Thread started: Sep 29 2007, 12:00 AM EDT
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Intuitively we want the schools to look nice and also to be safe. However it is not old building materials, cracked flooring and bad ventalation systems that make our schools unsafe. It does not matter how much money you spend fixing buildings (and I have been in the administration building...you don't need a new one) and installing electronic gadgetry you are only temporarily masking the underlying problems. It is the human component that is missing, especially at the middle schools and the high school that make our schools unsafe and unsightly. It is easy to find consultants to point out structual deficits and the need for renovation, but this is not what makes a better school. You can dress a donkey in a $2000 tuxedo but it will forever be a donkey. It's not the tuxedo! We need fresh horses
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RE: Fresh Horses
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Oct 1 2007, 12:19 AM EDT
You must be somewhat new to the area or perhaps you are not aware of how many people working in the district are second and third generation residents or just how many employees are related to each other by marrige or blood. Any and all administrators, which includes principals can and do get thier spouses and children hired even when a more qualified candidate has applied. Because of this it has almost impossible for the district to police itself. For this is the reason many of the people you would just naturally assume would be fired, like Jesse Briones or Linda Boggs (both arrested for DUI's) continue to work for the school district. Quite commically Linda Boggs was promoted after her arrest. The school district as it is presently staffed is more like a family business than a public entity, and staff gatherings are like family reunions. Unfortunately unlike a mom and pop store that would collapse under such incompotence but the school district will always be funded with tax revenues. It would be nice to see a drastic change in policy but it wont happen with Carter, because he knows families keep secrets.
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