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The_Nomadic_Nerd t1_ivd6bmd wrote

Reply to comment by Successful_Pen_2387 in Vote "Change for Children" this Tuesday by Organic-Hovercraft-3

The admin is bloated and the amount of money increased per student while performance hasn’t improved is all you need. Also the actual infrastructure is shit as the water fountains are spewing bad water so this hasn’t been spent wisely.

Finally, Change for Children wants to increase transparency for how this money is being spent since right now, taxpayers are being left in the dark.

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Organic-Hovercraft-3 OP t1_ivdbzxz wrote

This is 100% accurate. The superintendents office in my district has a gigantic "team" of people that never set foot inside of a school. Or to be more accurate, they visit schools once or twice a year to put on their show. Nothing meaningful ever comes from their visits. And then they return to their office , far removed from any school building, and collect their six figure salary.

Meanwhile every year we cannot find enough ppl to teach math and science. Every year we are short 1 or 2 teachers. Nobody wants to teach in these schools. The working conditions are difficult, the pay is low, and there is no flexibility for remote work which is very common now in other industries.

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ApolloRubySky t1_ivjt4x2 wrote

Why you keep talking about NYC DOE when the matter at hand is about JC

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DontBeEvil1 t1_ive1guj wrote

And you think 2 inexperienced newbies are going to change that overnight? LOL. 🤦

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The_Nomadic_Nerd t1_ivekqmt wrote

It would give a majority to people that voted or would vote against future tax increases, so yes the tax hikes would stop quickly.

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DontBeEvil1 t1_iveslno wrote

1 person voted for tax increases. Not any majority that is currently running, and when she ran, she ran on the other side. You can't predict the future. You have no idea how many of these new people (from either side) will vote, nor how that 1 person will vote, moving forward. And, yet again, taxes aren't the only reason to vote for or against someone for the Board of Education. And yes, taxes will inevitably be raised to fund things...that's how taxes work, and people screaming "bloody taxes," at the BoE aren't the 1at people to be unhappy with the amount of taxes they're paying, the lack of transparency where the money is going and the perceived lack of improvement to infrastructure.

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