I almost, but not quite, feel badly for the District 150 School Board. They keep on having to pay penalties for one really bad mistake over and over again. The Board failed to inform the public before going forward with their plans to erect a school in Glen Oak Park. Polly is part of an itty bitty minority who thinks a school in that decaying locale was a good idea, but I recoginize The Board's decision to act on the sly and not even attempt to get the public's blessing was stupid, arrogant, and unforgivable.
As usual, it isn't the players who pay, but the tax payers. The proposed school is a dead deal, at least at that locale. So what to do with the $877,500 worth of property The Board purchased and can't use? Pay fines of course! Better yet, spend a lot more money they don't have and tear the sucker down! One of the now vacant homes owned by District 150 has code violations. The house needs a new roof and the garage needs new paint.
The School Board still hasn't learned its lesson. Apparently they hold out hope that they will get their school just the way they want it, where they want it... in the park. How can we tell? Instead of making the necessary repairs and selling off the properties, it appears that The Board is going to pay for demolition instead.
What's that cliche again? Something like, "Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach. AND THOSE THAT LEAD NEVER FRIGGIN' LEARN"
If your mind is too open, your brain will fall out. Warning: Names, identities, descriptions, and pictures have been changed and/or used to protect the innocent as well as the guilty. PollyPeoria should not be used or quoted as a source for your senior college thesis.
Thursday, March 1
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4 comments:
Hinton finally "showed his hand." He does manage to get his own way, doesn't he? He makes these decisions, announces them publicly, and then the BOE has to quickly affirm them with a public vote to avoid embarrassment. They better figure out how to get this Superintendent under control (if that is possible) or replace him, before something happens that does more than embarrass the BOE.
Too bad they couldn't use some of that $877,500 to overhaul the swim lockerrooms at Richwoods HS. What a pit! The idea of our kids breathing in that mold-infested air makes my stomach turn. No, now instead they will be using it to paint the exterior of some delapidated house on Prospect. Go figure...
Hey, Dist. 150 has millions to burn, what are you talking about? In fact, I heard they light there cigars with dollar bills.
This board and its "Super" are destorying this district. All children can leawrn, but they are not. Scores continue to go down the tube. Can't someone take a lesson from Whittier School Principal and do something. They are now thinking about saving money by having kids go to school at different times. This of course has parents in a quandry because they could have students in three different schools, having different starting times and having jobs that will not allow them to come to work an hour late everyday.
Of course the school says it will save money. What about the parents? But bigger then that will high school students be responsible to getting their younger sibling to school, and God Forbade, deciding not to go to school, in essence having the school lose money because of the head count.
Of course this School Board has given no thought to the "what ifs".
What if they save money by not paying their attorney over $400,000 a year and hire an in house person for far less. That will save as much as changing the times for schools.
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