re: EBR Superintendent opposes St. George School System

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This. It’s Woodlawn High School, abka Weedlawn. How are the kids who go to Weedlawn going to change and become good students? All cause they’re under a different school district? They’re suddenly going to become great students?

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Thats because most of the kids that go to Woodlawn don’t live anywhere near St George. They get shipped in and that school is a shell of its former self because of it.

That won’t be an issue when it’s passed.

Considering that prominent signage at one school had improper grammar and another has the actual name of the school wrong. I think EBR schools need to spend more time on their side of the street.

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This is confusing to hear this coming from a superintendent of education.

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She is the President of the teacher’s union and is not the Superintendent like the subject of the original post states.

Her job is to save her job and the jobs of other average or below average teachers that would struggle to get hired elsewhere.

That’s kinda of the point for the new school district. The residents of St George have been footing the bill for EBR schools and those 100k residents only got 1 HS out of all those tax dollars spent? If I lived in StG, I’d feel used and pissed too. You’ve been paying for a bloated bureaucracy, with shitty results, and still have very little physical capital to show for it.

From the outside looking in, I hope y’all get your school system and improve the lives of your kids and future residents. I also hope EBR gets its shite together to better their residents. They are just going to have to do it on their own, without stealing from StG residents

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“They talk about the school system, they talk about teachers, but do you really understand what all goes into a school to make it run day to day? How many different people need to be there? You know, it’s not just a teacher showing up to teach,” Green said.

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actually that is all there is to it. the problem is this fricking stupid arse mindset and how it has caused the growth of admin, using it almost as a jobs program

if St George was smart, they would adopt the Alpha program and use AI to teach and have the teachers there as support. it is the future and you might as well embrace it. Every kid learning at their own pace, being taught in the way they learn by using their interest to teach them. no more going at the pace of the slowest kid in the class. everyone wins.

but damn it, I despise the attitude that must have an admin position for every 10 students. allow the teachers to teach and discipline the kids as they see fit right then and there.

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And how many unnecessary jobs tied to the schools system already receiving 6 figures have recently received raises? You can start with all that bullshite

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Glad you asked.

From 2021 to present:

•Administrator pay has rose 17.2% while teacher pay has only rose 5%, much of that from state mandated raises rather than local district-funded increases. Specific roles like directors and coordinators rose 20%.

•The average budget allocation for admins is 2.3 times higher than the allocation for a classroom teacher. Total annual expenditures for admins grew 12.8%.

•The admin to teacher ratio is 1:14 meanwhile the teacher to student ratio is 1:19.

• In the last decade Admin positions have increased 14.7% while teaching positions have decreased 13.3%.

•When adjusting for the number of employees in each group (teachers- 2,936, school admin- 208, district admin- 250), the per employee allocation is $88,274 for teachers, $201,754 for school admins & $92,765 for district admins.

•School & district level admins account for 9.5% of every dollar spent.

• Allocations for teachers have dropped 3.5% while allocations for admins has increased 1%

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but damn it, I despise the attitude that must have an admin position for every 10 students. allow the teachers to teach and discipline the kids as they see fit right then and there.

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Administrative staff is beyond bloated at every school and seemingly every extra dollar that is sent towards school they're lucky if $.05 actually makes its way into a classroom

And while we’re digging into EBRPSS…

•28% of the EBRPSS budget is now being transferred to Charter schools, accounting for $194m. This is an increase of 5.4%

•The EBRPSS has a total of 9 schools that are permanently closing or being consolidated due to the lack of enrollment. These closures & consolidations are saving EBRPSS $129 million.

•More than 30 schools are housed in buildings that are 50-85 years old and have not undergone major renovations.

•About 22% of active schools are rated as being in poor condition.

The district has 20,000 more seats open than students even after closing 9 schools.

•Nearly 1/3rd of schools are operating at less than half of their capacity.

EBRPSS has 83 total sites (56 direct-run, 13 charter, 11 magnet, & 3 alternative). The system was built to accommodate 60,000 students however current enrollment sits at 38,244. Based on these numbers, it would only require 55-60 schools to house that number of students. This would save the district $16 million in annual operating expenses and avoid more than $365 million in long term maintenance costs.

• There are 26 schools with less than 300 students. Small enrollment often leads to higher per-pupil costs.

• Students residing in St. George account for 13.6% of the EBRPSS student population yet take 36% of the magnet seats. If you’re in EBR, wouldn’t you want to vote YES and take back your precious magnet seats?

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if St George was smart, they would adopt the Alpha program and use AI to teach and have the teachers there as support.

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What a terrible idea. I listened to a guy convince AI that October was spelled with an X. When AI finally relented, he told AI that February was spelled with an X, and AI quickly agreed.

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Isn't the school system pretty much the sole reason for the city separation?