Meg's Latest Analysis
Meg Diaz wanted to let readers know that she did an analysis of personnel cuts from the last Work Session (2/9/11) on the budget. Her full report is at her blog , Dolce & Nutella . (Did you know that Costco sells Nutella in big jars a lot cheaper than anywhere else? But I digress.) Her basic points are good (I did a bit of cut-and-paste to put point together rather than spread out in her thread): When basic school and student funding is on the chopping block – and it is, since WSS cuts are being considered – then everything else needs to be up there as well. And if it's not, saying "it's grant-funded" isn't enough. There needs to be detailed transparency justifying the protection of that much administrative expense. However . Only 2/3 of Central Administration employees were even listed on the "core FTEs" handout (compared to 100% of Other Support). Central Administration cannot be effectively restructured when over 1/3rd of the organiza...