re: Georgia Voters - Amendment 1 (Govt't Takeover of Struggling Schools)

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Well the current conditions in the schools that would be targeted is a complete taxpayer money waste so....

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This. If the local governing bodies have let the schools continue a downward spiral and either done nothing, or have done everything they can with no success, why should they be allowed to continue to run the schools?

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It's a tough one. It would likely help some of the pathetic schools where it's a fricking shame nobody in the community and local government/school boards seem to give a shite and are pissing away money.

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You've obviously never worked in one of these schools. You will NEVER get these schools changed. The parents are dead beats and the kids reflect this. The children in these schools are very disruptive during the class sessions. They can't help it, it's what they see at home. Some of these kids have NO chance, their stories would break your heart.

Add to that, the federal gov't dictating ridiculous rules for schools and this is what you get. Wish it were different but having some outside company come in a dictate even more rules is a loser!!

NO to that and NO to TSPLOST

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Spend more tax money and in the end things will be the same.

I'm voting yes on tsplost because it is a gwinnett county tax, and being in Sugar Hill, I see the money at work with the widening of 20 and all the other road improvements they are making.

It is systematically impossible to improve these districts. Sure one or two schools might improve, but the district as a whole will not improve on a grand scale. It's the parents, home life, SES levels. No matter how much money you pump in, no matter how many charter schools you open. It will not matter. The absolute worst thing for a schools is having the government involved. Charter schools are a legal way of stealing money. Sure some charter schools will outperform traditional public schools, but the majority do not. In reality what do you expect the charter schools take the best and leave the rest. Most charter schools play by a different set of rules and some private organization is getting a fat wallet. Almost ALL school districts that have been taken over by the state and converted to charter schools have failed. The Walton Foundation is a huge backer of state take overs and charter schools. They are looking to fill their pockets and insure a never ending supply of cashiers at Walmart.

MAGA!!!!

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I'm voting yes on tsplost because it is a gwinnett county tax, and being in Sugar Hill, I see the money at work with the widening of 20 and all the other road improvements they are making.

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It's helpful when the county you live in recognizes you exist.

In Fulton, nothing exists above downtown too often

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and being in Sugar Hill

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Well hello fellow Sugar Hill resident!!

Also I voted Yes on Amendment 1

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We have this in Louisiana, vote no!

They take over schools, but they don't take the attendance zone. Failing kids just move to a different school and those schools fail and the cycle repeats. Meanwhile the state holds the local tax payers' facilities and they let some company come in and use it for a charter school that fails at an unbelievably high rate since they get selective enrollment. By the time the local school board gets the facility back, it needs massive repairs (in the millions) due to neglect.

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Pretty much how I saw it playing out. Heavy government intervention only wrecks shite.

Voted no