I would like to comment on what Mr. Cat said about local school boards. What he said does ring some truth. I worked for a school district for 5 years. For those 5 years I worked for the Purchasing Department. I discovered many things about how funds were being spent.
I learned that the district paid for the home security for the districts Superintendent. That every year the Superintendent would host a lavish Christmas party that came out of district funds. Every couple of years the Superintendent would buy new china for the parties, that the district paid for out of funding. Of course these parties were only for the top Administrators in the district and other local "political peoples."
Now, of course there was a budget especially for these purposes but come on! Does the budget need to be that big? Some of that money could have been distributed to other budget funds that were actually for the schools.
Not all funding comes from the federal government and certain federal funding has to be applied for by the districts or they have to qualify. The funding that does come from the government has strict guidelines on how it is to be used. Other than that, the rest comes from local area district taxes.
About a year ago this same district proposed a huge tax increase for area residents. They presented it as providing for a particular project for the schools. Usually the residents vote for these increase, but this time they voted against it becuase they were tired of not seeing the benefits of their tax dollars. Often these "projects" are not carried out the way they were projected to the people.
I learned that the district paid for the home security for the districts Superintendent. That every year the Superintendent would host a lavish Christmas party that came out of district funds. Every couple of years the Superintendent would buy new china for the parties, that the district paid for out of funding. Of course these parties were only for the top Administrators in the district and other local "political peoples."
Now, of course there was a budget especially for these purposes but come on! Does the budget need to be that big? Some of that money could have been distributed to other budget funds that were actually for the schools.
Not all funding comes from the federal government and certain federal funding has to be applied for by the districts or they have to qualify. The funding that does come from the government has strict guidelines on how it is to be used. Other than that, the rest comes from local area district taxes.
About a year ago this same district proposed a huge tax increase for area residents. They presented it as providing for a particular project for the schools. Usually the residents vote for these increase, but this time they voted against it becuase they were tired of not seeing the benefits of their tax dollars. Often these "projects" are not carried out the way they were projected to the people.