Monday, February 28, 2011
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The coalition might be the best-known parent advocacy group in the region. Its members represent several constituencies, including parents of special education and gifted education students and fiscal watchdogs. The group's defining victory came this school year when the school system scaled back the fees charged to families for course materials.
Coalition leaders have drawn attention to the misuse of funds collected from students for activities, the broadcast of a commercial radio service on school buses and, with their "Weast Watch" blog, the travel habits of Weast and his lieutenants.
The Washington Post, June 4, 2009
Tip: Include the word "minutes" in your search keywords to focus your search on BOE minutes. But note that the search function on the MCPS website has been broken by a redesign on the site by the MCPS Public Information Office. It is no longer possible to restrict your search to just Board of Education minutes.
I love the quote from T-mobile's Jason Campbell that extra money will be generated for the school system.
ReplyDeleteThese funds generated are split three ways: the host school gets a third, MCPS gets a third and then the schools in the cluster divide up the remaining third.
The funds don't go into any sort of educational line item on the MCPS budget, they are funneled back into the Department of Facilities Management. The funds at the school levels are used at the principals discretion. Unless someone asks, the principal can use it for whatever they deem necessary and are not held accountable as they are not a part of the school's yearly budget.
So are these towers and compounds really helping the schools? How do we know they are?
And from past experience, the upkeep on the cell tower compound from T-mobile is non-existent and unprofessional. Search Daly Elementary Cell Tower on this blog and you will see what I am referring to.
Jennifer Kerchaert