Wayne Blanton Quotes

You either believe in local control or you don't. If someone has a problem with starting dates of school they should go before their local school board and press that. - Wayne Blanton

You don't want to be Chicken Little and say, 'The sky is falling,' because right now we're in pretty good shape. - Wayne Blanton

Whether you agree or disagree with his policies, he has provided a lot of emphasis on public schools. Engaging the public in the school debate ... creates a better atmosphere. - Wayne Blanton

When you set that criteria, you will get it. Florida is an attractive state. - Wayne Blanton

We'll face a critical shortage in the next couple of years if we don't do anything. We thought housing prices would have cooled by now, but they haven't. And that's bad news. - Wayne Blanton

We'd rather use that money for teacher salaries and bonuses, but philosophically I know where that's going. - Wayne Blanton

We think we're going to get it fixed legislatively. It has always been our policy that we'd rather legislate than litigate. - Wayne Blanton

We met with Senate and House leaders, and they felt they could cure it during the session. I'm very confident [schools] will be able to use co-teaching. - Wayne Blanton

We have tremendous concerns in three areas: transportation, because of rising fuel costs; utilities, because of rising fuel costs; and increases in health care costs. We could have given teachers a 7 percent pay raise instead of taking those things away. We could have hired more of those teachers at a higher salary. - Wayne Blanton

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