Early on I wrote a post about the necessity of increased funding for schools. Michigan's politicians have been constantly busy working on anti-education (maybe it's anti-union but it's effect is anti-education) legislation. It is time to stop and evaluate the results of all that has gone on. An announcement in the Grand Rapids Press and on all television stations in the area last night informed people that a large Muskegon County school is asking for take-over by the state. The people of the state need to realize that this request is largely because of cut after cut in the per student education funding. This is the first school district that has actually asked to be taken over although others have been taken over because they ultimately failed. I think this state may be at the point where other school districts will be asking for takeover as well.
Lack of funding is the direct reason for the request but other changes in the education reform laws make it more advantageous to go to this extreme. With recent changes in state law, emergency managers can now throw out contracts, do away with local school board oversight, and make many other such changes. I have to ask myself and any citizens of the state of Michigan must ask themselves at this point if they want their children to attend underfunded, low morale schools who are run by the state. It's time to take back education in Michigan!
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