EPISD Closures

I'll be brief with this one.

I'm glad no one is losing their job. That means the union bosses did their job. But in the grand equation of all of this I don't see how it is sustainable if what Hatch says is true about the number of students EPISD loses every year.

I thought the bond was supposed to help with that.

I don't think you can protect all the jobs through attrition and salaries are the biggest budget expense, so I have a real concern that the Hatch will go back on his deal to protect jobs. But hey, you really interested in carving out some budget space through salaries...start with the main office. The district is top heavy. Start cutting out some frivolous administration jobs.

Or get rid of your police force. Seriously, we already pay for cops, why the hell does your district need its own police force? (I know, its an old rant but its an unnecessary thing we as tax payers have to pay for. Like judicial supplements. I figure if I complain about them enough, someone might hear me some day.)

There is a palpable deficit of trust between EPISD and the community that has been going on for a really long time. Pulling this movida at the end of the school year when its harder to organize families to protect schools wasn't an accident and that is why people don't trust the school district.

I think when everyone heard about this surprise press conference yesterday heard about school closures, they immediately assume that poor brown schools are the ones that are going to be closed. Both sides need to tread lightly on this one. If the data says the schools need to be closed, and if the data is accurate, then you gotta do what you gotta do. There's no reason to keep schools open unnecessarily or for purely sentimental reasons.

Sadly, you know what is going to go into those closed schools?

Charter schools.

But the district can't railroad poor brown schools and the communities they are in. They have to have a collaborative approach. Especially because a lot of them are in real danger of not being around for another term.

Closures are going to happen. If you monitor social media you know the votes are there. Now its about process and there are only a select few that can make sure this doesn't become a soup sandwich.

But come on, in your heart of hearts, you just KNOW EPISD is going to find a way to EPISD this whole thing up.