School cuts need to be fair
The school system is cutting even more from its budget. And Superintendent Rudy Crew warned there may be more trims, including administrative bonuses.
Say what? Does he mean adminsitrators are still getting bonuses while the kids are suffering in the classroom? And believe you me, the students and teachers are feeling the pinch.
Several teachers have e-mailed me with suggestions, some of which are very interesting:
1) Adjust the thermostats in the schools. Classrooms are freezing -- a fact I've confirmed with my children and with my own visits -- and the temperature should be set at a cost-saving 78 degrees.
2) Regional superintendents and other big cheeses are issued SUVs. Why not give them Civics or Priuses instead?
3) Have Crew forego his hefty bonuses, some of which are more than what a beginning teacher makes.
Are these doable?
Say what? Does he mean adminsitrators are still getting bonuses while the kids are suffering in the classroom? And believe you me, the students and teachers are feeling the pinch.
Several teachers have e-mailed me with suggestions, some of which are very interesting:
1) Adjust the thermostats in the schools. Classrooms are freezing -- a fact I've confirmed with my children and with my own visits -- and the temperature should be set at a cost-saving 78 degrees.
2) Regional superintendents and other big cheeses are issued SUVs. Why not give them Civics or Priuses instead?
3) Have Crew forego his hefty bonuses, some of which are more than what a beginning teacher makes.
Are these doable?
posted by Ana Veciana-Suarez at 8:37 AM
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Ana, I think that they have lost sight of what the real MISSION is -- to educate our youth. They should make ALL the cuts in the ADMINISTRATIVE areas -- beginning with the SUV's and all other silly perks they give themselves.
Go to the District or Regional offices and count heads. These are supposed to be SUPPORT personnel -- then each school also has SUPPORT personnel. I suggest that they downsize at the Regional and District offices -- secretaries, clerks, administrative assistants and all the layers of assistant superintendents. These are not where the MISSION is accomplished.
The teachers and the school settings should be getting the BULK of the money. They don't because it has to go through the layers of beaurocrats that prefer to line their own nests and build on their own empires.
I say DOWNSIZE the administrative empires and invest in EDUCATION.
Also, remind the school board that the voters are watching and taking notes. This is NOT a threat -- it is a promise!
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