The Jackson County Board of Education is taking a second look at how it funds salary supplements for its administrators, along with a proposal to reduce the number of assistant principals in the school system.
During the board’s annual retreat last week in Jefferson, elected officials heard from administrators about the proposals — which have the potential to save the county school system an unknown amount of money.
County BOE looks at cuts to admin supplements
Citing budget issues, chairperson Lynn Wheeler said the board of education has to answer to the concerns of parents and taxpayers.
“We need to be creative. We need to make sure that we check everything to make sure that we’re spending our local money the way we’re supposed to,” she said on Wednesday during a discussion about funding for assistant principals.
Looking at its options to trim its proposed 2012 general fund budget, the Jackson County School System is also reviewing how many assistant principals it has among its 14 facilities.
The board heard from three administrators — Jennifer Halley, principal of East Jackson Elementary School; Diane Carr, principal of West Jackson Intermediate School; and Jamie Hitzges, principal of North Jackson Elementary School — who all pitched their cases to keep assistant principals in schools.
“Jackson County is light years ahead and that will diminish, if you don’t have somebody — that head instructional person — to head that initiative and keep it going,” said Carr, who has taken on additional duties at WJIS since former assistant principal Hitzges recently became principal at NJES.
For the full story, see the March 23 issue of The Jackson Herald.
“We need to be creative. We need to make sure that we check everything to make sure that we’re spending our local money the way we’re supposed to,” she said on Wednesday during a discussion about funding for assistant principals.
Looking at its options to trim its proposed 2012 general fund budget, the Jackson County School System is also reviewing how many assistant principals it has among its 14 facilities.
The board heard from three administrators — Jennifer Halley, principal of East Jackson Elementary School; Diane Carr, principal of West Jackson Intermediate School; and Jamie Hitzges, principal of North Jackson Elementary School — who all pitched their cases to keep assistant principals in schools.
“Jackson County is light years ahead and that will diminish, if you don’t have somebody — that head instructional person — to head that initiative and keep it going,” said Carr, who has taken on additional duties at WJIS since former assistant principal Hitzges recently became principal at NJES.
For the full story, see the March 23 issue of The Jackson Herald.
Governments need to wake up realize the good ole days are over. It will be a long time coming before property values ever reach the levels they were. The working family is tired of subsidizing government workers, medical care for everybody but them and food and housing for those who don't work.
The administration should be more focused on the education of our children, than the swell in their bank accounts.
Try cutting some of the fat off the BOE, then we would have the money to supply schools with what they actually need.
The students need teachers who teach not teachers who want more money than the students parents who are working 2 jobs to pay the taxes and still buy groceries.
A simple across the board pay cut to every school employee of 15-20% would go a long way to keeping the teachers who are interested in teaching and offering relief to property owners so they can stay in their homes.
However, there are some salaries that need reductions. Why is Jackson County paying a former football coach $90,000 to babysit in ISS? Why is the BOE's willing to pay the two other head football coaches $90,000 while it cuts academic positions?
A great deal of money is also being wasted on co-teaching. Basically, Jackson County pays coaches to sit at the back of the classroom as "special education" consultants while an academic teacher teaches the class. Maybe some of the co-teachers actually try to do their job but is this approach to special education one that Jackson County can afford?
And how much money are we wasting operating a 1/2 full middle school over off New Kings Bridge Rd?
Many of the teachers at JC High were a joke even when I attended, and they continue to be so.. there are only a select few that take their jobs as a teachers and a mentors seriously.
Kids are just slipping through the cracks in Jackson county, the pregnancy rate is the highest in the whole state, maybe even in the country.. My husbands younger sister had to sit through a full year of band class at EJ high, writing papers because all of the school instruments were 'taken'.. and they didn't have anything for her to use.
Not only have the children lost respect for their administration, their parents are slowly realizing that the misbehavior they are dealing with isn't because of some sort of 'rebellious' stage, but the general disregard each child is faced with everytime they step off that bus.
RENO 911?