Schools Switch their Focus to Saving Jobs

Or so says the headline from the Wednesday Jackson Sun. Silly me. I thought they were supposed to TEACH CHILDREN. My Bad. (OK, now you can whack me for bad grammer.)

I suppose it can be hard to teach all those children on only $94,000,000 per year. AT $6700 per student, I suppose that ain't bad. But mind you, that's still more than the tuition at the best private school in town. (That has an equally full scale athletics program) Having spent most of my career in manufacturing managment, I am well aware of the economies of scale. So I suppose the natural question is: Why does it cost more to provide an "public" education that is without a doubt sub-standard to the local competition?

Its a shame that people are more than happy to have you and me pay the bill for their obligations.... How much would they really be willing to pay for the junk that passes for "public" education were it coming out of their own pocket.


(Note: I drafted this on the date shown below, but it never made it through editing until tonight (Friday the 5th).)