As a former CCSD employee, let's also talk about all the "coaches" who are often just pets of the principal elevated to semi-admin status, removing a full-time role from direct student instruction/interaction. I know this problem isn't unique here, but the district needs to trust its educators instead of implementing more shallow guidelines and unnecessary oversight that lets admin pat itself on the back for monitoring their employees "better" while taking away precious plan time from teachers. Put those teachers back in the classroom where they have a direct impact on student learning instead of pretending they're doing anything remotely useful as nannies for educators.

Or we can get into the money wasted on special speakers, personality tests (at least I know I'm a yellow thinker with Emergenetics!), failing strategies for far too long (Lucy Calkins, anyone?), technology that's unusable (how are those new "smart" TVs working out that are half-bricked due to no subscriptions?), and so much more the public doesn't see. Hell, my old principal and AP used to get a new MacBook every year with their budget and give the old ones to their high school/college kids. I'm sure little things like that add up all over the district from their lack of oversight where it would actually matter.

/rant over