Why are so many public school principals retiring this year in Georgia and Tennessee?
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They're old, tired, and burned out.
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It's because public schools are too busy teaching students to be politically correct, etc. to spend more time on actual education.
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Two words...\n...BABY BOOMERS\n\nA lot of the baby boomer generation is nearing retirement and are drawing social security.  Plus, people are living longer now than previously expected.  Fact is, the social security system was not set up for a huge population spike like the baby boom, and those who set up the system did not expect so many people to live so long.  This is where the surplus has gone.\n\nOh, by the way, there have been federal government officials that have "borrowed" some of the money in the system for other spendings that weren't in the normal national budget.
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but you'd run out of candidates very quickly. There are usually only 3-5 former prezes alive at a time, and often 2-3 of those are too old/ill to serve.
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We currently have a dysfunctional school board that spends all of its time arguing with and dissing other members of the board.  Last fall, a major school bond issue failed, because voters have no trust in the board.  We have recently gotten a new superintendent and I hope that he will be able to turn things around.
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I found a pice on the internet (read below). Why don't you write about this courtcase, which, in effect, stopped public rasism in America?\n\n"After ten years the court and the schools.\nThe 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka ruling made it clear that segregation would not be tolerated and that states must comply with federal law. In this program, filmed ten years after Brown, news correspondents report on the mixed progress made toward integrating public schools in Nashville, New Rochelle, New Orleans and Prince Edward County, Virginia. Stumbling blocks such as faculty segregation, busing and segregational zoning are examined. A discussion featuring Attorney General Robert Kennedy, Georgia Governor Carl Sanders and Ex-Secretary of the NAACP, Roy Wilkins concludes the program.\nJohnson Center - Videotapes"
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I'm a public school band director from Georgia...here's your answer:\n\nAt private schools, teachers are more relaxed because they have less troublesome students. There are virtually no fights are problems of this kind, because parents are PAYING to have their kids go to private school. Therefore, more work gets done each day. I used to teach at a private middle school by the way.\n\nAt public schools, you have your good kids, your bad kids.....ones that do what they're supposed to and the ones that get in trouble every week. Also, the public schools have to abide by many many many many state regulations or people can lose their jobs. This is a very basic answer but its one you can easily understand. Schools need more days to handle these kind of things, and also because its harder to educate and entire class to specifications because of the new "No Child Left Behind" Act of 2001. Ask a teacher about that. \n\nI could answer further but I don't want to bore you. There's your basic answer. Hope this helps!
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More than the entire population of Topeka Kansas!\n\nbtw - Smiddy quit more than two months back, so that brings totals down some.
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Mostly teacher, because kids dont care, parents dont have enough influence, and the State is far too removed from the day to day decisions. So the teachers are the only ones who have enough control & rewards to be dubbed stakeholders.
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Because the baby boomers are getting older and needing more healthcare.  Plus, nursing has a high turnover rate due to all that is required.  Many people don't want to spend years and years taking care of sick people and their problems.
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Most of the questions/answers on "Yahoo Answers" are do to the fact that most of the participants are victims of the United States public education system. It's a good indicator that something simply isn't working properly, let alone the fact that "teachers" are spending too much time playing "babysitter" insted of actually teaching our children. \nSad to say, but until we start passing referendums for tax dollars that will aid our failing schools, more "creative" usage of language can be expected.
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I don't have an answer, but I can tell you this:  In NC, they change schools so often, it really doesn't matter.  One year they have regular classes, the next they have year round. And a lot of the time they re-district so your children will go to different schools year after year.  \n\nDown the street at a large school bus stop, I've seen as many as 8 different busses picking up kids - all about the same age.  So if a school is over crowded they split them up and bus them all over.
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i believe that there are annual church conferences with representatives from churches all over who vote and decide on various things one of those being whether a pastor stays or goes. For example at my grandfathers church he had the same pastor for 10 or 11 years and then in the last 4 years they have had 3 different people.
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Cause no one wants a fresh college graduate anymore.  Because all the old people still need jobs.  So they fill the position with more experienced people.\nMostly the downfall of the ecommerce broke many many people.
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I do not know about that but here in Tennessee (buckle of the so called Bible belt) there are a lot more alcoholics and meth users.  We are right on top of the list of states with the most children removed from homes after being seriously burnt in meth lab fires and explosions and chemically harmed from the fumes.\n\nEven the normal good families around here are strange.  We are number one giving our kids stuff to zone them out so the teachers at school can have a quite peaceful day and the kids will sit still and stay dopey!  Bible Belt?  Maybe the Bible is getting a bad rap from that area known as the Bible belt!
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You're opinion is accurate about most public schools and it's sad that they have become that way. No Child Left Behind needs to be left behind. Students don't have motivation anymore because just like you said, they don't have discipline and could care less.  NCLB causes teachers to rush and teach to the test and it takes any possible fun or spare time out of learning thus making it even harder to get the kids to listen and try their best.
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Each governor makes different amounts obviously. In Florida, the governor makes $123,175 a year, plus the standard pension and benefits of a state employee. Teachers make vastly different amounts across the state and even at the same school, depending on experience, etc. The state average is $41,578 as of the 2004 school year.\n\nEdit: I can't find information that detailed online. You may want to contact the Governor's Department of Policy and Budget at one of the sites below.