Downstate BOE Misleading Public
The misleading of the public by BOE members even happens downstate (Hat tip: Students First). Here is an example from Canton Unified District 66. They claim to the public they are millions of dollars in debt, while their finances show they have been in the black. Yes, I understand $300 K is not a lot in the black each year, but it is still a huge difference from being millions in debt.
How many school districts will it take before politicians wake up to the corrupt and deceitful practices of Big Ed? When will the taxpayers wake up and revolt against the Government/Education Complex?
I know many who will say, “this doesn’t happen in my district. It’s no concern of mine.” I’m sorry, but it is a concern. Until the corruption and deceit is stopped throughout the State, your district will have a much harder time passing a referendum or getting support for any other type of funding reform.
If several districts or even Adminstrators of districts would start turning over the evidence and cleaning up their own prefession, trust of Big Ed would start to ensue. However, the more they protect their own, the more mistrust prevails.
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School Board accused of misleading the public
Thursday, July 28, 2005 By Brenda Bowen CANTON – The Canton District 66 School Board must “stop lying to the public” about the district’s finances, a board member said Wednesday at a special meeting called to discuss the athletic director’s position. The School Board meeting was called after Superintendent Jim Lewis reviewed the job description and decided it should be full time instead of part time. Board President Laurie Martin said the full-time position will pay $55,000 to $65,000. When Pete Franciskovich asked where the board will get around $25,000 to raise the salary of the athletic director, Tracy Snowman said times aren’t as tough financially in the district as Franciskovich believes. “I think we need to stop lying to the public,” she said. “I feel a great deal of guilt over the fact that we are misleading the public to believe we are millions of dollars in debt, when the past couple of years we’ve been $300,000 in the black.” Franciskovich said the board has made major reductions in recent years. “These cuts have drastically crippled some items in our schools,” he said. Martin said the board did not need to vote on changing the job to full time, but added that Lewis said he wanted to get feedback from board members before making the change. Board members Marion Kuzniar and John Buskirk were absent from the meeting. Franciskovich said he was “amazed” board members now support making the position full time when last year some of them supported cutting it back or combining it with a principal’s job. Martin said she was one who supported cutting the position then, but that she supports making it full time now because that’s Lewis’ recommendation. Board member Tom Snowman said the board can’t reasonably expect another person to do the job like former Athletic Director Ron Fahnestock, who worked part time and resigned last week after 37 years. “It would be pretty hard for someone to come in and do what he did on a part-time basis,” Tom Snowman said. |
