Administration Secretary Moses Carey Friday hammered the education cuts being proposed by the Republican legislature.
Visiting the Josephine Dobbs Clement Early College High School in Durham, Carey said the namesake of the school would have been deeply troubled by the mass layoffs of teachers proposed by the legislature.
“Because I knew her, I can tell you she would have been appalled by what what is being considered,” said Carey, according to a news release. Carey was elected to his first term as Orange County Commissioner in 1984 the same year that Clement became a Durham County commissioner after overseeing desegregation as the first African-American superintendent of the former city school system.
“She spent her time and energy to help students develop themselves to move on to higher education and becoming contributing members of our state's economic future,” Carey said. “But the budget cuts being considered today would literally turn back the clock on North Carolina.”
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you forgot the /sarcasm
May 18, 2011 - 10:32am — PershingDriverthere I fixed it for you.
Perdue is right - North Carolina is under attack from the GOP
May 16, 2011 - 8:52am — MalleusMaleficarumThe GOP has NC under attack - where they are attempting a mass firing of teachers and they are attemptint to end voting by all but the wealthy. In Congress, the GOP has the USA under attack from legislation that would abolish Medicare throwing millions of seniors out of nursing homes and hospitals overnight. To top that, the GOP wants to give tax breaks to Big Oil, Big Pharma and Big Business so the rich can keep getting richer. Wake up North Carolina voters -- your rights, your health, your vote, your money and your educations are being stolen from you by the public officials you elected!
$.01 sales tax, keep it
May 16, 2011 - 8:36am — MtnManContinuing to collect the $900 million by extending the exisiting sales tax will fix 1/2 of the budget problem for the schools. None of us can afford to solve big problems by ourselves. Working together, we, the people, can continue to lift up the next generation, the way our parents and grandparents did for us.
How long?
May 16, 2011 - 6:32am — bestsarahHow long will it take for us to realize that it is not all about the money. That behemoth system is like an old, fatty hog. Hopefully reduced funding will have the byproduct of real reform in the "system." The"system" has taken on a life of its own and just grows and grows, like the "Blob." They finally stopped the triffids with seawater.
Education cuts by
May 15, 2011 - 12:37pm — henryeNo one can pull money out of the air.. While I realize all this blaming of Republicans is purely political.,. the real truth of the matter is if you are so concerned why not bleed the hearts of the citizens for donations. But even if you had Democrats in power you would be faced with the same dilema.today as the Republicans.