I think part of this is timely because DeKalb begins its “SAP” process tonight with its first committee meeting. To be fair, DeKalb hired consultants for 2 master plans before that. At least the last one was good (I read it), but it had no political will behind it because board members did not like what they said so it went on a shelf. T…
I think part of this is timely because DeKalb begins its “SAP” process tonight with its first committee meeting. To be fair, DeKalb hired consultants for 2 master plans before that. At least the last one was good (I read it), but it had no political will behind it because board members did not like what they said so it went on a shelf. There are firms that specialize in this and the cost to DeKalb was $2M. The fact that someone on the board said “maybe Northwestern can help” is incredible evidence that they are out of their depth.
Committee, consultant… it makes no difference if the elected officials don’t follow through.
Whoever runs for school board should run on implementing a forensic audit of the last 5 years as a key campaign platform issue.
I think part of this is timely because DeKalb begins its “SAP” process tonight with its first committee meeting. To be fair, DeKalb hired consultants for 2 master plans before that. At least the last one was good (I read it), but it had no political will behind it because board members did not like what they said so it went on a shelf. There are firms that specialize in this and the cost to DeKalb was $2M. The fact that someone on the board said “maybe Northwestern can help” is incredible evidence that they are out of their depth.
Committee, consultant… it makes no difference if the elected officials don’t follow through.
Whoever runs for school board should run on implementing a forensic audit of the last 5 years as a key campaign platform issue.
Is Sarita Smith still running the SAP process over there?