First day of school

We just put the kids on the bus for their first day of school. Ben is going into 4th grade and Chris into 2nd. Maria will be starting her final year of preschool after Labor Day. Click the photo to see more.

As a side note, Ben's class has 29 students in it. To anyone who reads this, vote YES on the upcoming levy ballot. The state has cut funding, and we need it desperately. A lot of misinformation is being spread against the levy. For example, some claim that teachers received a 10% raise. This is a joke! A new building was opened, and the overall district payroll went up by 10% BECAUSE THERE WERE MORE TEACHERS. Individual teachers' salaries went up by a measly 1%, and administrators got no raise whatsoever. Don't believe all that you hear without investigating the facts.

Part of the reason we moved to West Chester was the great schools. While I know there are still a lot of excellent teachers in the district, I'm afraid we are going to start losing them if levies continue to fail. Way back when it might have been no problem to have 30 kids in a class. Times have changed--and so is the property value of your house every time the levy fails.