School? It's Too Soon!

It is hard to believe that school has already started in some places. It wasn't that long ago that school began in September. Now July start dates are becoming common. Not only that, school systems that have early August start dates are eyeing July starts as well. Why has this happened?

Simple. You must remember that schools are a government beauracracy. This means that their numebr one goal is to expand. That is what a beauracracy does afterall. Expand, control, dominate.

Teacher contracts are longer now because of added "workdays." Cobb County Schools in Georgia have five work days before school starts! Talk about padding the contract. How many days can it take for teachers to gossip and get their classrooms ready?

But the backlash is coming. It seems that people are starting to figure out that their local school, as much as they love it, is still a tentacle of a large expanding beauracracy. Fightiung back through the state legislature will be the solution. North Carolina did it. Truthfully, the teachers there did not complain. Less work days may mean less pay, but is also means more time off. the only complaints came from, you guessed it, the people at the top of the beauracracy. After all, what good is power if you cannot abuse it?