Arnold Schwarzenegger Watch: More Money for California Schools

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger answers questions during a news conference at Gompers Middle School in San Diego, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2005. Schwarzenegger announced plans to allocate an additional $3 billion for California schools.

Yahoo News and the SanDiegoChannel.com have Governor Visits San Diego School.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was in San Diego Tuesday to mark the opening of Gompers Middle School, which was converted into a charter school after years of failing to meet standards for academic achievement.

“This was a struggling school,” Schwarzenegger said. “Test scores were down. Students were falling years behind their grade level. But the people here didn’t give up on the kids.”

“They wouldn’t accept the status quo,” Schwarzenegger said. “They fought for this charter, walking door to door to gather petitions and taking their case to the school board. They put students first and let everyone know that failure is not an option.”

Flap supposes Charter Schools are better than the bureaucratically run plain vanilla public system, like most of the Los Angeles Unified School District which started class today.

Vouchers are better but try to get around the California Teachers Association…. well ask the Governor.

Schwarzenegger also took the opportunity to discuss the $3 billion extra he said the state has budgeted for education this year.

“My education budget for this year provides funding for new initiatives designed to support students and recognize excellent teachers,” Schwarzenegger said.

Great….. more money for a failed public school system.

How do you spell DOWN A RAT HOLE?

Who is running the Governor’s media campaign?

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