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Texas Public Education Issue
Posted on 11/13/25 at 8:43 am
Posted on 11/13/25 at 8:43 am
Speaking of education problems in America. Public schools in Texas could be starved of tax revenues and just wither on the vine.
Gov. Abbott is now proposing that voters should have the power to decide whether to eliminate property taxes that fund public schools.
He also proposed that future tax raises should be subject to the approval of two thirds of voters.
Private Schools are seeing this and thinking, “With this gift of no viable alternatives, let’s double our tuition costs”.
Gov. Abbott is now proposing that voters should have the power to decide whether to eliminate property taxes that fund public schools.
He also proposed that future tax raises should be subject to the approval of two thirds of voters.
Private Schools are seeing this and thinking, “With this gift of no viable alternatives, let’s double our tuition costs”.
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Posted on 11/13/25 at 8:45 am to AGGIES
Good. Public education is a joke.
Posted on 11/13/25 at 8:50 am to BarnHater
Ok - well then you must support bringing in the H1B visas en masse
Posted on 11/13/25 at 9:20 am to AGGIES
There is so little investment these days in the teaching side of education and so much into the administration.
The efficiency is there if they are forced to look for it. But, of course, they will choose to harm the children to protect the bureaucracy.
The efficiency is there if they are forced to look for it. But, of course, they will choose to harm the children to protect the bureaucracy.
Posted on 11/13/25 at 9:29 am to AGGIES
Have you seen some of these schools? Going to school, 8 hours a day till you're 18 is nuts.
We're not getting what we're paying for.
Feds need to stop funding universities as well, it's double dipping into my pocket.
Technical schools should be the way forward. Give young men and women, the skills they need for the demands of the future.
h1b and Trump can suck it.
Property taxes need to go away, I need to own my home, not pay rent to a school, city or county.
We're not getting what we're paying for.
Feds need to stop funding universities as well, it's double dipping into my pocket.
Technical schools should be the way forward. Give young men and women, the skills they need for the demands of the future.
h1b and Trump can suck it.
Property taxes need to go away, I need to own my home, not pay rent to a school, city or county.
Posted on 11/13/25 at 9:31 am to FATBOY TIGER
Yes. Some are very bad. Some very bad administrative decisions at the district level that have made it much worse.
They’ve essentially been run into the ground so that you will get raped on private school tuition.
They’ve essentially been run into the ground so that you will get raped on private school tuition.
Posted on 11/13/25 at 9:35 am to FATBOY TIGER
Also, home values are also driven by proximity to strong public schools.
If the elementary school goes down the drain, then so does your home equity.
If the elementary school goes down the drain, then so does your home equity.
Posted on 11/13/25 at 9:47 am to AGGIES
The kids will be punished before any administrator or "nutritionist" takes a penny less.
Posted on 11/13/25 at 9:51 am to Pvt Hudson
quote:
There is so little investment these days in the teaching side of education and so much into the administration.
Reading, Writing, Math, and Social Studies teaching best practices have been known for about a hundred years now.
Why does that need more investment?
The "investment" goes to woke bullshite that does actual harm.
Posted on 11/13/25 at 9:52 am to AGGIES
not surprised.
Boomers are selfish and greedy.
their policies have doomed generations. leave nothing for their kids and grandkids .
And the very large property owners will thank Abbot for this.
Boomers are selfish and greedy.
their policies have doomed generations. leave nothing for their kids and grandkids .
And the very large property owners will thank Abbot for this.
Posted on 11/13/25 at 9:54 am to AGGIES
A true aggy soft brain.
If ISDs like Lamar weren't drowning in bond debt, maybe voters wouldn't be pushing for this, because one billion dollar bond after another keeps getting passed. Katy and Lamar love to bitch about "growth" but completely ignore that an additional 1,000 homes on formerly unimproved land bring the ISD close to ten million dollars in revenue a yearto go with those additional kids.
But retards like you, and the Asians in Katy/Lamar/Fort Bend see "ISD" and "your tax rate won't go up," and keep voting for new bonds. All the while ignoring the fact that your assessment district is going to raise the value of your property close to 10% a year, every year (Fort Bend county at least.)
If ISDs like Lamar weren't drowning in bond debt, maybe voters wouldn't be pushing for this, because one billion dollar bond after another keeps getting passed. Katy and Lamar love to bitch about "growth" but completely ignore that an additional 1,000 homes on formerly unimproved land bring the ISD close to ten million dollars in revenue a yearto go with those additional kids.
But retards like you, and the Asians in Katy/Lamar/Fort Bend see "ISD" and "your tax rate won't go up," and keep voting for new bonds. All the while ignoring the fact that your assessment district is going to raise the value of your property close to 10% a year, every year (Fort Bend county at least.)
Posted on 11/13/25 at 9:58 am to CastleBravo
Major Issues need to be fixed. For sure.
So we need a crapload of reform to fix the admin bloat, the stupid curriculum, and obvious teacher quality issues.
But if the kids aren’t functioning at a basic proficiency level, you have to have someone who is interested in improving those scores.
