Overall I prefer the CA system. (snip) I’ll be happy to get out of here . . .[/quote]
Interesting stuff, thanks for posting.
Our corruption is more laid-back than what you’re used to, but you’ll feel right at home in no time.[/quote]
Actually, I’ve lived in Michigan, Chicago, San Diego and now NJ (about an hour from NYC). I’ve never seen this kind of corruption (even in Chicago). I’ve seen three examples of women being indicted for embezzling large sums from their PTO funds. I’ve been offered discounts from exterminators and other service people if I’m willing to make my check out to “Cash.” Our school district has only around 1000 kids, but we have a Superintendent, three principles, one vice principle and three sets of office staff. The per student cost is about 50% more at the elementary school level (compares to DMUSD) and the school my kids attend is older than the one I attended many years ago. At the high school level, it is 100% more than Torrey Pines – and the test scores are significantly lower here. How are they spending so much more to get less? Hard to say, but we’ve had enough . . .
