In 2022 Monrovia residents passed the $75 million bond, Measure MM, to make repairs throughout the Monrovia School District, but apparently that will fall far short of the amount needed. Now it appears repairs, including "life safety" issues, HVAC systems, and the closed-down high school swimming pool, will cost about $345 million. Details.
- Brad Haugaard
Usually school districts have much more facilities needs than what can be asked to voters to have a good chance to approve. If they ask for too much the risk is it won’t pass. In this case they knew from the facilities evaluation plan there was $345M in need and it was decided to go to voters for $75M focusing on life safety and certain building systems.
ReplyDeletelol and the grift continues.
ReplyDeleteSell off the land to a charter or private school for the schools you are closing down
http://populardemocracy.org/news-article/californiacharterfraud/
Deletelol website looks like it’s straight out of Cuba.
DeleteLet me guess you are an employee of the district?
No just a concerned citizen.
DeleteYeah that site is a bit much. Here’s a Washington Post article. Which may not be all that better depending on your view but something to consider.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/12/01/charter-schools-control-access-bookexcerpt/
I don’t see the problem after reading the article.
DeleteIt’s gives people a free option beyond their local public school. If you don’t like the homework or discipline requirements you still have a place to go in your district.
A challenge is that some students are more challenging and expensive to educate than others. For example a student who needs an aide with them all day due to health and safety reasons. So if schools start limiting access, they'll tend to not admit these students, which private schools are allowed to do. Public schools aren't able to do that (and yes they're not prefect either).
DeleteMath is really hard for "educators", who rarely understand "cost effectiveness". So is thinking more than a month or two ahead. So, also, is the accumulation of "administrators" far in excess of line teachers, which is one reason "education" cost per pupil, nationally and locally, has grown far faster than pupil skills.
ReplyDeleteSo what do the savants of MSD plan to do to cut useless spending? I don't see anyone addressing that issue. The union workforce of course can't contemplate a "reduction in force"...they don't have the dues to pay politicians and union swells (neither of which helps Johnny learn math or reading).
Randi Weingarten's terror is understandable. Her salary and "personal prominence" are at stake due to homeschooling and charter schools. The union monopoly is threatened, and like all monopolies they are screaming that Johnny, Jane, whoever, will never read or add better than under union control...a laughable concept given union controlled student performance on objective tests over decades.
This farce needs to end.