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Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Starr: Week 2, Trip 1

What does a superintendent do the second week of a new gig? Why travel out of town, of course! 


Here's video of Superintendent Joshua Starr, at his very first Board of Education meeting for MCPS, announcing that the next week he will be traveling to Boston with the Board of Education President Christopher Barclay, unnamed "senior staff" and unnamed union leaders. 


How many attended and at what cost to taxpayers? 


Well we know that attendance at the Harvard Public Education Leadership Program event is pricey (tuition $4,600). But we don't know about food, lodging and transportation. 


Remember that Superintendent Starr sits on the board of one of these Harvard education projects. 


With this video the Parents' Coalition kicks off the Starr's Treks page to track the Superintendent's travels out of town

4 comments:

  1. Love the Starr Treks. How appropriate.

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  2. WOW $4600 each and a maximum 8 can attend $36,800 just to register for the event. That is not travel, lodging, (probably 3+ star hotels if they were moderate) food, drinks, materials...
    I would love to see the total bill for this trip
    Guesstimate $50,000
    While the topic of the meeting looked interesting - depending on what the goal and who the group was this may all be money lost....

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  3. It is $4600 each? I had assumed that the %4600 covered the "team of 8?" Anyone know?

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  4. According to the folks at Harvard who answered the phone, it IS $4600 per person, it is usually billed to the school district, and "scholarships are available."

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