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Things aren’t looking good for teachers and other school employees. Legislators and county commissioners seem set on not raising taxes. If it means cuts of this magnitude should they rethink that stance?

With graduation right around the corner who would you choose to give the commencement speech and why would you choose that person?

If you're a parent of a high school student tell us at what high school.

How much should the school system spend to find out what, if anything, is making students and staff sick at Oak Ridge Elementary?

If the health department investigation turns up nothing, will anyone believe it?

Here are some of the stories.

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With all that's going on with education in our state and here in Guilford County you can expect to get lots of live updates on all the comings and goings.

And we'll have plenty of discussions continued here at The Chalkboard.

I'm curious if there are teachers out there who would like to share who these budget cuts are affecting them.

Or if you own a business that sees a lot of teachers and school system employees how is impacting you?

So what does everyone think about yesterday's announcements concerning Northern?

GCS officials say this idea to create more school receiving federal funding through the Title I program should be skipped.

Read here to see the specifics.

GCS announced yesterday they're making more job cuts bringing the total to about 375. They've got about 200 jobs that need to be filled so the net loss could end up being about 100 or so jobs. Probably more when you consider some folks won't qualify or want those vacant jobs.
Mark Jewell, local president of the educators union, says he thinks the system is doing the best it can to find jobs for those being laid off.
If you're one of these folks and feel comfortable sharing your experience please do.

I'm curious. Gov. Bev Perdue had a lot of backing from school folks, including the NCAE — the teachers union. Those same folks are holding a rally this week to protest Perdue's cuts to schools.
Some will argue the governor is doing the best she can with the situation at hand. Others, however, now including some who voted for her, would say she ain't.
My question is do you think she has a snowball's chance in Hades of getting reelected?

What does everyone think about this latest decision by Gov. Perdue?