newspaper clippings

I love reading the local city paper, they are stopping print of all the North Utah county papers in our area. They are so small town but I love reading it, I find myself laughing at the silly things that make it into the paper. Like, man was arrested after picking local flowers out of town square, Man says he paid for them with his taxes so he can pick them if he wants. We all need a good laugh sometimes. I found some funny newspaper paper articles to share. Enjoy!!

My rant and rambling

OK, first off, I don't claim to be a expert in government budgets or educational budgets. But this week I received my annual school district stakeholder report in the mail. This is a magazine quality, full color brochure, with graphs and pictures. How much did this cost? I just think with the economic crisis that America is in right now, that this report could have been sent out on regular paper in black and white. I would have even been happy with a postcard sending me to a web page, the postage alone must have been outrageous. This report goes to every home in the district, so all the kids that go to a private school, or charter school, or people that could care less still get the report. I bet at least half went right into the trash. I also thought it was interesting that they reported that kindergarten class size were 21 kids to ratio, Desi had 32 kids in her kindergarten class last year. The news reported the next day that the district had failed to count correctly... REALLY, at least this is where my child is learning her math skills. I know that this annual report is typical, my mother in law in California is the Secretary at her local elementary school and they are cutting jobs but they also send out the fancy report. I don't want education budget cuts, but I do think there is a lot that districts could be smarter about spending in some areas. I did try to educate myself by looking at the budget on the web, it's 82 pages long and has a lot of areas where they could hide overspending. Of course this is all my opinion, but I would like to hear what everyone thinks on this subject.