October 13, 2005

Pre-K Educators Want More Funds

Looks like Bredesen's pet pre-K program is already needing more money. Who would have guessed it??

Wilson County Superintendent Jim Duncan said the state’s pre-K plan in the long-term will require money for expenses beyond the classroom.

“Anytime you expand the responsibility of the local school system, you can’t just confine the cost to a room and a school teacher,” Duncan said.

As the student population grows, so will the need for additional support staff, such as school nurses and social workers, to serve them.

Duncan said districts will need money to pay for those associated costs.

Imagine that.

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Just wait until someone like Gordon Bonnyman gets their hands on this--the state will be sued for not allowing every parent who wants to send their child to a pre-K class.

Then another big program will be in the hands of the courts, not the legislature...and woe to the taxpayers.

Posted by: Terry at October 15, 2005 06:42 AM