just looking at middle school kids.

A few of the sixteen recommendations are:

• They want to see longer school days and school year.
• They want Algebra 1 completed by the end of eighth grade.
• They want foreign language instruction started in sixth grade.
• Stress writing more in each subject

This is a nice looking report.

on changes to testing that could be occurring in the state.

on school nurses in the area and they say that the school nurses are overburdened.

You know I do not like this at all.

are not going to be supporting an increase in pay for five upper level people due to 42 teachers and other classified people who do not know if they are going to have a job in the fall.

I say skip the pay raise and put that money to hire a couple teachers.

are not happy at all over possible changes that could occur to who will get to ride the school bus for free. The school district proposals that could get passed are making parents have kids be at least 2 miles away from school which would be up from 1.5 miles and the other one is having students come to school at least 85% of the time.

This is one school district where I do not want this passed, too much violence and drugs.

they may have to withhold $50 million from school districts so they could have enough money for fuel and teacher bonuses.