Cincinnati Public Schools plans to lay off 99 teachers for the next school year as well as some psychologists and social workers.
Obviously, some teachers needed to go as the school district is losing students year after year. The one thing of interest to me is this. How come no administrators or principals lost their jobs? This is the main reason I cannot stand the government provided services. I went to a high school that had five, count 'em 5, principals. After about 20 teachers lost their jobs in that high school you know how many principals remained? If you guessed five you would be correct.
When it's all said and done, teacher to student is what education is all about. Everyone else is an add on as far as I'm concerned. But this is what school districts do to blackmail a community into passing levies.
Pete Bronson has a piece about Milford City Schools and their hostile relationship with the community they are supposed to serve.
In their case, despite a 1.8 million dollar surplus the school forced athletes and bands to pay $175 to $250 when the district rejected it's last levy. When parent groups offered to set up a fund raising group to cover the expense, the school district rejected the proposal.
I'm glad everyone remembered that it's all for the kids.
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