Brown should remember that up to 1/3 of the state’s schools have missed at least a couple days due to snow.  Just avoiding making these up, will save money.  Reconcile those days w/ the rest of the state ever how makes sense.

At least in some cases, these days are already out, just a matter if they are added back or not.

I suspect this issue is at the root of the reducing days issue.  And it makes sense in a budget crisis.  In a crisis, you have to consider things you wouldn’t normally. And you prefer ways that do not cost jobs....b/c ultimately jobs are what get you out of a downturn.

This would mean that we would be starving the students for a whole week.  How are the kids going to eat if they are not in school.  Oh I forgot that we serve meals in the schools during summer vacation.  I really heard a superintendent speak recently and he said that one of the terrible things about the snow storms on the east coast what that the students had to go without meals because they were not in school.

There are certainly some out of touch. 

What we have to be careful about is to not paint w/ a wide brush b/c there are some good guys on the inside of education and we should be quick to support them strongly.  We all believe many things about education needs to change; so, we need some champions on the inside.  I see too often, esp. at the state level, that being left out of comments and even actions from those in my party.

Brown’s comment about how “what would other states think?” was even more ridiculous.  But even if they are a minority, support the level-headed guys in that business.  We are going to continue to have Pub Ed for a long time; so, I hope we can learn to transition on that. At the state level.