Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Spending On The Wrong Things
Buffalo Superintendent James A. Williams, urging the city council to pressure labor groups to consider concessions, said yesterday that the school district works under a "broken" financial model. Spending so much of the school system's $746 million budget on paying 100% of health care premiums for employees, retirement incentives for people who would be retiring anyway, and overtime for some administrators leaves little to be spent in classrooms, Williams said.
"That's a lot of money. But with the structural problems we have, in my opinion, it's being spent on the wrong things," he said.
Buffalo News story here.
UPDATE: Scott Elliott, of the Dayton Daily News, thinks back to Williams' days as superintendent there, noting that the superintendent ended up taking a beating from the teachers unions on similar issues. It will be interesting to see whether he emerged smarter, stronger, faster, etc. from the experience.
"That's a lot of money. But with the structural problems we have, in my opinion, it's being spent on the wrong things," he said.
Buffalo News story here.
UPDATE: Scott Elliott, of the Dayton Daily News, thinks back to Williams' days as superintendent there, noting that the superintendent ended up taking a beating from the teachers unions on similar issues. It will be interesting to see whether he emerged smarter, stronger, faster, etc. from the experience.
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