School Board Budget Busters

(Guest post by Karen Gray)

Ironically, one of tonight's agenda items is to hire a retired
administrator to come back for $770 a day for 52 days ($40,000) as a
consultant, doing many of her previous duties — duties that other
employees are qualified to do, admitted CCSD staffers.

As one might expect, this isn't sitting well with many of the teachers
and support staff trying to ink-out a meager raise from the district.

It was obvious from the get-go that the board wasn't getting four
votes to approve this contract—the number needed to pass. Only three trustees supported the contract. So, as so often happens, trustees belabored the discussions, delaying a vote until someone caved.

Read more of her comments at the Parent's Sounding Board.