Klarinet Archive - Posting 000978.txt from 1998/05

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Survey
Date: Sun, 17 May 1998 09:06:25 -0400

On Sun, 17 May 1998, Gene Nibbelin wrote:
[SNIP]
> The money saved by reducing the number of school administrators by 20% to
> 30% and putting the salary scales of the remaining administrators in line
> with salaries in the private sector for comparable management skills (if
> any), would provide more than enough funds to restore the many music and
> arts programs that have been reduced or abandoned over the years, and leave
> plenty left over to increase the salaries of teachers in accordance with
> their degrees of excellence.
>
> I realize that I am a cynical old bastard, but my nearly 70 years of
> observing America's problems have given me an insight that you younger
> folks have yet to earn.

Gene,

We need more posts that give the "nearly 70 years...." perspective. Your
discussion above was quite perfectly on target.

Roger Garrett
IWU

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