Here's the big question: How many of you vote in your school board elections? I live in a city of 56,000 people and only 1200 vote. Tells you something...people don't value education. I'm sure more affluent communities have a better turn out but lets face it, my city is the majority. These people that serve on the board of education are just voted in and some have no qualifications to make decisions on education and how to SPEND YOUR MONEY. These board members give kickbacks to there friends, spend on elaborate dinners and trips to other cities for "seminars". Taxpayers have no clue how much money is being spent in their public schools because as long as their kid is doing well, who cares? Don't worry about the war in the mid east, worry about what's going on in your public schools because the waste is outrageous and that waste is your money going bye bye.