Columbus Schools and the Goldilocks Syndrome
Last year the Columbus, Ohio, school district failed to spend $3.4 million in federal Title I grants.
This year the district overspent its grant by $735,000.
The Columbus Dispatch reports:
This is how you determine what the labor costs will be? You WAG it? No wonder the kids aren't learning math.
This year the district overspent its grant by $735,000.
The Columbus Dispatch reports:
Varying salaries and benefits for employees caused the problem in this
year's audit, said Jeff Warner, spokesman for the district.
The district estimates that it will spend $60,000 per employee on
salaries and benefits, he said. When the actual figure is higher — because
teachers either have enough experience or education to be higher on the salary
schedule in the teachers union contract — schools go over their budgets, he
said.
"We've been more aggressive trying to see that the services that were
planned were performed," Warner said. "The bulk of the question is labor."
This is how you determine what the labor costs will be? You WAG it? No wonder the kids aren't learning math.
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