Anonymous wrote:

I'd say an overwhelming majority of school districts are severely lacking in the kinds of deep expertise it takes to make good policy, most of them just wing it, reinvent the wheel, fake it... And, their oversight is often laymen - school boards consisting of random local businesspeople and political hacks - who have absolutely no idea how to actually run or oversee school districts. That's what happens in local government all around the country.

And the feds are somehow superior---they make good policy and there are no "political hacks"?? I think I'd rather take my chances with the local yokels to be honest.

I was once told that I didn't know what was good for me and that I could not make my own decisions. I was not amused by that attitude. No wonder there is so much love for the feds out there.

It's interesting that you characterize this as an attitude of the federal government. I have been told that exact same thing at least twice by the local yokels.

I'd say an overwhelming majority of school districts are severely lacking in the kinds of deep expertise it takes to make good policy, most of them just wing it, reinvent the wheel, fake it... And, their oversight is often laymen - school boards consisting of random local businesspeople and political hacks - who have absolutely no idea how to actually run or oversee school districts. That's what happens in local government all around the country.

And the feds are somehow superior---they make good policy and there are no "political hacks"?? I think I'd rather take my chances with the local yokels to be honest.

I was once told that I didn't know what was good for me and that I could not make my own decisions. I was not amused by that attitude. No wonder there is so much love for the feds out there.

Anonymous wrote:

There are roughly 13,580 school districts in the nation. According to your brilliant logic, evidently we should spend 13,580 times as much money coming up with 13,580 different sets of standards, policies and guidelines for the sole reason of partisan political ideology and mumbo jumbo about "local control" and hatred of the current occupant of the White House.

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Nope. That doesn't say that we'd be better off if the federal government ran the local schools. That just says that we'd be worse off if there were no federal involvement in education.

There are roughly 13,580 school districts in the nation. According to your brilliant logic, evidently we should spend 13,580 times as much money coming up with 13,580 different sets of standards, policies and guidelines for the sole reason of partisan political ideology and mumbo jumbo about "local control" and hatred of the current occupant of the White House.

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Anonymous wrote:

Could you please link to suggestions that the federal government take over the Anamoose Public School District transportation system?

PP said that we would be better served for feds to run our local schools. At least they don't do that yet!

I haven't read any posts on this thread saying that we would be better off if the federal government ran the local schools.

Could you please link to suggestions that the federal government take over the Anamoose Public School District transportation system?

PP said that we would be better served for feds to run our local schools. At least they don't do that yet!

Anonymous wrote:LOL. Do you really think the feds are better equipped to determine the transportation needs of a school system in ND than the locals? I would think that would be a big per student cost.

LMAO! Lemme guess, you are some Tea Party wingnut staffer for Kevin Cramer or John Hoeven!

Anonymous wrote:LOL. Do you really think the feds are better equipped to determine the transportation needs of a school system in ND than the locals? I would think that would be a big per student cost.

Could you please link to suggestions that the federal government take over the Anamoose Public School District transportation system?

LOL. Do you really think the feds are better equipped to determine the transportation needs of a school system in ND than the locals? I would think that would be a big per student cost.

Anonymous wrote:

And yet my conclusion is different from yours. Odd.

You honestly believe that Dept of Education is better equipped to determine local issues? Have you ever worked in a school system?

How many local school systems would think that it was a local priority to provide a free and appropriate education in the least restrictive environment to all children, if it weren't for federal law? (How many local school systems think it's a local priority even with federal law?)

Anonymous wrote:

thought that we were talking about financial waste?

We are. More waste if it were run from DC.

Yes, you keep saying that. But merely repeating something doesn't make it true.

Anonymous wrote:

And yet my conclusion is different from yours. Odd.

You honestly believe that Dept of Education is better equipped to determine local issues? Have you ever worked in a school system?

I'd say an overwhelming majority of school districts are severely lacking in the kinds of deep expertise it takes to make good policy, most of them just wing it, reinvent the wheel, fake it... And, their oversight is often laymen - school boards consisting of random local businesspeople and political hacks - who have absolutely no idea how to actually run or oversee school districts. That's what happens in local government all around the country.

thought that we were talking about financial waste?

We are. More waste if it were run from DC.

Anonymous wrote:

And yet my conclusion is different from yours. Odd.

You honestly believe that Dept of Education is better equipped to determine local issues? Have you ever worked in a school system?

I thought that we were talking about financial waste?

And yet my conclusion is different from yours. Odd.

You honestly believe that Dept of Education is better equipped to determine local issues? Have you ever worked in a school system?