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		<title>Where is the voice of the parents about budget cuts?</title>
		<link>http://www.lamarthames.com/2009/03/where-is-the-voice-of-the-parents-about-budget-cuts</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:22:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lamar Thames</dc:creator>
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School districts across the state of Florida are wrestling mightily with the tasks of making draconian cuts in their budgets. School Board members are losing sleep, superintendents are visibly depressed and teachers are all on edge, wondering if they will have jobs in the coming months.
 
But what are the parents saying? In one county, at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lamar Thames&#8217; Talk of the Town column</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:34:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lamar Thames</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The worldwide economic crisis is wreaking havoc with families, banking, finance, construction, infrastructure and probably more areas that we can even imagine at this time. As I have said before, I am not sure that all of the changes that may come about because of the financial chaos will be bad. There are benefits to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Talk of the town column</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lamar Thames</dc:creator>
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Uh, oh!
 
Was Monday&#8217;s announcements of massive nationwide layoffs the flash-flood warning of an economic tsunami heading our way? 
School districts across the state are facing large budget cut that will force them to eliminate jobs. Home Depot, Sprint, Caterpillar and Pfizer are among the latest national companies to announce huge job losses. 
I am hearing talk of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lamar Thames&#8217; Talk of the Town column</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:30:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lamar Thames</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[      I am sure that tongues were wagging at water coolers around many schools today, and rightfully so. Cuts are coming. Schools face the prospect of layoffs because of declining enrollments and cutbacks in funding from the state. Several counties have already begun closing underused schools.
      As one superintendent said, &#8220;It may get [...]]]></description>
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