A one room Nebraska schoolhouse
Local School Districts
The single biggest consumer of our property tax dollars are local school districts.
Roughly 50% of property taxes go to schools.
And... when someone gets a traffic ticket, the fines often go to the local school district.
And... when someone gets a traffic ticket, the fines often go to the local school district.
And... State and Federal funds are funneled into local school districts.
And...schools are constantly doing fundraisers; often without explaining the exact goal of the $$$.
And... some local School Superintendents draw a higher salary than their State's Governor,
And... some local School Superintendents draw a higher salary than their State's Governor,
even with Titanic drop-out rates.
How is that?
Again, schools are largely funded through property taxes. Several government entities are responsible for funding local school districts. School boards submit budgets to county governments, and virtually without opposition, the county government sets property tax rates to accommodate school budgets. Having worked for a county government, I've seen the process.
Here is my idea to make schools more parent/taxpayer-responsive;
add another elected official to our local school systems - an elected School Auditor.
The School Auditor would be elected by the voters and could not be removed by any school administrator or by any vote of the school board.
How is that?
Again, schools are largely funded through property taxes. Several government entities are responsible for funding local school districts. School boards submit budgets to county governments, and virtually without opposition, the county government sets property tax rates to accommodate school budgets. Having worked for a county government, I've seen the process.
Here is my idea to make schools more parent/taxpayer-responsive;
add another elected official to our local school systems - an elected School Auditor.
The School Auditor would be elected by the voters and could not be removed by any school administrator or by any vote of the school board.
The Auditor's job would be - to be the eyes and ears of the parents, voters and taxpayers when school administrators try to operate off-the-radar.
Too many school board members are sold out to school administrators and have become minions to an education system that sees children as their future social warriors and sex toys.
Too many school board members are sold out to school administrators and have become minions to an education system that sees children as their future social warriors and sex toys.
The Auditor would have a clerical assistant and yet, their salaries would be fully earned through
the money saved through their whistle-blowing. The Clerical Assistant would not be accountable to school administration but take directives only from the Auditor.
The auditor would have the right and responsibility to:
* have access to every piece of paper and email generated within the school.
* monitor classes for curriculum and behavior, solely at the will of the Auditor.
* privately survey students if they are being told to keep anything secret from their parents.
* create a private means of contact (email) between the auditor and the students and
parents, monitored by local police.
* have a reserved, secure website, independent from any school website,
The auditor would have the right and responsibility to:
* have access to every piece of paper and email generated within the school.
* monitor classes for curriculum and behavior, solely at the will of the Auditor.
* privately survey students if they are being told to keep anything secret from their parents.
* create a private means of contact (email) between the auditor and the students and
parents, monitored by local police.
* have a reserved, secure website, independent from any school website,
or school administration oversight, to publish findings for public review,
without any consent from the school board or school administration.
(to create a balance of power within our education system)
* attend any meeting, including meetings that concerns any student or teacher or vendor,
to assure policies are being adhered to.
* check school dumpsters to see how much good stuff is being discarded.
* review all financial documents to look for waste, fraud or extravagance,
and make public recommendations at budget hearings, to what the school budget
should be, versus what is being requested by school administration.
* attend any meeting, including meetings that concerns any student or teacher or vendor,
to assure policies are being adhered to.
* check school dumpsters to see how much good stuff is being discarded.
* review all financial documents to look for waste, fraud or extravagance,
and make public recommendations at budget hearings, to what the school budget
should be, versus what is being requested by school administration.
* hold a voting position on the School Board.
* be a key player in 'internal affairs' when an adult harms a child and the school tries to cover it up.
People who work with children and other vulnerable people should not have the same right to
'employment privacy' as employees in other fields of work. Parents of students have
a right to know why a teacher or administrator was removed from duty.
* create a public file of all salaries in that school district, plus the $$$ value of benefits'.
(There are local superintendents with higher salaries than their State's Governor.)
* have a reserved speaking time at every meeting, with a legally-mandated time allotment.
* report to the public, a sampling of books in the library and the classroom that locals
might find offensive.
* have the right to call police about a safety or security issue without notifying
school administration first.
(There are local superintendents with higher salaries than their State's Governor.)
* have a reserved speaking time at every meeting, with a legally-mandated time allotment.
* report to the public, a sampling of books in the library and the classroom that locals
might find offensive.
* have the right to call police about a safety or security issue without notifying
school administration first.
* have a clerical assistant to do the clerical work so the Auditor can spend their hours doing
investigative work.
Yes, this is an adversarial position, based on the understanding that many educators feel they are more qualified to guide children than the parents are. And many feel their budgets and salaries should be equal to upscale, for-profit enterprises.
Sadly, in some cases, these educators are correct about parental guidance.
Still, we must operate under the principle that the collective wisdom of earnest parents will better guide their children than teachers (some of them yet childless, many of them pro-abortion, some are child molesters) with ulterior motives, who want to use other people's children to spread ideologies contrary to the US Constitution.
PS, the School Auditor would also have the legal right to visit their city's public library and report to the public what types of books and activities are available to students in the school district where they are elected. I suspect that some school librarians and public libraries work together to use public libraries as a cache of material the schools can't distribute at school.
Yes, this is an adversarial position, based on the understanding that many educators feel they are more qualified to guide children than the parents are. And many feel their budgets and salaries should be equal to upscale, for-profit enterprises.
Sadly, in some cases, these educators are correct about parental guidance.
Still, we must operate under the principle that the collective wisdom of earnest parents will better guide their children than teachers (some of them yet childless, many of them pro-abortion, some are child molesters) with ulterior motives, who want to use other people's children to spread ideologies contrary to the US Constitution.
PS, the School Auditor would also have the legal right to visit their city's public library and report to the public what types of books and activities are available to students in the school district where they are elected. I suspect that some school librarians and public libraries work together to use public libraries as a cache of material the schools can't distribute at school.
The Auditor and assistant would also have designated parking places to avoid another subtle harassment they might experience by school administration.
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