I have the utmost respect for teachers, as my Dad was one for 30 years.

Not all school districts are the same, but Tatonka, you are correct in that some are so top heavy as to create a mini (or maxi) bureaucracy of and onto itself. Paying school board members is a waste of funds, especially if they hold additional day jobs and are just there for meetings. We work for free.

Thankfully for us we have a number of people who are talented at grant writing, and they have contacts within the State Gov. so that we are able to get old computers on a regular basis. Swap out some memory and upgrade teh hard drive and for $100 we have a computer perfectly good for use in the school.

I just wish they would fund schools as required by the State Constitution.