[BushCountry]

I absolutely do NOT agree that public schools are extremely "corrupt." How are they corrupt?

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By asking this question you truly don't understand the administrative monster that is your school system. I will put my reply in the form of questions.

Do you believe that when a new school goes up in your district that the contractor was lowest bidder and most qualified?

Do you believe that items purchased (computers, software, supplies, air conditioners, etc...) by your school system are the the best deal and that administrators provided a fair opportunity for others to bid against their established suppliers?

Do you believe that either these suppliers or contractors mentioned above don't have political connections?

Do you believe that there is not a 'Good Ole Boy' hiring network in you school system that skirts the law?

Do you believe that when a teacher with internal school system political connections nears retirement, he does not recieve a cushy job?

Do you believe that no jobs are handed out due to national or local politics?

Do you believe that no external contracts (e.g. new teacher learning centers that are utterly useless) are handed out due to national or local politics?

If you answer yes to any of the questions above it would behoove you to open your eyes. The school systems across America reap with corruption. They tolerate business practices that are criminal.

[NittanyLion]

Do you have any firsthand experience with school systems? Instead of posing these questions and expecting others to answer them, post your evidence.

[Osage Orange]

You wrote:

"The school systems across America reap with corruption."

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They reap...while I sow.

They also reek..!! hehehe..

Best FRegards,

[ladylib]

And little nickel and dime stuff, such as in my brother's school, where $10,000 was alloted for some new books for the ESL Department.

The teachers couldn't get the books they needed and were promised because that $10,000 (a paltry sum I admit as far as public school expenditures go, but it adds up) went missing and nobody knew where it went, and as far as I know, nobody bothered to investigate where it went.

I'm sure this goes on all the time -- nickel and dime stuff that adds up.