
Larry T. Spider
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Worth it to check both for cost and estimated wait time. Takes about 30 seconds and there can be a big difference on both cost and wait. Main problem I’m having right now is that uber is flat out bullshitting on their wait time estimate unless I’m DT.
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What the fuck is wrong with you, Austin?
Larry T. Spider replied to crash_davis's topic in Daily Texan
My viewpoint on homelessness in Austin has become a bit cynical. First, these people are transient by nature so they are naturally going to gravitate to the areas offering more services. I’m all for spending more money on homelessness but it has to be on a state or national level. One city trying to do more than their neighbors will get a never ending supply of new people and there will never be enough money. Second, until we have properly funded mental health institutions that include drug rehabilitation, the most at risk population will stay on the streets. There also needs to be a compulsory part when people get to a certain point. I am highly sensitive to civil liberties concerns, but cycling people in and out of jail every 24 hours is no better. We need a plan for the most severe cases first. Third, where’s the MFing train lines that people voted for? If people are paying ungodly money for something that is being significantly scaled back and delayed, work on that first. -
What the fuck is wrong with you, Austin?
Larry T. Spider replied to crash_davis's topic in Daily Texan
Not sure how it is taxed but there is a ton of oil out there. -
What the fuck is wrong with you, Austin?
Larry T. Spider replied to crash_davis's topic in Daily Texan
What year was this? It was being discussed by leadership in 2021 when we were so desperate for teachers. Most of their potential candidates would have to drive by 20 schools on their commute to an AISD school. Combine that with most suburban kids being easier to teach and the funding being better - it was a tough sell to come to AISD. -
What the fuck is wrong with you, Austin?
Larry T. Spider replied to crash_davis's topic in Daily Texan
With the looming budget shortfall, my partial solution has always been to close campuses, consolidate, and sell the real estate. It causes problems in various communities, transportation, and a host of other issues. It can also lead to further enrollment decline, which turbofucks the recapture calculations. However, you can get a one time cash infusion, reduce overhead, and stop maintaining some of the expensive old buildings. You also get kids into the bigger schools with more specialized services. Every time you close a school, you save the cost of principal, AP, music teacher, art teacher, PE teacher, cafeteria workers, custodians, librarian, and office staff. You don’t have to lay these people off, there are so many openings each year that can absorb them. -
What the fuck is wrong with you, Austin?
Larry T. Spider replied to crash_davis's topic in Daily Texan
Haven’t verified the accuracy of this, but it underscores the problems in trying to run two different districts at the same time. -
Do you even bonanza for America, bro?
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What the fuck is wrong with you, Austin?
Larry T. Spider replied to crash_davis's topic in Daily Texan
I’m pretty sure you missed the part of the conversation where we were throwing out scenarios where the lege steps in to fix recapture. Of course all the options are outlandish. I guess the use of “long shots” wasn’t sufficient. 🙄 -
What the fuck is wrong with you, Austin?
Larry T. Spider replied to crash_davis's topic in Daily Texan
Houston ISD didn’t even have a recapture payment in 2023-24. Austin ISD paid over $ 11,000 per student. These situations are nowhere near the same. -
What the fuck is wrong with you, Austin?
Larry T. Spider replied to crash_davis's topic in Daily Texan
HISD isn’t in nearly the same situation as far as recapture, especially on a per student basis. The optics of republicans saving AISD is also different. -
What the fuck is wrong with you, Austin?
Larry T. Spider replied to crash_davis's topic in Daily Texan
The difficult issue for AISD is that they have to sell their schools as a good place to send your kids or else they lose enrollment. That makes the recapture situation even worse. However that masks a ton of problems that people should know about. Stuff like basic building repair. At my last school it rained inside when it rained outside and the kids were trained on where to put the trash cans. Not sure if the video will work. IMG_8107.mov -
What the fuck is wrong with you, Austin?
Larry T. Spider replied to crash_davis's topic in Daily Texan
I actually think option 2 has a chance. Of course it involves a bunch of other bad shit happening first and probably would take 5-10 years to actually come to fruition. -
What the fuck is wrong with you, Austin?
Larry T. Spider replied to crash_davis's topic in Daily Texan
There are only two real chances at fixing the recapture issue and both are long shots. One is republican donors fighting for it. There are actually quite a few prominent ones in west Austin and westlake that send their kids to public schools. At least for elementary in AISD. Obviously an uphill battle fighting the “suck it libtards” crowd from the rest of the state. The more likely scenario is the state taking over AISD, placing somebody Republican friendly in charge, then listening to them when they figure out how bad the funding situation is. They then get to look like they saved AISD. -
What the fuck is wrong with you, Austin?
Larry T. Spider replied to crash_davis's topic in Daily Texan
I took a great education statistics class in grad school. You give me the demographics of a school and I can give you the test scores. There are some outliers, but very few. Larger the school, the more the correlation holds true.
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