Saturday, December 17, 2011
Survey given to teachers
At the agenda review a $137k "teaching and learning" survey given to teachers is also discussed. One question raised was how this survey differs from the previous in house surveys. The response was that it "organizes it into constructs" and then a quick offer to provide more information (sigh of relief that the questioning was over).
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It's quite clear that the parade of consultants documented in the "how we got" series is nowhere close to ending.
The labor leaders in the school district should be jumping up and down when nonsense like this comes through.
Exactly! Consultants are REQUIRED when those in the top positions do NOT have SKILL or BACKGROUND or QUALIFICATIONS for the positions that they hold.
The other advantage to Admin, is that, they have built-in scapegoats.
Labor leaders? LOL.
Oh.
You were serious.
Sorry.
Speaking of agenda review, both Ms. Fink and Ms. Colaizzi were up-in-arms about the lack of CTE offerings. Sad to say, may be too little too late. Plenty of very comfortable livings were found in the trades based on training kids and adults got in trade/vocational programs in PPS. Plumbers, carpenters, electricians etc. Back in the day Catholic school kids got to go to a public high school for vocational training half day. Pretty successful business owners got their start in PPS classrooms. What happened to the agreements between PPS and unions and trade schools? One would think the trade schools would be wooing PPS to create a pipeline with The Promise making life easier for kids who most need a future.
They were going to give Mark Roosevelt a poor evaluation due to lack of progress with CTE but decided to go along instead. Over 3 years ago PURE began with a request for detailed description of the end result for high schools. Instead, board members were willing to accept a color coded "blueprint" simply stating what issues were expected to be addressed in certain years.
And . . . . .
So . . . . . .
The point being . . . .
That during a reform process Board members need to think beyond the board tabs in front of them to how they want the schools to look and make sure the district is moving toward that end point, or else they may not like where they end up.
With the holiday season upon us, we should all be grateful for the early Christmas gift that is the Countywide Real Estate Reassessment.
What was the price tag, something like $11 million out of the County's coffers?
On the heels of the reassessment, the County is forced to raise taxes.
Now municipalities across the county are faced with the prospect of guessing on an appropriate tax rate before all quality control processes are finished. All reports suggest significant issues with commercial properties within the City, making the adoption of 2012 tax rates by the City and School District a real crapshoot.
Who do we have to thank for the debacle? Ladies and gentlemen, give a big shout out to PPS Solicitor Ira Weiss who filed the lawsuit that launched the reassessment.
Who wins? Not the schools; by law the reassessment cannot be a windfall.
No, the real winner here is the Law Offices of Ira Weiss, who will generate significant revenues over the next two to three years filing and defending property value appeals.
Prove us wrong Counselor: let's see your firm refuse to take any such appeals on behalf of either public entities or private property owners.
In the meantime, let's all look forward to our new assessed values and say thank you to PPS Solicitor Ira Weiss.
Are you referring to the filing to get the casino to be assessed at the proper value?
No, Weiss filed the lawsuit that triggered the Countywide reassessment that will impact every single property owner in every single jurisdiction.
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