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Crazy thought: keep school funding and maintain teacher count so that when the falling attendance becomes a problem the student to teacher ratio will be ideal.
My wife teaches Kindergarten where the maximum allowed per classroom in her district is 24. She ended up teaching the federal limit of 31 this year and got her pink slip just a few weeks ago.
Granted, she has been there for 9 years and just got another position at another school teaching a higher grade, but poor teachers; always getting shafted everywhere.
Well, yeah. You think anyone wants to have kids anymore? Nope. I'll just keep my sperm AND my money!
I’m in the oldest bracket of millennials and I feel like I grew up with everyone shouting that our children would grow up in a hellish burning world.
My wife and I decided pretty early on that we’d rather live the good DINK life.
Cities' populations have declined as they've seen birth rates decrease and residents leave over high cost of living.
I suspect the cost of living is a larger factor than decreasing birth rate. Raising kids in the city is becoming less and less affordable. While city schools are underpopulated, schools in the suburbs and rural areas are terribly overcrowded.
That makes the most sense to me
Some of the larger cities around here have been dealing with the opioid crisis and homelessness. It's not uncommon to see needles or human fences on sidewalks. Able families are going to move. Plus housing is super expensive.
this post was submitted on 19 May 2024
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