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Posted on January 16 at 4:03 p.m.

Though I do not have the direct working experience that TQM and johnny_boy both mentioned above, I share their sentiment. The crumbling schools are not the problem - they are a symptom. The real problem is mismanagement of our tax dollars and lack of preventive maintenance.

I strongly believe (like Stephanie) that the school system and the physical facilities must not only be salvaged but brought to high national standards for BR and LA to prosper as they should. However, before any more money is "thrown" to the same group that have gotten us here by total mismanagement, the top dogs must first be replaced with somebody that takes ownership and runs the system like a business and manages the assets as if THEY paid for them!

Until changes are made at upper and middle management, I'll strongly oppose any new funding. Why continue to throw good money after bad? Remember that insanity is defined as doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different outcome. I try to avoid participating in those types of activities if I have a choice.

It's not elitism/racism as Stephanie suggests, it's intelligence. How many under-funded (in comparison) private/church schools are as trashed as our public schools? I'm almost certain that it costs less to (better) educate a child in a private school in BR than in the EBR public system ALL BECAUSE OF ACCOUNTABILITY.

And Stephanie - the "white elephant" in the room will get replaced with a new model if more funding is provided to the same inept, irresponsible, and unaccountable school management personnel.

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