[CSPS] Express Concerns to CSISD Board--7:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 18, CSISD Board Meeting

[Cecelia Hawkins]

CSPS members:

I applaud the expression of concern about specific cuts in funding.  But I 
urge all of you to try to get the best and fullest information possible on 
the types and level of funding cuts approved by the board before singling 
out one type of cut individually for restoration.

When I served on the ISD committee to determine how to address the growth 
pains in the district, the most striking presentation was made by Supt. 
Johnson in which he showed us a LIST of the cuts made in the last go round 
and the ones proposed in the next, as a result of chapter 41 status.

Taken as a whole. . . and given all the competing needs for funding. . . 
this perspective changed my understanding of the financial situation of the 
district substantially.

I'm not suggesting that cuts to G/T are any less or more significant or 
hurtful than others. . .I'm just suggesting that advocates for restoration 
of G/T funding (or that of any other program) make their argument based on 
and in the context of the full funding picture.

Cecelia