Teachers have to go through so much just to get certifications and are now vilified more than ever. Its a thankless job that's never gotten enough credit (and pay) it deserves.

The teachers work way too hard and deal with way too much much for the pay they get. They teach the children of what is going to be our future leaders and I want them to have the best possible education.

I'm a teacher. And Missouri's retirement system takes 14.5% off the top without permission. We work hard but we are hardly left with a living wage.

In 1989 the min teacher's salary for the state of MO was 18,000. Using an inflation calculator it would be approximately 43,500 today. Many teachers work 2nd or Summer jobs to supplement their salaries.

Is this question really needing to be asked? Really ? This is what society is reduced to? Paying football and baseball and a host of other sports players HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS PER GAME OF 3 OR 4 HOURS duration all the while paying first responders and K thru 12 educators pennies... Really?

I do not support the consolidation of high schools in Redmond, and closing of RHS until work can be done to make it to the NEW District Office

We need more schools and less bar&grills and breweries. Closing that school will only create hardships in the other schools.

Backed by voters through a $110 million bond package passed in 2008 to build new schools, principally to alleviate overcrowding at RHS. Ridgeview was built in 2012 to accommodate 1,400 students. There is currently nearly 1,700 students between the two schools. So bring back the overcrowding?

You don't want to spend the money to repair the leaky pipes and remove the asbestos but you'll spend the money to convert it to office space for the city?