Just Say No

The lead story in the Janesville Gazette this morn is "They can't say No," a story about repeat drunken driving offenders. This article was interesting to me because many years ago, I worked in Driver's License for the State of Minnesota and particularly handled the phones for the incoming lines for the driver evaluators that gave work license permits for those convicted of drunken driving.

Anyway, when I first glanced at the headline, I thought maybe the story would be about folks saying NO to budget increases.

In a recent post, I asked for folks to post comments on where they would cut $200,000 from the school budget. Only one person had suggestions, and suggested that the administrative was too top heavy and needed cutting.

This is a numbers question. What is the money amount and positions or programs that you wish cut? What are the fee increases that you hope for? The total of your answer should equal $200,000. The answers are due prior to Monday night. No exclusively word answers will be posted. It is numbers time.

The reason I say this is The Observer noted in the Monroe school budget saga that right up to the announcement of the 2 million dollar cuts that were necessary, folks were meeting in areas of Monroe schools to discuss NEW curriculum proposals. I have termed this phenomenon, the TWILIGHT ZONE of school budgeting. It is time to get real and talk numbers.

The comment line is open. For numbers.