Polk school district to give iPods to some parents
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The Polk County school district is giving away iPods to some parents.
The school district is using the device to reward parents of children with disabilities who fill out a 10-minute online survey. The district wants to know how well it’s connecting with the parents and how to get parents involved in their children’s education.
The district is spending about $350,000 in federal stimulus money for the iPods.
The district has more than 10,000 students with disabilities.
This is just a drop in the bucket, but you can see how out of touch some of our leaders are. ** Free money, they scream, as they run around like chickens with their heads cut off!! Let’s spend it!!** Is it any wonder America is in the shape it’s in??
This is very unfortunate. What will this stimulate? What jobs are possibly going to come about because of this one-time spending galore? The federal government has such a turned around vision on how jobs are sustainably created; current policies are doing nothing except worsening the job climate and diminishing opportunities for individuals. Stimulating unproductive investments hurts the economy, it does not heal it.