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Schools are over crowded in some places. They complain about the loss of music and arts. Libraries are being shut. Not enough textbooks.
But, they have enough money, $160.5 million over five years, to change the eating habits of the students. Education is no longer the concern, it is apples vs. donuts, while the school really needs more Apple computers, not gala apples.
"However, state Sen. Bob Huff, R-Walnut, said that while having a healthier cafeteria is a good thing, the state's budget is already overweight, and the initiative is not central to the core duty for schools.
"At what point do you stop providing everything necessary for a child," Huff said. "We're teaching them at a very early age that the government will take care of them and not teaching them personal responsibility."
At a time when the state's textbooks are outdated, making sure students have a salad bar would be losing focus as to what "we should be spending our money on," Huff said.
"It is not core to what are schools are trying to do, which is educate our children to help them prepare for a world economy,"he said."
Obviously the Governors cuts in education were not enough--schools are still determined to be a social leader, not education leader.
As long as programs like these are prioritized, government schools have more than enough funding.
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But, they have enough money, $160.5 million over five years, to change the eating habits of the students. Education is no longer the concern, it is apples vs. donuts, while the school really needs more Apple computers, not gala apples.
"However, state Sen. Bob Huff, R-Walnut, said that while having a healthier cafeteria is a good thing, the state's budget is already overweight, and the initiative is not central to the core duty for schools.
"At what point do you stop providing everything necessary for a child," Huff said. "We're teaching them at a very early age that the government will take care of them and not teaching them personal responsibility."
At a time when the state's textbooks are outdated, making sure students have a salad bar would be losing focus as to what "we should be spending our money on," Huff said.
"It is not core to what are schools are trying to do, which is educate our children to help them prepare for a world economy,"he said."
Obviously the Governors cuts in education were not enough--schools are still determined to be a social leader, not education leader.
As long as programs like these are prioritized, government schools have more than enough funding.
More...
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