Comments on: School budgets: Read them and weep

By: John

John — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:07:44 +0000

P.S. I never said it was a “fellow.” Hmmmm That narrows the field.

By: John

John — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:02:54 +0000

Exactly Katy! That’s why I didn’t worry about outing anyone. I’m the only guy who wears a golf hat to board meetings. But I guess it’s OK to out myself.

By: Katy Murphy

Katy Murphy — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:12:16 +0000

I’ve actually just posed that question to the budget director, but I haven’t yet heard a response. I’ll post the answer when I get it.

By the way, John, are you trying to “out” a fellow unnamed blogger? How are you so sure about who he or she is, anyway? I honestly don’t even know…

Now that you mention it, quite a few people wear baseball caps to board meetings.

By: John

John — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:56:57 +0000

David: The administration is in transition and the school board is getting an authority re-tread. It’s kind of like starting a new school with lots of things pending, like the acquisition of calculators, calculating consultants, and cookie jars with label blanks.

Be patient my son, or perhaps Katy (probably) has a better answer.

Will you continue wearing a base ball(?) cap while addressing board meetings? I liked that!

By: turner

turner — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:41:51 +0000

You know what’s missing? The central office. Everyone needs to know how much they are getting, spending and their cuts for the new year.

How come their numbers are not here?

Turner

By: Katy Murphy

Katy Murphy — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 04:17:50 +0000

Kaiser is on the list, actually, between Hoover and Korematsu (#171). The reports aren’t alphabetical.

By: Ann

Ann — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 04:06:52 +0000

Kaiser Elementary is not on the list. Is it being closed?

By: oakie

oakie — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:42:05 +0000

So, if I am reading this correctly, I can see what $$ is being spent per pupil at the school. The balance is chewed up by the administrative function. Is that correct?

So, for example, Hillcrest and Chabot spent $5,000-5,300 per student.

But my understanding is that the district will be receiving about $8,000 per student (down from about $8,500 last year).

That means the district gets $3,000+ for each student at these high performing hills schools.