When a state keeps lowering the corporate tax rate and the amount of state taxes placed upon wealthier people, that affects how much money comes into the state coffers. And look at the amount of money NC now has allocated for Opportunity Grants after the recent veto override in the latter part of 2024. Put … Continue reading NC Can Fully Fund Our Public Schools. (If It Wanted To).

“You expect at least eight weeks paid vacation per year because that is what the taxpayers of North Carolina gave you back when you were a poorly compensated teacher.” – Sen, David Curtis in May of 2014 in response to a teacher letter. “I suspect that most people, if told they could work 10 months a year … Continue reading Summers Are Not Paid Vacations For Teachers – Far From It

When a 2024/2025 audit of the WSFCS system was released and presented in the March school board meeting, it sent some shock waves. Since that time, the only thing that has grown faster than that deficit total is the number of questions that remain unanswered. And most of those questions are pointed straight to the … Continue reading It’s Time For The WSFCS BOE To Be Fully Transparent About The Budget

For centuries (even millennia), a common medical practice for illness or disease was the intentional withdrawal of blood from the body known as "bloodletting." The idea that draining the lifeforce that circulates throughout the body could also expel things that were causing ill health seems rather archaic today. Scientific advancements and discoveries within the last … Continue reading Don’t Mistake Savings For Bloodletting

I don't think this last "plan" is going to work very well. The following letter was posted by the WSFCS Central Office and Board of Education as an attempt to appear transparent in its rushed process of slashing next year's budget in the next couple of weeks. So we will eliminate cell phone use, print … Continue reading Dammit, WSFCS! Just Go Ask The County For The Money.

The most current numbers for the following: Average Gas Price Average Milk Price Average Egg Prices Average Bread Price Consumer Confidence Presidential Approval Rating Federal Interest Rate Dow Jones Index Inflation Rate NC Tax Rates NC Minimum Wage Unemployment Rates Unemployment Benefits Number of People Who Enrolled in ACA coverage Number of Students in NC … Continue reading May 2025- Numbers To Consider

Tomorrow night the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners will be meeting for a scheduled "Budget Public Hearing" at 6:00. No doubt that many WSFCS employees will be showing up to advocate for more money to be allocated locally for the public school system that has a mismanaged budget and a shortfall that will force over … Continue reading Where The Hell Are Our Priorities?

Seven years ago.

This letter was just released to all WSFCS stakeholders. It is the official response to the State Board of Education and DPI's request for a plan to balance the budget discrepancies that blind-sided this district. Be reminded that two of the five people (signers and cc'ed) listed specifically above will not be full-time leaders when … Continue reading “These measures include, but are not limited to…” – WSFCS’s “Plan” To Cut $36 Million Dollars By Next Summer

Winston-Salem / Forsyth County Schools are not alone in having a budget shortfall this fiscal year with a bleak outlook for the next year. But what makes the budget turmoil in WSFCS unique is the timing and circumstances surrounding money shortfalls and how they were communicated. Furthermore, how the school board and the superintendent are … Continue reading 3rd & Short… Fourth Quarter…Down By Three… Almost In Range… And We… Punt.