When Pat McCrory was governor, the GOP super majority changed budget protocol and made the state budget a biennial process. In an odd-numbered year, a budget is set forth to encompass the next two fiscal years. Amendments to the budget can be made in even-numbered years. Furthermore, if a budget is not passed, then the … Continue reading Please Remember That NC’s State Budget Is BIENNIAL – It Covers TWO Years

It's about a seven and one-half minute listen, but Amy Diaz at WFDD does a good job of summarizing the financial deficits that have been racked WSFCS. Worth the listen. Also, posted yesterday, but printed in the Winston-Salem Journal today is more on the lack of communication on the audit within Central Office.

Here is the salary schedule that is in place for the 2025-2026 school year until a new budget is passed. For those who are not teachers, make sure to pay attention to years 15-24. Frozen. 10 years of the same. There is no longevity pay during these years as well. Someone who has been teaching … Continue reading This State Freezes Teacher Salaries For 10 Years. TEN YEARS!

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 June 2025- Numbers To Consider

In what might have been the first time that transparency was attempted in the recent budget crisis in the school district, the WSFCS Board of Education seemed to finally break their silence on an ever-growing financial tempest. And it feels like it was two months too late. You can watch a broadcast of the meeting … Continue reading Well, That Was Interesting – About Last Night’s WSFCS BOE Meeting

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.