Breaking: Governor Christie's Education Cuts deemed Unconstitutional

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Tuesday March 22, 2011 · 5:05 PM PDT

2011/03/22 · 17:05

That's right. Superior Court judge Peter Doyne says Governor Christie's education cuts fail to give NJ school children the "thorough and efficient education" guaranteed under the NJ Constitution.
Here's the link:
http://www.nj.com/...

Get ready for the Governor to accuse the NJ Supreme Court of "legislating" from the bench! It is no wonder the Governor travels around our state at "town halls" talking up his plan to change the court. After all, last year he decided to let a 1% tax on the wealthy expire, while cutting education, and crying " sorry kids NJ is broke". The tax cut was $1 billion, the cut to education $820 million, literally taking money from kids to give to wealthy people.

My children's schools were decimated by these cuts, so I say thank you Judge Doyne. If the NJ supreme court orders Christie to fully fund our schools, maybe my first grader can have an art, music, gym and world language teacher. Maybe children in my rural district won't have to walk on 40 mph county roads to get to school. Maybe my daughter who is entering middle school next year won't have to have 38 kids in her language class. Maybe we will reopen a school we had to close, not because of low enrollment but because we were desperate, after losing $8million to cuts. Maybe we can reverse the 25-40% increases in class size district wide that happened here. This is a good day, a very good day indeed!

Chris Christie=Marie Antoinette

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Friday December 31, 2010 · 8:44 PM PST

2010/12/31 · 20:44

Today I posted in the comments of teacherken's diary that I was considering posting my first diary. I spent most of the day preparing for a small get together with friends and contemplating the substance of that diary. I have spent the the last nine months fighting for the public schools of Sparta, NJ, which my children are enrolled. I knew most dkos readers would respond well to my disdain for NJ Governor Chris Christie, but wondered how they would respond to my realization that the present funding formula in NJ is hastening the trend toward privatization of public schools.

The recent situation where the Governor of NJ has been vacationing in Disney World while the state has been trying to dig out from a blizzard has changed all of my plans. The Teflon Governor has returned and has spoken. His remarks are so outragous I had to report them... http://www.nj.com/...

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