North Carolina has not yet passed a state budget, with most schools opening either this week or next. This will certainly have consequences for state workers and for school funding, as well as a number of other essential bureaucratic function.
As you can imagine, the teens are bummed.
For example: Raleigh’s Wake County Public School System suspended its program, according to The News & Reporter, preventing 3,300 students who have already completed the classroom portion of the course from getting behind the wheel for the driving portion.
This is a major setback for teens, who just want to cruise.
“I’m just bummed,” said Koy Holt, 14, a home-schooler interviewed by the News and Observer. “I wanted to get my permit as quickly as I could.”
“It’s like a landmark … for getting older and maturing,” Gretchen Mackie, 14, said (sighed?) while speaking with local TV station WNCN. “It’s a big deal that if I can’t take the class I can’t do those things.”
Others took to Twitter to express their outrage, particularly in response to a tweet by Wake County schools announcing the suspension.
So take heed, North Carolina legislators. I wouldn’t want her mad at me.
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