School Board Goes Too !!

The common theme is realization people is that city council and the school board work part-time. They are like most people, they try to minimize their cycles, the inconvenience. They want to avoid headaches, time spent on making decisions, evaluating alternatives. Why do you think the council grabbed the Kettering city manager to plug and play in the 'interim' position before he found his friend a job now city manager? Why do you think the Board drops $122,000. or 9500/monthly on a double dipper? Because its the easy way out, doesn't take much time, can reduce cycle time; "hey, I don't get paid for this anyway, or I get $5,000.00 annually on council, and make .60/cents and hr. The pts made are logical and prudent, but council and the Board doesn't operate that way. Hell, the city has dropped how much- $50Kk plus with consultancies helping brand property out by the interstate! There's no need for branding, Neyer is running that, the city has been, and always will be, a follower. So there's $50Kk wasted, that could be used to have a pool open. That's the real issue: these people want the short cut, to reduce their cycles. So, lets drop nearly $10Kk monthly, to hire a former super. Really a waste and so much overhead in state school systems gone amuck, its nauseating to me, about the only entity in the country that hasn't gotten downsized and reengineered. That, and of course, city hall. And to hear councuil members suggest: city has cut to the bone! How clueless these leaders are, and we don't hold them accountable.   

Your right, here comes an emergency tax levy. 

 

I can see it now.  In 2011, the schools will be in such a financial dilemma that they will announce to cut out the bussing, eliminate sports - especially football, toss out several teachers - heck, the icing on the cake is a few sacrificial lambs.  That's the ticket to reach the tender hearted voters and those parents that both work.  How’s my child going to get to school ? 

 

The school board executive session will create their 2011 mission statement - "Intimidation to financialization"   

 

Its the same approach every time.  We will begin to see the $200 painted plywood signs around town telling voters to vote "YES" for issue "#4.  Once the issue is passed, back to work to abuse the authority, mis-direct funding and over spend.   WOW, the pressure is off for 2-3 years !

 

What the heck, why not follow Madison School Boards lead and take a trip to Las Vegas to have a board meeting.  OOPS, I’m thinking that our city council also had such a benchmarking expedition.

 

Have you ever seen the movie "Ground Hog Day" ? 

However, imo, even with the best new super in the country it will be impossible to turn things around to the degree most of us wish until the city lowers section 8 dramatically.  It is too huge of a drag on the schools to overcome.  It's just like in any manufacturing business, the quality of the finished product is directly the result of the raw materials put in.  With 70% free and reduced lunch kids your scores aren't going to be even close with any districts in Butler or Warrren counties.  It's just a fact.

kasson: Middletown had no legal challenge to Franklin in the Ohio Supreme Court. It would have continued a pattern of wasteful expenditures. As for the development costs, that has no impact upon Franklin's right to the tax benefits. The Ohio Supreme Ct would not have overturned the decision, just as anyone who knows the law and read the statutes (and precendant) knew the appeal would fail, except Ms. Andrews and Co. apparently. The building of the schools was simply "build it, they will come." They forgot you have to have solid scores before "they come" in open enrollment. MCSD finally fell on its sword, all the false rhetoric about "excellence" never materialized, and it won't.

Looks as if Price was passed over for the Newark super.  Also, the Newark Advocate published the preliminary OAT results for Middletown. Leave it to an out of town paper to beat the Middletown Journal to local news!!!