Coakly.
"The cost per student for facilities and administrators should be and is a perfect example of how we should be leveraging our spend." I don't follow this statement.
As to the 105 Counties, I agree there is no reason for that many. Some county offices have already done some consolidation, but there is certainly waste in the system.
As far as the absentee land owners, we are very much aware that we have many. Way more than we would like frankly. They are a real problem for this part of the state. We are beholden to wealthy pheasant hunters and deer hunters who want to own our hunting ground, but not support anything else. They rent us back our own ground and take the money elsewhere. I'd charge them triple, but I don't have any say so in the matter.
I'm not sure why you care, or what you want us to do.
Windy,
How do you not understand that statement? The more kids per capital dollar and administrator dollar spent the more leveraged your spend is. In other words, if you only have 100 kids and your costs are $100,000 then your cost is $1,000 per kid. If you have 500 kids then your cost is only $200 per kid. If you don't have enough students to justify your costs then you either get more kids or move the kids to another under utilized situation.
I am appreciate your support for County Consolidation. Now lets figure out how we can make it happen!
You should be grateful for absentee land owners! Without them your land would be worth less. Without them buying food your land would be worth less. Without them renting the land back to your farmers then you would have less land in production thus generating less income in your community. Without hunters bringing dollars to your communities your community would be worth less. What else would you like them to support? Apparently they worked smart enough and hard enough elsewhere to buy the ground that locals could not. Capitalism! You probably hate that word too! In other words, if you try to keep everything in a closed loop community your community would be worthless!
