We don’t know what it’s like in the other 56 states, but in California we have an interesting situation in which morons are in charge of the education system.
In Riverside, California (the Editor’s hometown) the voters approved construction of a new high school back in 2007. The total cost of its construction eventually reached an astounding $100 million.
One. Hundred. Million. Dollars. For that kind of money the school mascot should be George Soros.
The architect's rendering of HIllcrest High School was very accurate. Except for its inclusion of students.
Construction is now complete, but the district can’t afford to open it because it would cost another $3 million to operate it each year and the district is tapped out. So neighboring schools will remain overcrowded while the new Hillcrest High School gathers dust and cobwebs.
Yahoo News reports the idiocy:
Wendell Tucker of the Alvord Unified School District said the district’s $130 million operating budget had been cut by $25 million.
“When the California budget goes down and income in the state goes down, funding to K-through-12 education goes with it,” Tucker told USA Today. “We made a number of budget adjustments. Right now, we simply are out of adjustments, and it’s not feasible … to open this school.”
And it’s not clear that things will be any different in 2012. “We’ll look at it on a year by year basis,” Tucker added.
But wait. We know this is hard to believe, but it gets worse.
… even though the school won’t be in use, the district will still have to spend $1 million to maintain the buildings and run air conditioning and other systems, to keep them from deteriorating.
May we be so bold as to suggest that if the school ever opens it might be a good idea to make economics a required class.
H/T: Kimmy Queen
Source: Yahoo News
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