Does the Hermosa Beach City School District really need a
new top level bureaucrat? Granted, the district’s next superintendent will
receive a smaller salary and take on more responsibilities, but why not go
further and eliminate the position altogether? On that note, why not do away
with the school board? They have spent more time – and money -- debating how to
raise revenue instead of cutting costs and reducing spending. Honestly, would
it not be better if every school in this two-school district had its own
governance – parents, teachers, and other interested members of the community?
They could entitle this cost-cutting reform “Charter schooling without the
charter."
Imagine
the savings for the district if the personnel invested less money in leadership
and more in readership. I think that Hermosa Beach and similar small districts
would do much better for themselves and set a standard for the state. By
eliminating the unnecessary top-tier steerage which has stymied growth in our
schools and siphoned away proper funding, school can focus on the purpose of education:
preparing students for the real world.
As much
as authority figures keep initiating reform to refashion our financially struggling
school districts, the results still come up short. If parents do not like what
they get out of their children’s education, then they deserve to play a greater
role in the administration of their schools. Instead of reducing teachers and
depriving students, the Beach Cities need to excise the excess administration
which talks a lot, spends more, and does very little.
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