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Tag: DPSBy Corinthian Scales, Section News
This is the problem with every aspect of the public sector - those in it - they all try to grow it.
The cash-strapped Detroit Public Schools racked up an additional $18.7 million in debt from July through September after its plan to boost enrollment failed, and it spent above budgeted amounts on security, transportation and maintenance. No, Mr. Conway. Government has force of confiscation (taxes) at it's disposal so, it, the employed bureaucrat layers of Ineptocracy, then becomes too big to fail through parasitic consent. (1 comment) Comments >> By Crippy, Section News
They were just convicted by a federal jury in Detroit of ripping $530,000 off of Detroit Public Schools.
Sandra, an accountant, and her Daughter Dominique, a DPS TEACHER, were convicted of program fraud, conspiracy, money laundering conspiracy, and tax charges. (3 comments, 174 words in story) Full Story By JGillman, Section News
By golly, folks have a right to their opinions, but THIS is some straight up hyperbole:
Yeah, because we ought not really have any borders, and those border patrol agents just want to hang Latinos and burn crosses on their lawns. DEFINITELY NOT coffee ready pals! I will let you folks make the connection as to whether she is a positive force or not in our state. She certainly must have SOME influence however, being a DPS school board member and all. And she is using that position to spread her love: "Elena Herrada, a Detroit Public Schools board member from District 2, will give a talk titled "Detroit Public School Board Member in Exile" 2:30-3:45 pm April 24 in Room 134 S. Kedzie Hall. A reception in the CLS Office in Room 200 S. Kedzie will be held immediately following the talk."Obviously it will be centered on her trials and tribulations as a 'marked' school board member; one that will likely be openly complaining about Detroit's emergency manager, and his crushing blows aimed at minorities. We've never seen this play before, have we? (1 comment) Comments >> By Corinthian Scales, Section News
Didn't care for the $4M additional taxpayer dollars going to float the Highland Park School District? Then brace yourselves for the Pontiac School District $159,922,531 abyss:
And when the waters get too hot there, it's time to hoist anchor and set sail for... (1 comment, 215 words in story) Full Story By KG One, Section News
This very important lesson was imparted to me when I had began driving for a living several decades ago by a wise trucker.
Maybe because I had more co-workers who had more conscience about training me at that time, or they were just superior to the people turning out the "young guns" nowadays, but I understood this axiom very clearly even back then, and over the years, have gained a greater appreciation for it. It is also a lesson that I found is easily and very applicable outside of trucking. Am I trying to change the focus over from politics to Trucking? Not exactly.
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How about all under-performing/failing Michigan Public Schools? With Labor Day winding down and summer officially now over, we can start focusing on the things needed to get Michigan going again. Okay, okay, so our elected officials don't really start working until this Wednesday (must be nice), but now is a good as time as any to get the dialogue going here. So far, on Lansing's Agenda for this fall:
- Passing Freedom to Work legislation for Michigan. That last one sounds great on paper. Not satisfied with how little Johnny's/Suzie's education is progressing? Just yank `em out of their under-performing school and put them into any district you want that has an available seat. Those other districts, you want the money. I know they do. So sit down, shut up and do as we in Lansing tell you to do. How does that really solve the underlying problem?
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Detroit's got some problems.
Many of you will be quick to say, "Well, what was your first clue?" This is going a little beyond that, including some disturbing comments from Lansing leaders on how to address their latest problem.
{Click below to continue reading.} (3 comments, 449 words in story) Full Story By Rougman, Section News
One of the standards of both economics and human behavior is that you will get more of the activities you reward, and will get fewer of the activities that you punish.
What should we expect then from an initiative that will grant all children in the Detroit Public School District a free breakfast, a free lunch, and a free snack? Certainly their will be short term positives from such a program. Less hunger in the classroom has got to be a good thing as far as that goes. And yet, the program has further goals: "One of the primary goals of this program is to eliminate the stigma that students feel when they get a free lunch, as opposed to paying cash."Here we are getting into a gray area where the long term negative outcomes might very well overwhelm whatever positive returns might result. What becomes of a society where a natural revulsion for accepting government handouts has been systematically stamped out? What results when young people are trained that government wealth redistribution efforts are every bit as legitimate as those that teach citizens to be independent and self-sufficient? (8 comments, 503 words in story) Full Story
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