tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270815429299703055.post5038044069543612414..comments2023-09-29T06:32:16.005-04:00Comments on My School Committee Blog: Apples and kumquats: Comparing Northampton, Amherst schools not so cut-and-driedCatherine A. Sandersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523667921190365891noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270815429299703055.post-5895697627529374092010-03-12T15:10:02.539-05:002010-03-12T15:10:02.539-05:00Oh, and I did qualify it with "kernel of trut...Oh, and I did qualify it with "kernel of truth".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270815429299703055.post-43837366118257519382010-03-12T15:08:57.560-05:002010-03-12T15:08:57.560-05:00The assumption being that the work that they are d...The assumption being that the work that they are doing (busy work I like to call it), is important. Having been there, I have to disagree with such an assumption.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270815429299703055.post-42235463453938769012010-03-12T11:54:36.525-05:002010-03-12T11:54:36.525-05:00And who is going to do all the work that the curre...And who is going to do all the work that the current administrators and their staff are doing? What a short-sighted idea - abolish all but a few secretaries and Super.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270815429299703055.post-2125179839710907182010-03-12T11:33:19.106-05:002010-03-12T11:33:19.106-05:00"If Amherst were to abolish all but a few cen..."If Amherst were to abolish all but a few central office secretaries and the superintendent, we would save well over the 1.9 million that an override would bring in, and students, teachers and parents would be happier."<br /><br />A kernel of truth!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com