Index of SPPS Budget Discussion http://www.e-democracy.org/stpaul/spps-posts.html _________________________________________ Tim says: "Does anyone really believe that over 60 principles can report to the superintendent directly and get the attention that they need?"
My answer is yes they can. Do you suppose that these 60 principals are bombarding the office of the Superintendant with simultaneous daily calls? Principals are analagous to ships captains. They have their orders (requirements set by the district), and their job is to impliment them. In the same way, Navy Admirals are "responsible" for many hundreds of ships Captains and tens of thousands of other officers and sailors....indirectly responsible, just like the Superintendant's indirect responsibilities. Do you suppose that the Superintendant and her own staff are unable to provide unscheduled direction from time to time? The district says: "Area Superintendents of A, B, and C are each responsible for approximately 15,000 students and one-third of the school district's schools." Eh, so what are the principals, vice-principals and all of those dozens of on-site councilors doing all day? It's really easy to toss out a seemingly large number (1500 WOW!) and say that they are "responsible" for that many kids. OK fine, just what do those day to day responsibilities entail? How much time, every day, do area A,B and C superintendants spend with the kids that they are "responsible" for? You say you are dissapointed by folks who disapprove of the area sup's because they don't understand what they do..fine ENLIGHTEN us! Just what the heck DO they do all day? Personally, I'm a little dissapointed by folks who want to sweep tough questions under the rug. And let's not forget that I have directly challenged the district's specious and unfounded justification for the costs of these Superintendants. I'm saying flat out their explaination isn't true. So be before we head off into the comfortably amorphous discussion zone of ancedotal personal experiences, let's have some facts and some answers from the district representatives who've introduced themselves to the forum. This discussion was prompted by the district 625's seemingly endless financial problems. I've highlighted several millions of dollars of spending that has little to no direct effect on academics, and pointed out that until the district tackles competitive teacher compensation these problems will not be solved. If we are not going to get any feedback from the district what's the purpose of this excersize? Tom Swift Cherokee Park __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Get better spam protection with Yahoo! Mail. http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools _____________________________________________ SPPS Budget Reduction Forum - Feb. 23-27 Co-Sponsored By NEAT: http://www.stpaulneat.org/ _____________________________________________ NEW ADDRESS FOR LIST: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul Archive Address: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/
