Does your education department try to manipulate the public with false information and one-sided viewpoints?
They then are not on the up and up.
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Does your education department try to sneak things past you without you knowing?
They then are not on the up and up.
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Does your education department try to bypass your legislative process?
They then are not on the up and up..
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Does your education department establish rules and regulations with no public input or discussion, or does it appoint boards of people it holds close and keep out people with differing opinions?
They then are not on the up and up…
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Does your education department try to make you think things are really bad, but there is no evidence supporting them other than what they make up?
They then are not on the up and up….
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Does your education department cater to business while demeaning teachers, parents, and students?
They then are not on the up and up…. There are no businesses operating out of those undersized school desks in any of our classrooms. They have no part in the decisions being made by our school officials.
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If your education department does any of these, rest assured,
They are not on the up and up…. Something is wrong…. All of these things are non-democratic. Your education department is running a totalitarian operation in your state which is unconstitutional…
Think about it… If you were running an operation that would benefit the entire state, wouldn’t you want people to know? Of course. You would sell it, and sell it, and sell it, and sell it, and the people would buy it, and buy it, and buy it, and everybody would be on the same page.
But when you have to sneak things through as the only way to get it done, telling just a few people while leaving the rest in complete darkness… well, why ARE you sneaking something through except for the fact that it is bad overall and couldn’t get the votes required to make it into policy? If something is that bad, why then, do we need it?
kavips 
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August 14, 2016 at 8:37 am
Anonymous
They keep asking for more money, time and time again. They are FAT at the top and need to consolidate services!!!
August 15, 2016 at 12:33 am
kavips
That is the most ridiculous and disingenuous thing ever said here… We all know better… I mean everyone but you on this planet knows better… That is about 7.4 billion people now who know what you just said, was poop.
If you want to contest my assertion, here is what you will have to show. A spread sheet showing each New Castle district’s top salary echelon and the percentage that takes from all their funds going back to the 1960’s.
When you see that evidence proves the exact opposite for yourself, you will join the rest of us 7.4 billion people.
Till then, there is no reason for anyone to listen to you…
August 15, 2016 at 10:10 am
Brian Stephan (@thoseinfavor)
@kavips. Sorry for the delay. Below is the breakout for the $58,058 expense on the College Entrance Examination Board vendor for FY2016
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Sarah Pyle Academy
ACCUPLACER TESTING FOR STUDENT | $2,775.00 |
Adult Education
ACCUPLACER TESTS – ONLINE | $185.00 |
RESEARCH & ASSESSMENT
PSAT/NMSQT TEST FEES | $378.00 |
RESEARCH & ASSESSMENT
AP EXAMS FOR HIGH SCHOOLS – CHS | $4,848.00 |
RESEARCH & ASSESSMENT
AP EXAMS HIGH SCHOOLS -GHS | $42,577.00 |
RESEARCH & ASSESSMENT
AP EXAMS FOR HIGH SCHOOLS NHS | $7,010.00 |
RESEARCH & ASSESSMENT
TEST FEES | $285.00 |
$58,058.00
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I looked back over the last several years of expenses for this particular vendor (College Entrance Examination Board).
FY15: $790.00
FY14: $8,654.85
FY13: $17,786.73
FY12: $42,183.00
In particular, these expenses appear to be heavily on the side of advanced placement examinations. I do not know the specifics for the purchasing arrangements for the exams, but the math works about to be approximately $75 per exam for this past school year (2015-16 fee per exam was $92, but there are rebates and fee reductions for low income students which I am sure applied to numerous students within the District). If you’d like, I can inquire with the district on what the purchasing agreement(s) is with the College Board. Looking at other districts’ expenses, there are dollar amounts of similar size to the ones listed above this year and in years past, so these do not jump out as out of the ordinary to me. Happy to dig further if you’d like. Just drop me a line: thoseinfavor@gmail.com