tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post5148809155603568971..comments2024-03-14T13:50:26.981-04:00Comments on Chaz's School Daze: The DOE Must Save 324 Million Dollars In The Budget - Here Are Some IdeasChazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09964739497720364749noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-77149560730463101482008-02-13T19:58:00.000-05:002008-02-13T19:58:00.000-05:00Save money by cutting the PR firms they hire to pu...Save money by cutting the PR firms they hire to push the BloomKlein "success story" (not) down our collective throats.<BR/><BR/>Talking about $$$: the Washington Spectator this week says Bloomberg "spent more than $150 million, mostly his own money, in two successful self-financed campaigns for mayor of New York. . . . that's more than Senator Hillary Clinton spent on her campaign through the Super Tuesday primaries." <BR/><BR/>If they want to help the children of NY so bad, the mayor should take his hands out of his pockets and become a mensch. Forget the big sell. We don't buy it.<BR/><BR/>And that infernal case of computeritis they can't cure. There is nothing that those expensive computers can tell us about a kid's learning problems, proficiencies, health, upbringing, etc. that we can't tell all on our own in a half hour from observing them in a classroom setting. Get rid of the machines, with all their useless reams of paper, ink cartridges, electricity, technical support, and spend the money on human minds.Under Assaulthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222267229529062957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-77768783336698679862008-01-27T20:31:00.000-05:002008-01-27T20:31:00.000-05:00How about teachers getting back the right to griev...How about teachers getting back the right to grieve negative material in their files? If the arbitrators get at this stuff before the teacher is removed from the classroom, it could save a great deal of money. Please go to the ICEblog for more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-34819977173446988182008-01-27T19:20:00.000-05:002008-01-27T19:20:00.000-05:00Schools can stop hiring the expensive F status per...Schools can stop hiring the expensive F status personnel to do (or not do) things in the school. That would save a fortune.<BR/><BR/>And, principals don't need fancy new leather furniture in their offices.Pissedoffteacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07924089808582137198noreply@blogger.com