Portland Public School

    Over the years schools have gone through a roller coaster in funding and how they are going to get those funds.  Due to this lack in support from the government and school board they have come to conclusions that take away importances of school learning.  They cut sports, arts, and music which are extremely important in the way a student learns and finds passion in learning.  For some reason people don't put together that if you are participating in sports you are required to get at least a 2.5 grade point average.  If you do get anything lower than a 2.5 you have to sit out of any game or performance and also have to take a study class so you have the time to improve the grades. 
    In portland public school news for may "Gov. John Kitzhaber proposed a State School Fund budget for 2011-13 that falls $1.1 billion short of the level that legislative fiscal analysts say is necessary to keep Oregon school districts running as they are now." With this kind of proposal the schools would have a two year fall and an 85 million dollar loss.  This means that not only will programs from all of the portland public schools be cut, but also hundreds of teachers and professors would lose their jobs and push us even deeper into a recession that we are currently struggling to get out of financially and mentally.  
    The inner workings of media such as twitter, facebook and blogs have had a strong opinion for what to do with Portland Public Schools.  Jack Bog's Blog shows a deep disappointment and anger towards what happened with the measure and as a parent, what his kids had to go through in order to push the survival of Portland Public Schools. This is what one of the bloggers suggest for portland public schools "If you really want to fix the schools, tell your elected representatives that you want the money that's being earmarked for trains and streetcars spent on schools instead. Call Earl Blumenauer, Mr. Bike and Rail, and tell him that you want federal stimulus money spent on school upgrades, not real estate scams."  I completely agree that there is way too many funds spent on things that are not necessary or immediate such as school education for the young children or Portland, Oregon.