A hoops-lovin’ FBvian makes some points for reading with your eyes:
I agree the TEA might deserve some heat. But again, I think the DISD messed up the initial funding issue.
1. When the TEA informed DISD in Feb about the inequitable funding, did someone at DISD HQ (like the supe?) not know enough to red flag it and say, “Whoa, hey, this has always been OK. It’s court ordered. We have no choice in this matter. Are you sure we’re talking about the same funding?” Those questions/issues should have been resolved in a few days.
2. The school board is taking a page from the city council’s playbook: divide, don’t unite. With single-member districts, the only way to get anything done is the “I’ll scratch your back if you scratch mine” approach. Which means board/council members have to go around and make deals. I know, I know. That’s politics. But it pits one against the other. And it has gotten this city and this school district in a bottomless pit of sewage.
