teacher furloughs

[Rob Tucker]

There is an interesting letter to the editor in the Tribune this morning regarding education in Hawaii. Written by Pier Sircello.

Here's the link: http://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/arti...ters04.txt

Mr Sircello points out that enrollment numbers have been flat since 1978 but budgets have risen from $267 million (1978) to $2.5 billion (2008) and non teaching positions have increased from 4,000 to 10,000.

I can't verify his facts but the parallels to all our state and local government budget growth and personnel growth seem on track.