cutting bureaucratic bloat is not as dramatic
I have a plant in a large district's Admin. The staff hired for busy work, or complying with stupid state regs, is astonishing.
One tiny example, unimportant is isolation, but illustrative of the layers of sludge that accumulate and are choking:
Any incident that might be considered racial in origin requires reporting, then a string of legislatively prescribed actions. No thought that perhaps this is feeding grievance groups and delivering results contrary to intent. And, in fact, the racial tensions bubbling are frightening. Interesting that there's little violence against gray meat; they're apparently considered not worth the trouble in a heavily "minority" district.
This state has laws assuring a best education for every student. There are some, probably ineducable, assigned their own au pair. Unsatisfied parents are encouraged to sue, on the state's dime, if they have a beef.
The was a case recently where parents kept their little creep truant for some consecutive months. They sued. In defending, the state imported two specialists from the other corner of the USA for a trial lasting almost three weeks. The state prevailed and the suckers footing the entire bill remain unaware, and elect boobs always demanding more.
Firing a lousy teacher is almost impossible. Great care is taken documenting rejections, including for reasons of prior sexual convictions. Good people, trying to do their jobs, try to build an airtight case to defend against the inevitable lawsuits.
Legislated and bureaucratic administration is inimical to decent results. The state needs to be largely run out of North America, tarred, feathered, and on a rail. Government involvement in schooling would be limited to handing out vouchers if we had a sane world.
We don't. |
