Well, we have another new superintendent, and now yet another attempt to stabilize the budget of the KC Public School system. The new super has put fwd a plan to balance the budget by closing 30 [half] of the schools in the district.
Radical. Aggressive. Needed? There has been a good deal of unhappiness shared by parents who do not want their kid's school to close. It's like everyone is ok with closing some schools just as long as it is not my kid's school. Again, its all about me. Inconvenience everyone else, just not my kid.
So, here is my point. If you don't like the plan to close this many schools, what is your alternative? It may sound radical, it may be a radical plan, but if you don't want to do this, what do you want to do. There are lots of complainers in the world but very few people who will work for answers.
Bottom line is this. The budget has to be balanced. Period. We have to do it at home and businesses have to do it as well. If they don't, they go bankrupt. Our leaders in Washington need to figure this out too. It is a law of life, when the budget is out of balance, you have to increase income or cut spending. When finances are handled poorly, trouble is on the way. When they are handled well, people sleep at night. Personally, I like to sleep at night.
It's a beautiful day in God's world, be sure to see the good.
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My old boss always said "Don't bring a problem to me without also bringing a solution". Being solution focused was a challenging perspective to adopt but much more fruitful (and enforced a positive outlook!) in the long run. Thanks for your words....
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