State of LISD

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The bottom line is, you never really know what they're keeping their eyes out for, or what's going on in the under belly of the streets (yes, FM has an underbelly, hiding beneath the pretty bubble most people think they live in ) and sometimes we just get lucky and end up in their sights.

If they're interested in combating the underbelly, they should be patrolling the classrooms of LSD.

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If they're interested in combatting the underbelly, they should be patrolling the classrooms of LSD.

And you believe this because..... why must you always blame Oil & Gas or the future of America (yutes) in your arguments? Were you a "latchkey" child? Vent. We're listening....

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Could be that they thought it was obvious at that point that you hadn't been drinking and didn't need to go there.....but they may have been more thorough to get your reaction in case you were "other" than drinking.

Or, (I love playing speculation) keep in mind what's finally made it into the public eye in FM in the last 1-2 years as far as drug related activity. That didn't just pop up one day, there was plenty of activity on the streets and in the neighborhoods by multiple LEA's for long before it went public. Those kinds of things never stop.

The bottom line is, you never really know what they're keeping their eyes out for, or what's going on in the under belly of the streets (yes, FM has an underbelly, hiding beneath the pretty bubble most people think they live in ) and sometimes we just get lucky and end up in their sights.

Ok, I'm tapped out; someone else "speculate", or just make some "stuff" up.

If they're interested in combatting the underbelly, they should be patrolling the classrooms of LSD.

Of or on LSD?

The drug "business" in LISD schools is well known but I've always wondered how/why the schools continue to turn their backs on what they know is going on, unless it's part of a bigger picture. Ask almost any HS student what is obvious, and how many times staff turns their back. When kids say orders are placed and delivered the same day in the halls and classes......

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how/why the schools continue to turn their backs on what they know is going on

Money.

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how/why the schools continue to turn their backs on what they know is going on

Money.

Who is raking in the moolah, oh wise one. Teachers I could understand, they deserve something extra. Administrative fat cats, they don't need it They soak the system already.. Students don't need it, their parents give them plenty. Where is the "alleged" money trail? Please RK, take me from point A to point B, but make it a straight line, and remember, the sky is blue in our world.

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Teachers I could understand, they deserve something extra. Administrative fat cats, they don't need it They soak the system already.. Students don't need it, their parents give them plenty. Where is the "alleged" money trail? Please RK, take me from point A to point B, but make it a straight line, and remember, the sky is blue in our world.

Teachers I could understand, they deserve something extra.

No they don't. Half of them should be canned.

Administrative fat cats, they don't need it They soak the system already..

One thing I've learned about people who soak the system is that there is no such thing as enough.

Students don't need it, their parents give them plenty.

Which is why LSD can afford two $40 million football stadiums three miles from each other but not basic supplies for their classrooms, like paper. Paper!

Where is the "alleged" money trail? Please RK, take me from point A to point B, but make it a straight line, and remember, the sky is blue in our world.

It would only be an educated guess, but when you have a district this big with priorities this out of whack, anything is possible. Without trying to slander anyone in particular, I might look at profiteering among the administration. My gut says that the system itself is just a money pit. Complex bureaucracies are prone to such things.

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It would only be an educated guess, but when you have a district this big with priorities this out of whack, anything is possible. Without trying to slander anyone in particular, I might look at profiteering among the administration. My gut says that the system itself is just a money pit. Complex bureaucracies are prone to such things.

I guess We agree to agree. The LISD is most assuredly a "bloated" fat cat district, where who knows where the money goes? Naming someone? I could 10 years ago, but the "pyramid" today has gotten so large, with so many fat cats on it, who knows. ISD's in this state rake in more bucks/per hundred than counties, muni's and the state combined. Whose going to bust their mostly unregulated chops? You or me? Don't think so.

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It would only be an educated guess, but when you have a district this big with priorities this out of whack, anything is possible. Without trying to slander anyone in particular, I might look at profiteering among the administration. My gut says that the system itself is just a money pit. Complex bureaucracies are prone to such things.

I guess We agree to agree. The LISD is most assuredly a "bloated" fat cat district, where who knows where the money goes? Naming someone? I could 10 years ago, but the "pyramid" today has gotten so large, with so many fat cats on it, who knows. ISD's in this state rake in more bucks/per hundred than counties, muni's and the state combined. Whose going to bust their mostly unregulated chops? You or me? Don't think so.

The best part is the political pressure they can bring to bear on private schools (a.k.a. the competition). They freaking *HATE* homeschoolers too.

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The best part is the political pressure they can bring to bear on private schools (a.k.a. the competition). They freaking *HATE* homeschoolers too.

Been there done that with the LISD. When my daughter desired to be home schooled, LISD was sending CPS people out weekly. Without a sheriff's deputy, they didn't get far, here.

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Which is why LSD can afford two $40 million football stadiums three miles from each other but not basic supplies for their classrooms, like paper. Paper!

Only because you've brought that up several times, the new stadium at Marcus was paid for from bonds voters voted for. As I recall, as usual it was packaged in a way that I didn't like which is normal, otherwise they'd never get bonds passed for stuff like that, but we voters voted for it. It didn't impact the budget for pencils and boxes of tissue for the classrooms. I haven't seen a case yet where basic necessities were lacking in the classroom. Seeing teachers that should have been flipping burgers long ago? Plenty, but they can't fire anyone, they just protect them or transfer them.

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Which is why LSD can afford two $40 million football stadiums three miles from each other but not basic supplies for their classrooms, like paper. Paper!

