{"id":828,"date":"2005-09-27T12:40:27","date_gmt":"2005-09-27T16:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.virushead.net\/vhrandom\/2005\/09\/27\/parents-protest-school-closings\/"},"modified":"2005-09-29T10:43:05","modified_gmt":"2005-09-29T14:43:05","slug":"parents-protest-school-closings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.virushead.net\/vhrandom\/2005\/09\/parents-protest-school-closings\/","title":{"rendered":"Parents protest school closings"},"content":{"rendered":"

USATODAY.com – Parents protest governor’s decision to give schools two days off<\/a><\/p>\n

Yeah, we were pretty pissed off too. I don’t think it saved much energy. We stayed home. Ben worked on his homework, we played hide and seek, gave the cat a bath. Wish I’d thought of going to the Capitol. It was simply inconvenient for us – I couldn’t go into work, so it cost me two days’ pay. Actually, since I only work two days a week, it was a whole week’s pay for me. My employer wasn’t pleased. It was a even bigger hardship for some others. I don’t really see the point of it.<\/p>\n

What bothered my friend Cathy the most was that they decided after school let out on Friday – teachers couldn’t even send home a note notifying the parents. <\/p>\n

Well, what can you expect from Governor Perdue and the state of Georgia? After calling “snow days” in 90-degree heat, Sonny went to Athens on Saturday for “political training.” One could perhaps argue that it wasn’t non-essential travel. <\/p>\n

Education seems the last thing they should cut right now. Sonny has cut K-12 in GA a billion dollars since he took office. What does my son get now – 48th, 49th in the nation? <\/p>\n

How about cutting into the oil companies’ record profits a little instead?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

USATODAY.com – Parents protest governor’s decision to give schools two days off Yeah, we were pretty pissed off too. I don’t think it saved much energy. We stayed home. Ben worked on his homework, we played hide and seek, gave the cat a bath. Wish I’d thought of going to the Capitol. It was simply inconvenient for us – I couldn’t go into work, so it cost me two days’ pay. Actually, since I only work two days a week,…<\/p>\n

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