Super NANNY to the Rescue!!
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So you’re not sure if there really is an effort by the “Establishment” to raise your kids for you, are ya?
Here was an email sent to all employees of a local school district in our neck of the woods that I’m sure was sent to all other school districts as well.
I just love the way they can talk for the so-called 2/3′s of us out here in the state of Wisconsin.
Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 8:46 AM
To: All StaffSubject: FW: [Wi_afterschool_state_network] Time is NOW to contact Governor Doyle about afterschool funding!]
Importance: HighFYI
Dear Partner in Afterschool,
As you know, Governor Doyle is in the process of crafting his 2007-09 State Budget. One of the funding priorities his is considering would provide $5 million annually to support after-school/before-school programs. This proposal is based on the work of the Wisconsin Afterschool Network and forwarded to the Governor by State Superintendent Elizabeth Burmaster in her biennial budget request.
The time is NOW to let the Governor know that state investment in afterschool is a priority for citizens across Wisconsin.
Please take a few minutes in the next 3 weeks to send a message to Governor Doyle supporting inclusion of the Before and Afterschool funding proposal. Below are points to include in your message but also feel free to share your own personal story.
Afterschool is a wise public investment and I urge you to include in your 2007-09 Biennial State Budget the afterschool funding proposal forwarded by State Superintendent Elizabeth Burmaster that provides $5 million annually to support before and after school learning opportunities.
This deliberate investment will help make it possible for existing programs to continue and expansion of afterschool opportunities to meet the unserved need.
Investment in afterschool has wide public support. In a recent survey, two-thirds of voters believe that federal and state tax dollars should be used to expand afterschool programs to make them accessible for all children. Of those surveyed, sixty-nine percent said they support increased funding for afterschool even if it leads to a tax increase.
Between the hours of three and six p.m. children are most at risk of being involved in dangerous behaviors or becoming victims of crime. Afterschool programs keep kids out of trouble by providing safe and structured time during these critical afternoon hours. In Wisconsin, afterschool programs have contributed to the sharp drop in the number of young people having contact with the juvenile justice system.
More than one-third of Wisconsin’s children are unsupervised in the hours between the end of the school day and their parent’s workday. Afterschool programs benefit the entire family by giving parents the security of knowing their children are in a safe place involved in enriching activities, consequently helping them to balance work and family responsibilities.
Research shows that afterschool programs contribute to students’ academic achievement. A UW study of sixty-four afterschool programs found that teachers reported these programs promoted better behavior and improved academic performance of participants.
Sending a message to the Governor is EASY – open this link to email Governor Doyle: Contact Us and follow these simple steps.
Step 1 – enter your contact information.
Be sure to fill-in all requested information. You want to hear back from the Governor and this will be the information used to reply to you.Step 2 – enter the type and subject of your message.
For the message type, use the pull down menu and choose General Information.
For the email subject, type in Afterschool Funding.Step 3 – enter your message using some of the points listed above.
Step 4 – click the box Send My E-mail and your message is in the Governor mailbox.
Finally, please share this information with other individuals, organizations and groups you know who support afterschool and the $5 million funding proposal. The more messages supporting this funding proposal Governor Doyle receives the higher priority it takes as he completes his 2007-09 State Budget.
Thank you!
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I wonder if they would be willing to have supper ready and on the table for me when I get home from work too?
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OK, this is incredible…
More than 1/3? What ages are these little ones? 4, 5, 9, 13…. or maybe 17? 18? Methinks this program’s supporters have no facts to support their thesis.
What they want you to believe is that little kids are out in the cold shivering, aimlessly wandering the streets and must be saved by
mommydemocratssocialistscommiesJimmy Boyanyone other than their biological mother or father… After all, that’s why mommy is a commie, er ah, a democrat.Then you have the research that shows after school programs help academic achievement. Well, duh! It’s called homework… performing it improves academic achievement every time it is tried.
Hey Doyle, you want a message… Here’s one for ya from a very close associate of mine who, when asked about your idea, had only one reply: “keep your f-ing hands off our kids and out of my purse! ”
Oh, and we musn’t make anyone feel inferior here so we need to apply this to everyone, therefore on the heels of this looting of the taxpayers you’ll hear a call for the outlawing of private day care . In fact, they may some day go so far as to outlaw children being picked up from school by their parent to go home… It’s just not fair that some lucky kids get to go home right after school to be debriefed and sanitized of the rotting filth they are exposed to daily… You heard it first here by Max – it’s coming to a town near you soon.
It amazes me that if we educate our children till a later time in the afternoon, say 3.30pm it gives our children an extra hour of education at no cost in salary increase for our dedicated teachers and gives parents time to get home to supervise their wonderfully smart children, instead of them raiding the liquor cabinet and smoking dope and playing video games, make them learn.
Spend the money on building the new school next to Wal-Mart so graduates can fill out their application forms to be shelf stackers and cart collectors. Even move the WITC campus on the same property for the exact same reason.
Max, you beat me to the punch. I was recently thinking that this “early childhood education” scheme was nothing more than an attempt by the government school monopoly to eliminate private daycare providers.
What I really find amazing is that when year-around school is proposed in an area, the school districts are often the first to object to it. I think many people would be willing to spend the necessary money to upgrade facilities for air conditioning, etc., if the buildings were used for year-around school.
What’s funny about that embers, is that for several years in a row the Hudson School District had in its budget money for air conditioning. They never went through with it and annually shifted those funds elsewhere.
t.ruth101 has a novel idea too – extend the day and start later.