Why split it at all?
If the community, by and through their school board,
does not trust individual school communities
to spend their fair share of decision making power
and resources, in the best interests of their children,
if we are not going to implement site based management,
(which is exactly what the public is demanding,
though they don't know the buzzword)
and assuming that a layer of administration will be
actually eliminated; a debatable assumption;
how does eliminating a layer of administration,
increase the accountability to parents and voters,
of the remaining layers and layers of administration?
It doesn't.
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
If the APS is not going to be split into 163 "districts"
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Could legislation be introduced that allows PED to be the overseeing authority for ALL schools? Individual schools get exactly the same support services from a consolidated state school services division.
This will eliminate the need for individual school administative layers across the state, and consolidate and focus PED.
At that point, each school would seek guidance and support from the Consolidated State School District, but run their own shows. As it should be.
The problem to watch out for is a Good Ole' Bloat in the new central system, so the D6 accountability philosophy would be key.
I read in the Journal today(before I lined my birdcage with it)how Dolores was pushing for the split, MArty opposed it, and PAula wouldn't make a comment on it other than something like (paraohrased from memory)"so how dare anyone say we don't care about kids!".
I think Marty can see the writing on the wall... 2 or 3 small cancers is sometimes less containable and treatable than 1 large cancer like the current APS.
Please explain site based management, because I swear they already call it that and it leaves us parents in the dust.
Some Principals have found ways to leave parents out of budget decisions - and when questioned get defensive and wont answer honestly. Turn to APS Admin. and they raise their hands and say, "we don't tell Principals how to run their school."
So, please explain to me how site based mgt. is a positive thing when there is no one to enforce the process is done with common sense?
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