West Elk Audit and Survey

[Ross]

Perhaps you misunderstood what you heard.  Perhaps it is not an executive meeting, but just simply separate meetings of two different groups.  Didn't the survey have different sections for different groups?  Doesn't an executive meeting have to take place within a regular meeting?  Is this a regular scheduled meeting of the school board?  Why should the general population hear what they have to say to management, much of what they would not understand or misunderstand.  And I imagine that management will hear everything that is being told to the general population.

Perhaps you think I misunderstood which is fine with me.
It is a regular meeting starting early, unless they call it a special meeting with a seperate notice and a seperate agenda, but all in all it's the same thing. A school board meeting orf our elected officials. So what's the point? Executive session either way.
Does the term public information mean anything to you?
Perhaps the executive meeting is to discuss problems relating to children or parents or some such matter that is not public information. I never suggested that it was a bad thing.
So are you saying general public/ taxpayers arei n your opinion ignorant?
I am sure that the school board will recieve the information provided, that's the purpose of all of this afterall.

[Ross]

A school board meeting is simply that, and when the board members go into a private meeting among themselves or with others it is an executive session. I do not believe they are permitted by law to have private meetings otherwise.

[mtcookson]

Why should the general population hear what they have to say to management, much of what they would not understand or misunderstand.

That sounds like something a democrat would say to the people. Sorry, but not everyone is an idiot. I'm sure most people would actually understand perfectly well.

[Patriot]

WOW!!!! We are still in America, aren't we?

Why should the general population hear what they have to say to management, much of what they would not understand or misunderstand.

Because, Komrade, the law (and common sense) says they should!  What is it about Sunshine Laws that YOU don't understand?  Perhaps you should avail yourself of the opportunity to learn: http://kansasstatutes.lesterama.org/Chapter_75/Article_43/#75-4319

No opinion Komrade, just facts.

Unbelievable, Wilma.  Simply unbelievable!  "Management"?  How about elected government servants of the people?

Quote from a supervisor many years ago, "You will never go broke buy underestimating the intelligence of the American public,"  Maybe he was right... next year's West Elk School budget:  $9,500,000.00!

It's beginning to look like the school arm of government here is as disKonnected from things as the county government has been.  Funny how the same Konnections keep popping up.  No?

[Ross]

Here is some interesting info for you.

I made a remark about the spending spree our school board has been on, well check this out.

The default setting compares the districts with the lowest and highest 2010 revenue per-pupil: USD 207 Ft. Leavenworth ($8,237) and USD 282 West Elk ($21,794).

Two other districts, Greensburg and Chapman, actually had higher revenue but both were rebuilding from tornado damage.    

You don't see anything wrong with these numbers? It's your property tax. And in my opinion being poorly used.

Why don't they concentrate more on teaching and less on spending?

At the cost per student we should have every student making straight A's don't you think? Instead of being just an average school?

[Ross]

Oop's I forgot the link for the info in my previous post.
There is a lot of good info at
http://kansasopengov.org/

Enjoy!

[Ross]

I seem to remember Elk konnected being involved with meetings for the closing of Severy and Moline grade schools.
And weren't they involved in trying to pass a $5.5 million dollar school bond? And now they have our School Board covered by Elk Konnected just like they do our County Government. Can anyone explain to me what is going on? Am I wrong in what I concieve as to be goinig on?

We have a good conversation going on at http://www.cascity.com/howard/forum/index.php/topic,11780.0.html with and about Elk Konnected, LLC. For right now Elk Konnected, LLC has said they are not going to return to the honest, open dialog at http://www.cascity.com/howard/forum/index.php/topic,11780.0.html but I think otherwise. If they are truely interested in what they say, an honest and open dialog they will return. Otherwise, in my opinion they have been lying to us.

There is a lot of good and bad reading over there, but quite informative. If you haven't been there come join us.

[Patriot]

Can anyone explain to me what is going on?

Shadow government?  Plutocracy?  Cronyism?  Liberal progressive socialism?  Just sayin.  If it walks like a duck and it talks like a duck...

[Diane Amberg]

What does any of this have to do with a West Elk survey being done by some college person writing a paper for school...or so it seems?  And it's "i before except after c." 
    A commercial for a different thread? Who said West Elk is just an average school? Where is that written?
I agree that more education money should filter down to the classroom..... especially in grammar and spelling! As it is the kids could learn their basics on computer and never even need a teacher, but then who would they blame when they don't know how to spell or are too shiftless to bother?

[Patriot]

A commercial for a different thread?

Or perhaps a continuing public service announcement about systemic cancers?