Comments on: Strike or no strike, L.A. Unified in desperate financial shape

By: Ted Steele, Geographer of Pain

Ted Steele, Geographer of Pain — Sun, 10 Feb 2019 18:58:24 +0000

In reply to Sean.

Sean— Yet again another false post little buddy?

Retiree health care legislation radically changed the laws—- wake up little biddy…..zzzzzzzz

By: Nick Prophy

Nick Prophy — Tue, 22 Jan 2019 00:21:02 +0000

In reply to Joe.

I agree with you.i believe Newsom sees a econonomic disaster as good. Blame Trump. Go after the middle income private sector workers.i see the 13.3% income tax rate as the goal. Teachers, public safety will get waivers.The state will also vote for wealth tax on the very wealthy, taxing assets at a small amount. The goal will be to eventually have a 401k tax on the portfolio of retirees with aa portfolio over $1000000.
This will be popular with illegals….millionaire tax.

By: Sean

Sean — Mon, 14 Jan 2019 15:08:39 +0000

In reply to dork. In primary and secondary public education, failure generally leads to more funding. You get more of what you subsidize.

By: dork

dork — Mon, 14 Jan 2019 14:13:41 +0000

35,000 Teachers, 640,000 students:
18 Students per class on Average.

510,000 of the 640,000 students are English Learners or Very Poor, in other words:
80% are Illegal Aliens or Children of Illegal Aliens.

80% of High School Graduates can NOT read, write or count at the 4th grade level, greater than a 50% dropout rate.

FIRE ALL OF THEM and DISBAND the School District.

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 11 Jan 2019 22:10:50 +0000

In reply to Richard Rider.

How do you see this unfolding?

The pensions and retiree healthcare costs are going to take down the whole system (and not just the school system).

But before that happens the politicians will bleed the taxpayers white.

That’s how I see it unfolding.

By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 11 Jan 2019 18:04:58 +0000

This is all about overly generous health care benefits for retirees whose costs grow at 6% a year while funding (due to declining enrollment) is flat. The chart at the top of this link shows it clearly: http://laschoolreport.com/experts-crippling-long-term-debt-isnt-leaving-l-a-schools-much-wiggle-room-in-averting-a-teacher-strike-and-may-doom-the-district-to-takeover/ The cost of health care alone for staff and retirees is $2300 per student. The cost of retiree healthcare alone is $12,500 per teacher. California is also looking to expand healthcare coverage to undocumented residents but Medi-Cal recipients get treated at substantial discount to those one employer based insurance to this drives insurance costs even higher.

By: Richard Rider

Richard Rider — Fri, 11 Jan 2019 01:34:24 +0000

Full school choice including private schools — like (oddly enough) Sweden offers — is the only solution to U.S. urban education disaster areas. Inject education competition while gutting the teacher unions.

It’s about the children — whose dismal future the Left now considers acceptable collateral damage.

By: Dude McCool

Dude McCool — Fri, 11 Jan 2019 01:15:16 +0000

I can’t imagine being a teacher in war torn L.A. Unified. The state of Commiefornia should pay those teachers combat pay in addition to whatever they’re asking.