at 10:47 a.m.
Ya lost me when you said wingnuts, which is a flaming liberal comment. Thanks for letting people know how far to the left you really are. Sis, if you want people to read your comments, you can’t be condescending to them.
Sisyphus on March 19 at 11:56 a.m.
uh Kage, you are one. It wasn’t for you I was writing but now that you mention it did you just let the hypocrisy fly right by you again?