Quote Originally Posted by Chubminnow View Post
There's 100% truth to what you wrote Don...at least in Jefferson County that's how it is anyway. Spend it or else they don't get as much next year is the way they do things. In fact, when the school board comes up with next years budget (at the end of June), they shoot for the moon and put every possible project known to man on the "budgeted" wish list, knowing full well they won't get all of it.
You and Don are right on with this. Too many schools are too concerned with trends and "the next big thing" that will improve test scores. Many are so overly concerned with what a successful neighboring district is doing that they completely overlook what is currently being successful in their own and building on it. There are way too many trends in education. It seems every year since I have been a teacher (in several different districts) we have bought into some fad and sunk alot of money into time, trainings and implementation. I do have to say my current district is doing a good job at maintaining the good things that have started, and cutting some unsuccessful programs/strategies.