Interesting Take From Fran "The Man" Tarkenton

Fran Tarkenton weighs in on education 2011 in the WSJ.  To reiterate; I believe the teachers in the Westonka System are second to NONE!  I truly believe they are hampered by board members who choose not to push the administration toward accountability.

Fran Tarkenton:

"Over the past 20 years, we've been told that a big part of the problem is crumbling schools—that with new buildings and computers in every classroom, everything would improve. But even though spending on facilities and equipment has more than doubled since 1989 (again adjusted for inflation), we're still not seeing results, and officials assume the answer is that we haven't spent enough."

How about a new, $566,988 phone system on line 388 of the KA estimate? 

Again, I do realize there are needs within the district that must be addressed; but by spending $42,000,000 to get $22,000,000?

PS:

Francis Asbury "Fran" Tarkenton (born February 3, 1940) is a former professional football player, TV personality, and computer software executive.
He is best known for playing with the Minnesota Vikings and New York Giants, as well as serving as a commentator on Monday Night Football and a co-host of That's Incredible!. At the time of his retirement he owned every major quarterback record.
Tarkenton also founded Tarkenton Software, a computer-program generator company, and he toured the U.S. promoting CASE (computer-aided software engineering) with Albert F. Case, Jr. of Nastec Corporation. Tarkenton Software later merged with KnowledgeWare (with Tarkenton as president), until selling the company to Sterling Software in 1994.