School board looks for money-saving ideas
District 51 school board members brainstormed ideas for saving money, expanding alternative options and revamping social studies Thursday evening during a three-hour retreat at the…
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COMMENTS
Commenting is not available in this channel entry.“Our kids don’t know nothing when it comes to government” “Bring experts in though not certified to teach subject matter”? This is a board member leading our district? Sounds like he needs an English class and as soon as he gets those so-called experts to come off the street and help run his restaurants then they will have the experience to step into a classroom eh?
It is a little late to begin the 4 day week now and save a million bucks and it probably isn’t a real good idea to have some “expert” board member dictating curriculum!
Are we going to continue emphasizing testing when the bottom line is the results of testing change each year with the change in kids taking the tests. It has been that way for the last 20 years and will be that way for the next 20 years! Move on.
“Our kids don’t know nothing… ”
Seriously? Perhaps we need a remedial grammar class at our next Board retreat… that would be “awesome”