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[Rob Tucker]

I can't find any reason to generally make the teaching staff the whipping post for DOE. I think that the financial problems are directly related to a bloated, overstaffed middle management. This management has made an art of diverting money away from education children and into the coffers of a wide variety of vendors and contractors.

I did think of one think that could be done and is long over due. It concerns the fact that Charter Schools are funded at about one half the rate (per pupil) of DOE operated schools. The successes of Charter Schools at such a low funding level probably explains why DOE treats them so badly.

I believe it is time for a Civil Rights/ Discrimination Complaint to be submitted to the Federal Department of Education. If a compelling case can be demonstrated to the Feds then we citizens would not need to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for lawyers and lawsuits. The Feds have the lawyers and the leverage (Federal Funding).

It takes elbow grease.

I am heavily involved at this time in similar efforts on similar topics. Someone needs to take the bit and form some working groups to develop a federal complaint. All the data is out there and in the public domain.
No need to accuse any individuals of anything. Demonstrate that the system is itself providing unequal treatment.

It can be done. Do it.