Only because you've brought that up several times, the new stadium at Marcus was paid for from bonds voters voted for. As I recall, as usual it was packaged in a way that I didn't like which is normal, otherwise they'd never get bonds passed for stuff like that, but we voters voted for it. It didn't impact the budget for pencils and boxes of tissue for the classrooms. I haven't seen a case yet where basic necessities were lacking in the classroom. Seeing teachers that should have been flipping burgers long ago? Plenty, but they can't fire anyone, they just protect them or transfer them.

Voters vote for school bonds and Obama. Doesn't make them any less stupid because they vote. Should those who do not "own" be able to vote on school bond issues. You take "apartment city" off Corporate Drive, that has thousands of voters with a 6 month to one year lease, voting for millions in school bonds. The lease expires, then they are off to Carollton or Frisco to vote again, a year later. Then the rest of us are stuck with the bill. What exactly are you justifying?
Certainly agree with the teacher comments, though. I think they call it a UNION. Can't crow bar them out.
Fat arsed, lazy arsed college professors call it tenure. Worthless pieces of cow dung, liberal college professors are.
Just my 2 cents.

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The best part is the political pressure they can bring to bear on private schools (a.k.a. the competition). They freaking *HATE* homeschoolers too.

Been there done that with the LISD. When my daughter desired to be home schooled, LISD was sending CPS people out weekly. Without a sheriff's deputy, they didn't get far, here.

It's a wonderful way to treat your customers. I pay their salaries, and they harass me. I guess if they ever managed to get fired, they can go be cops.

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Which is why LSD can afford two $40 million football stadiums three miles from each other but not basic supplies for their classrooms, like paper. Paper!

Only because you've brought that up several times, the new stadium at Marcus was paid for from bonds voters voted for. As I recall, as usual it was packaged in a way that I didn't like which is normal, otherwise they'd never get bonds passed for stuff like that, but we voters voted for it. It didn't impact the budget for pencils and boxes of tissue for the classrooms. I haven't seen a case yet where basic necessities were lacking in the classroom. Seeing teachers that should have been flipping burgers long ago? Plenty, but they can't fire anyone, they just protect them or transfer them.

I know where it came from and how it got here. Don't kid yourself though. The voters would pass a $40 million bond for beanie babies as long as it had the word "SCHOOL" in the title. The district knows this, and they use it to get their pet projects funded. I don't think I've ever seen a bond for basic classroom supplies on the ballot. It's not necessary. We can just pass those expenses on to the parents because all the parents, being from Flower Mound, are filthy stinking rich. This is what they do. My reaction was, "Are you freaking serious? We have to print out our own assignments because LISD can't afford paper? Did the zombie apocalypse happen while I was on the can?"

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Which is why LSD can afford two $40 million football stadiums three miles from each other but not basic supplies for their classrooms, like paper. Paper!

Only because you've brought that up several times, the new stadium at Marcus was paid for from bonds voters voted for. As I recall, as usual it was packaged in a way that I didn't like which is normal, otherwise they'd never get bonds passed for stuff like that, but we voters voted for it. It didn't impact the budget for pencils and boxes of tissue for the classrooms. I haven't seen a case yet where basic necessities were lacking in the classroom. Seeing teachers that should have been flipping burgers long ago? Plenty, but they can't fire anyone, they just protect them or transfer them.

Voters vote for school bonds and Obama. Doesn't make them any less stupid because they vote. Should those who do not "own" be able to vote on school bond issues. You take "apartment city" off Corporate Drive, that has thousands of voters with a 6 month to one year lease, voting for millions in school bonds. The lease expires, then they are off to Carollton or Frisco to vote again, a year later. Then the rest of us are stuck with the bill. What exactly are you justifying?
Certainly agree with the teacher comments, though. I think they call it a UNION. Can't crow bar them out.
Fat arsed, lazy arsed college professors call it tenure. Worthless pieces of cow dung, liberal college professors are.
Just my 2 cents.

The education system in this country is rapidly making itself obsolete.

[JKTex]

Which is why LSD can afford two $40 million football stadiums three miles from each other but not basic supplies for their classrooms, like paper. Paper!

Only because you've brought that up several times, the new stadium at Marcus was paid for from bonds voters voted for. As I recall, as usual it was packaged in a way that I didn't like which is normal, otherwise they'd never get bonds passed for stuff like that, but we voters voted for it. It didn't impact the budget for pencils and boxes of tissue for the classrooms. I haven't seen a case yet where basic necessities were lacking in the classroom. Seeing teachers that should have been flipping burgers long ago? Plenty, but they can't fire anyone, they just protect them or transfer them.

Voters vote for school bonds and Obama. Doesn't make them any less stupid because they vote. Should those who do not "own" be able to vote on school bond issues. You take "apartment city" off Corporate Drive, that has thousands of voters with a 6 month to one year lease, voting for millions in school bonds. The lease expires, then they are off to Carollton or Frisco to vote again, a year later. Then the rest of us are stuck with the bill. What exactly are you justifying?
Certainly agree with the teacher comments, though. I think they call it a UNION. Can't crow bar them out.
Fat arsed, lazy arsed college professors call it tenure. Worthless pieces of cow dung, liberal college professors are.
Just my 2 cents.

I agree with you 110%. And throw in the fact that things like that get bundled, something necessary and something not, many people say "sure" whether they'll be impacted by it or not.

RK has brought it up as if some fat cat Administrator wrote a check out of a general education, pencil and paper, pay the teachers budget for it. Wait, we pay for pencil and paper then give it to the teacher to dole out to whoever needs it, which means later when our kid needs it, we go out and buy more..... Hmmm... Anyhow, we (whether all of we wanted it or not) said we wanted to borrow money to pay for it. We got it.