Johnny wrote on August 25, 2009 02:08 AM: Clark County

Michael wrote on August 24, 2009 09:28 PM: Wow! How do I get a job as a
"district director of demographics"?
Or, maybe a job as a
"assistant superintendent for community relations"?
Those sound like, cushy, easy jobs that don't affect the childrens' educations one bit!
No wonder I pay $11,000 a year to send my kid to private school!

$100K Administators wrote on August 24, 2009 06:19 PM: What I heard is that there are actually 32 positions. 7 of them are transfers of classroom teachers to the admin roles.

Guess what wrote on August 24, 2009 05:44 PM: There are 25 opening about to be posted for $100K+ administrators to the deputy `Education Coordinators'. In addition each one will get to hire an Office Automation Specialist (OAS).

Anyone know what this is about??

Continuing waste in CCSD wrote on August 24, 2009 05:29 PM: Well, it's that time of year again... time to start disparaging CCSD and the top heaviness of the district that does not educate.

"assistant superintendent for community relations"? Just what the hell does this position do? What does the "superintendent" do? Why are we having to waste money on these positions? Why not chase these so-called superintendents back into the classrooms?

Oh My Gosh, Criminal Activity! wrote on August 24, 2009 04:18 PM: Did anyone notice that possible Federal crime?

Has teacher Braxton engaged in criminal postal theft? I hope that isn't one of those postal letter containers in the bottom right side of the photo!

Oh my gosh,, contact a Postal Inspector

kd wrote on August 24, 2009 03:41 PM: T

The smoke and mirrors has blinded you, LOOK AWAY!!! You’re probably an administrator at CCSD or you work for Joyce anyway.

We’re NOT the lowest per pupil funded district in the nation. Quit reading the newspaper and investigate for yourself.

The proof is in CCSD’s budget. A whopping $3 billion per year. Divide that by 311,000 kids. That's almost $10,000 per pupil spending. But CCSD and the “paper” say CCSD only gets $5,000 per pupil. Smoke and mirrors. This time more like apples&oranges.

The 5K is what comes directly from the state education coffer. CCSD loves to compare this number to the national average compiled by NCES. The 5K per pupil only represents one revenue stream that CCSD dips its greedy fingers into. The NCES posts the nations average per pupil spending at around 10K per pupil. 5K vs. 10K appears to be half and that is what CCSD wants you to believe. This is the apple.

Here is the Orange. The NCES compiles ALL revenue sources not just what the state gives you. That includes federal funding and other steams (title one and autism money are good examples). When you compare all of the steams CCSD gets money from Nevada funds at the national average on per pupil spending.

CCSD is a wasteful spender. Except for the poor teachers who get screwed year after year so Uncle Walt can pull down $300,000 per year with 3 months of vacation (more than the governor or a US Senator makes). What is sad is all this money floats around in the district and Walt can’t even get the district to make AYP.

CCSD doesn’t have a money problem. It has a leadership&spending problem.

T wrote on August 24, 2009 01:52 PM: That's right, Kevinn...CCSD is after nothing else but the money in your pockets! It's not enough that we're lucky enough to live in a state that has no state income tax, but now we are all going to gripe and moan when asked to contribute more to ONE OF THE LOWEST PER-PUPIL FUNDED PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMS IN THE COUNTRY. That's not smoke and mirros. That's fact. Take a look back at some of the many articles to see it in black and white. Pay for their education now, or pay for their incarceration later. The choice is yours.

tiredof sameo wrote on August 24, 2009 01:09 PM: Last estimate was identical (almost) to the prison population.
One third (read it 1/3) are children of illegal aliens.
That means 75,000 to over 100,000 should be paid for by the Fed. gov., Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Canada, China etc. to go to U.S. schools.
Without that amount we would have more than enough.
They've been hollering about class size and money for decades.
The radio show "Our Miss Brooks" on one episode was joking that the kids were sitting on desk tops because they could only handle 40 students at a time.
1948
My classes were 28 to 35 and averaged 32. Graduated with honors and did it in crowded classes.
I was only one of millions of students that made it and graduated.
What's wrong with this picture and the people running the projector?

Kevinn wrote on August 24, 2009 12:11 PM: Joyce Haldeman is dead wrong. She should know as she wrote the 1998 Bond. In fact CCSD wrote the pro and con arguments that the voters read. The voters unknowingly voted for year round at all Elementary Schools. The voters were tricked in 1998 by CCSD and Joyce.

The proof is buried deep in the bond under assumptions. CCSD did not tell the public that a yes vote for the 1998 Bond forced all Elementary Schools to year round calendars to achieve the capacity needed. Additionally, the portable trailers were part of the yes vote deal too. Read this from the CCSD website:

http://www.ccsd.net/facilities/bond/1998/Assumptions.pdf

To achieve the proper capacity for the projected ES kids, all Elementary Schools had to go year round and portable trailers would be used.

Michael below is dead on. The article proves it. 200 teachers cut last year, but they weren't really cut. They were reassigned. Then CCSD hired 500 more this year.

It is numbers, smoke and mirrors. CCSD has become masters of this game. Watch out for your wallet. Joyce and CCSD want what is inside. That is if you have anything left.