And usually, the school is in some alternate universe where spanking students is still acceptable.
I assume that you’ll be willing to vote for the sort of tax hikes that can pay for all of those things?
Everyone values education and public schools in the abstract, and everyone seems to know what “they” need to do to fix them. The problem is that many of the fixes cost money, and plenty of the same experts who what needs to be done are also the first to complain when tax hikes or bond issues or whatever are proposed in order to actually make some changes.
The school district in York, Pennsylvania, which happens to be near where I grew up, was put into receivership during Christmas break. This means a state-appointed receiver will assume almost all the functions that the school board would normally have. The plan is to convert all of the schools to charter schools as soon as possible.
Not trying to say this applies to every case, but in this case, if you’re wondering why the state would approve such a thing, I believe the answer is follow the money.
Think about this: School boards are volunteers and what we see often is people running a multimillion dollar district with thousands of employees yet they themselves work a menial job making $30,000 a year and renting an apartment.
But the people who do have experience with that kind of money and experience running a large business either dont run or dont get elected.
So often the state does much better.
all this shows is that tying a significant portion of school funding to property taxes is dumb.
Yet, some school districts make off like bandits in the game.
Consider a district with lots of warehouses, business office, or factories which pay loads of property taxes yet has few residents. That district gets loads of money and few kids to need to spend it on.
I… I… I think we’re agreeing here…