Comments for Konocti Unified approves $27.2 million budget at http://lakeconews.com , comment 1 to 4 out of 4 comments http://lakeconews.com Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:17:27 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/9306/919/#comment-13050 The county supervisors have not recommended consolidation of school districts and neither has the County Board of Education. The proposal came from one individual and the county board agreed to study the issue to see how much money if any it might save. Those figures are not yet available. Those of us on local school boards are still waiting for those facts. My own study determined that the total elimination of the Konocti School Board it's superintendent would save less than 70 education dollars per student while giving up all local control of the district. In response to Cale_Page...you resort to name calling and insults while offering nothing in the way of solutions. I didn't vote for the closure of Oak Hill but I have to ask what your solution to the 2 million dollars in budget cuts might be if it were up to you. - herb Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:19:40 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/9306/919/#comment-12979 "informed School Teacher" darn I needed a good laugh today ;D - kd006 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:51:31 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/9306/919/#comment-12973 Maybe because nothing was consolidated. Four schools were expanded and no school was closed. Oak hill becomes another hideout for our misguided and our outstanding students get to bear the suffering. Our childrens education, athletics, and general school activities , all of which were on the rise, are now on the brink failure. But MacDougal got his school, which I hope they put his name on someday. And the district made its budget. Oh happy day. If this is the school district that this board was trying to establish, they sure didn't say so when I voted. I guess I should have paid more attention to the fine print. I suppose MacDougal's plan of becoming a contractor and turning our vocational program into a work camp might be needed to help supplement a budget that they are not sure they can keep. It may take jobs from our community but at least he will get paid. - cale_page Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:10:42 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/9306/919/#comment-12971 If the fefedom of the School Districts around Lake county would be consolidated I would save a bank full of money. Why should the teachers suffer by using their money, and I mean their money for classrooms to pay for multiple districts, 6 I believe,. The Principals make over 6 figures, you can imagine what the top administrators make. The county would also save money on the full Administrative staffs that support these redununt services. Counties like Sandiego Unified and Los Angeles get along without multiple districts why no Lake County. Were much much smaller. Why is it that when the County Supervisors recomend consolidation and an outside source do it the Lake County School Distict was chosen to police the henhouse. Could it be the loss of income these Administrators would lose. We stoped the double dipping a few years ago but some of it still goes on. A consolidated school district would do it. And we could hire truly qualified persons to upgrade our schools. Reflect on it Get Vocal with your local County Supervisors and School Districts. Yours Truly Reflective - Reflective Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:08:58 +0100