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On Mon, 4 Oct 2010 15:56:47 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
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The school board executives are always going to be teachers who have
come up through the system.

Really? Always? Perhaps not.

http://www.mnmsba.org/Public/Publica...cationsID=2287



I am talking about the salaried administrators, not the elected school
board members.
School boards themselves are just political hacks.
It is the most powerful position a nobody can be elected into and it
is not really that hard to do. Most people do not have a clue who they
are voting for or why.


Unfortunately the vertical integration caused by the fact that you
can't go very far in the education department without being a teacher
assures we have people running it with absolutely zero management
experience.

? So, how would you structure a $multi-billion system? You have to use
someone?

To start with they should divest everything that is not actually
teaching in the classroom. Get a bus company to run the busses, get a
real estate maintenance company to take care of the physical plant and
get a food service company to run the food. Even our boated military
does that.

Many school districts do just that. Many don't. This is a local issue,
unless you're advocating Federal control.


I have never heard of one that had anything but a totally integrated
school board operation.
I suppose it is possible but I just have not seen it in DC, Maryland
or Florida.


It is very easy in my school district, you can just look at the bio of
all of the salaried administration. What county are you in, I am sure
it is online. These folks like any opportunity to show off their
diplomas and "classroom
cred"

Some are, some aren't former teachers. Again, I don't see your point. They
were elected. You don't believe the elections were fair?

http://www.placercoe.k12.ca.us/Gover...Education.aspx



You missed "salaried administrators" I guess.

So, schools that are underfunded are out of luck I suppose. You're going
to
take the budget responsibilities away from the local officials and give
it
to who?


If they can't afford to hire out these services to someone who can do
it cheaper, how can they possibly afford to be operating the
department themselves at a higher cost?

Huh? Maybe there is nothing cheaper? I don't see any citations that show
this is a problem.

Have you ever actually looked at your school board's budget? I haven't
done it for a whole but a while ago I spent several days going over
it, just seeing where the money was going. They pay outrageous prices
for things and people like bus mechanics that would be making $15-20
an hour in the private sector (at that time) were making $40.



In the case of the government doing mundane things, that is usually
the best solution.

Like what? What do you consider mundane?

Busses, food, building maintenance, things that there are lots of
people doing in the private sector for half the money.

Well, point us to the administrators? Who the heck are you talking about??

If you're so upset, why don't you run for the SB office? You can claim
you're not just a political hack.