The Recent History Series
The Battle Cry
An Omen of Things to Come
An introduction to the Recent History series
The Master Plan – Not!
Lessons from 2001 & 2002
Renovations to the Landfill
Lessons from 2003
Lessons from 2004
Lessons from 2005
Lessons from 2006
Lessons from 2007
We need more money! Lessons from 2005
"Spend, Spend, Spend" or "Hey, where did everybody go?"
Even though the schools are short of money the appointed school board decides to extend the contract of one of the highest paid school CEO’s in the country. Check out the second story from 6th and Lakeside:
Link 1
And then without warning, the BAC director quits and shuts down the BAC office in March.
Accountability has left the building.
Check out the last paragraph from the first story from 6th and Lakeside:
Link 2
Then, two months later in May of 2005, the BAC officially disbands.
Accountability is officially dead.
Check out the third story from 6th and Lakeside:
Link 3
If you remember your 2003 lessons from recent history, back in April of 2003, City and school officials have all but ignored the request for public involvement. Review this story.
Link 4
And now the public will be blamed.
Ann Mullin, senior program officer for education for the Gund Foundation had the nerve to state:
“There was not enough public outreach and information sharing, and the public did not take the (initiative) to meet and talk about the issue”
Initiative? Hello! The public was trying! But the BAC and school board were obviously not paying attention!
Check out this story from Crain’s Cleveland Business.
Link 5
In April, there are more attendance problems at the Cleveland schools. This time it is dealing with who is riding the bus. Looks like the Cleveland schools will have to pay some money back to the state for not being completely honest. Check out the third story from 6th and Lakeside:
Link 6
June, 2005 - The money tree is withering. Time to make cuts, close schools and reorganize.
Link 7
September, 2005 - It is now reported that there may have been some small problems with the handling of taxpayer monies. Check out the second story from 6th and Lakeside:
Link 8
November, 2005 - The State takes notice of the discrepancies in school attendance. The city eventually has to pay money back to the state. Accountability across the board in the toilet.
Link 9
Stay tuned for the lessons of 2006 to present.
"We still need more money" or "The money tree has dried up"
"Spend, Spend, Spend" or "Hey, where did everybody go?"
Even though the schools are short of money the appointed school board decides to extend the contract of one of the highest paid school CEO’s in the country. Check out the second story from 6th and Lakeside:
Link 1
And then without warning, the BAC director quits and shuts down the BAC office in March.
Accountability has left the building.
Check out the last paragraph from the first story from 6th and Lakeside:
Link 2
Then, two months later in May of 2005, the BAC officially disbands.
Accountability is officially dead.
Check out the third story from 6th and Lakeside:
Link 3
If you remember your 2003 lessons from recent history, back in April of 2003, City and school officials have all but ignored the request for public involvement. Review this story.
Link 4
And now the public will be blamed.
Ann Mullin, senior program officer for education for the Gund Foundation had the nerve to state:
“There was not enough public outreach and information sharing, and the public did not take the (initiative) to meet and talk about the issue”
Initiative? Hello! The public was trying! But the BAC and school board were obviously not paying attention!
Check out this story from Crain’s Cleveland Business.
Link 5
In April, there are more attendance problems at the Cleveland schools. This time it is dealing with who is riding the bus. Looks like the Cleveland schools will have to pay some money back to the state for not being completely honest. Check out the third story from 6th and Lakeside:
Link 6
June, 2005 - The money tree is withering. Time to make cuts, close schools and reorganize.
Link 7
September, 2005 - It is now reported that there may have been some small problems with the handling of taxpayer monies. Check out the second story from 6th and Lakeside:
Link 8
November, 2005 - The State takes notice of the discrepancies in school attendance. The city eventually has to pay money back to the state. Accountability across the board in the toilet.
Link 9
Stay tuned for the lessons of 2006 to present.
"We still need more money" or "The money tree has dried up"
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