Now Playing: Schools
Topic: Round Rock
I just received a copy of the new (to me, anyway) Austin Monthly. It has a list of the top 10 public high schools in the Austin Area. Three of the four Round Rock schools made the list. The one that didn't is a fairly new school that is perhaps not yet up to snuff.

My husband is a middle school teacher, so I get quite a bit of info on the inner workings of his school. Frankly, from what I've heard, I'm surprised any of them are providing any sort of education at all.

We have a severe overcrowding problem in most, if not all, of the schools in Round Rock. A bond issue to build more schools was defeated at the polls this Spring. Why? The (now lame duck) administrator put together a package of proposed buildings that was a bit more luxurious than the voters thought we needed. It was certainly more than I thought we needed! What we need is schools. Buildings, desks, cafeterias--what we don't need is landscaping and other frills that the administrator proposed. He would not allow the proposal to be trimmed down, so the voters did it for him. Cedar Valley Middle school, where Husband teaches, has approximately 1300 students, and was built to hold 800. Lunch starts at 10:40 AM, and is still being served at 1:30 PM. Each grade level is on a different schedule, which means that they can no longer use the bells, so everyone has to keep track of the time on their own. Husband's largest class last year had 38 students.

I have an idea to raise money for new schools: let's bring in a dunking booth and put that administrator in the hot seat!

Every teacher in town would pay good money to throw those balls, and so would I!