Sorry, you shouldn't assume. I am NOT nor have I EVER been a school board member. Although I've considered it maybe in the future... when my children are older

More kids in a district means more staff. Not every district in the area is getting larger, but many are. You seem very angry without all the facts. Being angry is everyone's right, but maybe you should do something with that anger rather than spout angry words at people you don't know.

First I'm not a good citizen, and now I'm angry. Give me a break.

What facts am I missing? You haven't presented one fact. But here are some facts:
K-12 Public Education spending has skyrocketed:Since 1970, public school spending increased from $2.3 billion to $24 billion—a 956% increase.Over the past 25 years, per-pupil spending has increased 364% (vs. inflation of 141%).Under Gov. Rendell, state spending on K-12 education has increased 43%. K-12 Public Education performance has stagnated:The average combined verbal and math SAT scores of Pennsylvania students has dropped from 1,000 in 1986 to 995 in 2008—even among “high participation rate” states, PA ranks among the worst performing.Rigorous academic studies have found little or no correlation between student achievement and class size, teacher salaries, or per-pupil expenditures.

Great facts pericles.

Yet people don't understand why some of us don't think the government can fix health care?

School systems need to be accountable for the money they've spent in the past before they should be lavished with more unaccountable money in the future.

Education must be outcome based and not established to set the pace of learning at the speed of the slowest learners. Graduating too high a percentage of young adults who lack the competitiveness, skills and personal drive necessary to obtain (and keep) higher paying jobs is helping to kill the American spirit and assisting the march towards socialism.

Continuing to spend more unaccountable money to prepare graduates for jobs which can be simply filled by the increasing masses of uneducated illegal aliens is pure societal suicide.

On a happy note, at least these some of these kids have been taught lots of self esteem and feel good about themselves as they compete for available jobs at the fast food suppliers. Many of them are too slow to realize that they have been used as excuses to throw even more money at an education system that places the financial priority and health of the educators way above the outcomes of those educated.

P.S. It's not the teachers fault ... it's the lack of awareness and lack of civic duty of the voting public who's been asleep at the wheel for way too long.

I know that I will get a lot of negative feedback on this but I was wondering how much all them extra curricular activities cost? You know, football teams, soccer teams, etc.
I am not saying that they are not good things but it seems to me that the schools primary objective is to educate kids. I would think that extra curricular activities could be cut somewhat to reduce spending. Sports do mold children's character but they are not a necessary thing . If sports are a kids thing than there are other alternatives.

Another thing that I was wondering about is how much insurance costs factor into a school budget.