Posted on 05/22/2011 11:24:06 AM PDT by ForGod'sSake
I agree. Having worked closely w/ a school district here in Bexar county, there is indeed many areas where districts could cut w/o much impact in the classroom. In this county, which is mostly San Antonio, there are 13 independent school districts, each w/ a six figure head. Make a Consolidated School District! Save 1.3 million+!
In at least one district’s support staff there are electricians, carpenters, pavement patching, grounds keepers, masons, plumbers, HVAC, etc., All w/ their own dedicated equipment/vehicles, getting paid by the District and bought into the Texas Teacher’s Retirement Fund. I believe this is repeated in 11 of the remaining districts.
The overhead is staggering in personnel cost alone, not to mention equipment upkeep/ and replacement! Outsource all that stuff and save money!
I could go on and on...but Tommy Lee Jones is on his commercial and I have to shut the TV off.
I grew up just outside of Houston, and we always referred to the state capital as “Austin and Gomorrah”.......not that it was easier or quicker to say, but it go the message across.
And UT was always puzzled why our local boys preferred to recruit to College Station rather than Austin.....we liked our boys to turn out as real men, and not liberal puppets.
“Austin, Texas AKA Babylon on the Brazos”
“Now that there’s funny, I don’t care who ya are!”
Another moniker is “the environmental capital of the Western Hemisphere.”
Apparently Texas is not immune to the destructive forces affecting urban areas. Maybe we can create some catchment basins around the urban cesspools by building berms to catch any accidents from spilling over into the countryside.
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