tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957571343299782919.post7298875738436800218..comments2022-01-08T03:50:33.962-05:00Comments on Wallingford Politico: FROM WALLINGFORD – Process and reasonJason Zandrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00532972899625056361noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957571343299782919.post-50827793862604562542010-01-27T15:00:02.973-05:002010-01-27T15:00:02.973-05:00The Superintendent cited the cost to provide heat ...The Superintendent cited the cost to provide heat and utilities to the new VoAg building as one reason to layoff teachers. However at least one of his administrators told teachers that the new building would increase enrollment and the added tuition would go to the town making the building profitable. It appears that the Superintendent is just following the Mayors' orders to break the union. The town has more than enough surplus money. If the mayor is waiting for a rainy day somebody wake him up and tell him its pouringAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957571343299782919.post-47267256280766357922010-01-24T11:15:34.571-05:002010-01-24T11:15:34.571-05:00This economic problem didn't appear out of the...This economic problem didn't appear out of the blue. Making decisons of this magnitude, like a major restructure under financial duress without the proper data, planning and buy-in is inherently dangerous and risky for a nominal, if any cost savings. Structure notwithstanding, I would like to know how many districts "restructured" as a solution to an economic problem and did so successfully in just a few months with major staffing changes? To quote Benjamin Franklin, “All human situations have their inconveniences. We feel those of the present but neither see nor feel those of the future; and hence we often make troublesome changes without amendment, and frequently for the worse.”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com