I just don’t see how completely defunding schools will improve people’s lives in the long term. Crime will rise.
Next thing you know you’ll need armed guards at every middle class neighborhood. Like it is in Mexico City.
To me it’s a very short sighted approach.
So we need a crapload of reform to fix the admin bloat, the stupid curriculum, and obvious teacher quality issues.
But if the kids aren’t functioning at a basic proficiency level, you have to have someone who is interested in improving those scores.
I just don’t see how completely defunding schools will improve people’s lives in the long term. Crime will rise.
Next thing you know you’ll need armed guards at every middle class neighborhood. Like it is in Mexico City.
To me it’s a very short sighted approach.
Posted on 11/13/25 at 9:59 am to AGGIES
Yeah idk why Abbott is so set on blowing up TX public schools. It's a shame
Posted on 11/13/25 at 10:03 am to CastleBravo
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Why does that need more investment?
There are teachers that are barely competent. There are layers of admins that “evaluate” the process. Teaching, to some extent, has become a profession people “settle” for.
Posted on 11/13/25 at 10:03 am to LemmyLives
People generally like property values to rise, so they can sell their homes for more than they bought them for.
If your issue is with the bond debt, then convince voters to not pass the bonds.
If your issue is with the bond debt, then convince voters to not pass the bonds.
Posted on 11/13/25 at 10:07 am to FATBOY TIGER
8 hours a day? You’d be hard pressed to find a student on campus for 8 hours in a day
Posted on 11/13/25 at 10:14 am to AGGIES
For what we pay in property Taxes monthly you could easily send a kid to private school.
Here's our community: For most Wylie residents served by the Wylie Independent School District (WISD) and located in Collin County, the approximate total tax rate for the 2024-2025 fiscal year is $2.091179 per $100 of property value
So a $450,000 home (which is the average in the area) you pay $9,410.30 a year / or $784.00 monthly.
Here's our community: For most Wylie residents served by the Wylie Independent School District (WISD) and located in Collin County, the approximate total tax rate for the 2024-2025 fiscal year is $2.091179 per $100 of property value
So a $450,000 home (which is the average in the area) you pay $9,410.30 a year / or $784.00 monthly.
Posted on 11/13/25 at 10:15 am to AGGIES
The product in Texas public education is trash and my wife's a teacher in a local ISD. She says it is as well...not just me trashing her and her profession, she loves/loved what she does.
Teachers are quitting in droves because parents and admin do not provide any backbone for unruly kids with no parenting out of school. They are getting paid better these days but its still not worth the risks. Her current principal was never a teacher at any point in her career if that spells it out for you, no experience in what she does to her teachers with her lack of planning and backbone against parents to protect her teachers in anyway. She was IMO a DEI hire and has been across the multiple schools she was an admin in AP or Principal.
This is just her school right now but the others my wife has taught at were very similar. The out of control ISD taxes provide nothing of worth...they provide a new 48M football stadium and bloated admin departments and nothing else. F*** em. Let them start to realize where the cuts need to cut from and they should already know its not teacher salaries. Its admin and ridiculous bonds for irrelevant education enhancements.
Teachers are quitting in droves because parents and admin do not provide any backbone for unruly kids with no parenting out of school. They are getting paid better these days but its still not worth the risks. Her current principal was never a teacher at any point in her career if that spells it out for you, no experience in what she does to her teachers with her lack of planning and backbone against parents to protect her teachers in anyway. She was IMO a DEI hire and has been across the multiple schools she was an admin in AP or Principal.
This is just her school right now but the others my wife has taught at were very similar. The out of control ISD taxes provide nothing of worth...they provide a new 48M football stadium and bloated admin departments and nothing else. F*** em. Let them start to realize where the cuts need to cut from and they should already know its not teacher salaries. Its admin and ridiculous bonds for irrelevant education enhancements.
Posted on 11/13/25 at 10:27 am to The Torch
quote:
For what we pay in property Taxes monthly you could easily send a kid to private school. Here's our community: For most Wylie residents served by the Wylie Independent School District (WISD) and located in Collin County, the approximate total tax rate for the 2024-2025 fiscal year is $2.091179 per $100 of property value So a $450,000 home (which is the average in the area) you pay $9,410.30 a year / or $784.00 monthly.
Appreciate the feedback.
1. I don’t know that much about the demand in Wylie, I’m in Houston. But I know that’s it’s been growing a lot out there. Taxes are high here as well, but the demand for good neighborhood schools is still very high. It’s the difference between being able to sell your home for your target price and not.
2. Private school tuition will become less affordable if they suddenly have double the applicants. They’re no dummies. And that’s my concern.
Posted on 11/13/25 at 10:31 am to MadtownTiger
quote:
The product in Texas public education is trash and my wife's a teacher in a local ISD.
I agree. They have been driving the good teachers and good principals out. This has been an intentional dismantling over several years.
Then they turn around and say… look -it’s underperforming.
That’s the problem that I see.
This post was edited on 11/13/25 at 10:34 am
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