Pubdate: Mon, 05 May 2008
Source: Miami Herald (FL)
Copyright: 2008 Miami Herald Media Co.
Contact:  http://www.miamiherald.com/
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Author: Harriet Fiering

SCHOOLS ARE CHEATED

The fact that the state budget has more money for prison construction 
than for schools is so outrageous that it is incomprehensible. Where 
would these legislators be now if they had to suffer the school 
system we have in place?

When I moved to Hollywood from Cleveland in 1959, the PTA at West 
Hollywood Elementary said that every teacher at that school had a 
master's degree. Now we are lucky if we can attract teachers right 
out of college. A good education gives a child a better chance to 
succeed and keeps them from breaking the law, which results in the 
need for fewer prisons.

HARRIET FIERING, Davie
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