Article “SDL board asks more staff cuts” describes School District states that 73% of the budget “goes directly to the schools, not to its central administration” according to Superintendant Pedro Rivera.
WATCHDOG:
That means that 27% is going to central overhead, no small amount. Yet the article states, according to Rivera, “..many administrative positions serve programs for the district’s neediest students, including special-education pupils and English language learners.”
This leaves this dog confused. We would like to know more concerning what the district classifies as “administrative positions” and whether the personnel are in fact teaching or directly interacting with youngsters and families. For example, if some of these people were housed at the schools while performing the same duties would they then cease to be “central overhead?”
School Board decisions and public opinion should not be misled by accounting jargon!
We are not defending the school district, in fact early on NewsLanc exposed the incompetence in the oversight of athletics. Nor have we hesitated to praise its many accomplishments. We will seek clarification.
