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The DISD has a long history of financial irresponsibility, a school board who could accomplish nothing, and even a former superintendent who served jail time for using tax payers' money for her own person interior decorating whims.
A scandal two years ago was that credit cards were issued to district employees to buy necessary classroom items. Of course some employees felt that iPods, bedding, and dinners at nice restaurants qualified for classroom expenditures. Despite $1.5 million in purchases per month on the cards, no one ever looked at the bills. Once the local paper began investigating it was shocking to see what was being purchased by the employees and how high some of their bills were each month.
And we wonder how they got over $80 million in debt.
I do feel sorry for the teachers. Sounds like those in the accounting office are the ones who need to be let go.
This is one of the reasons why I wanted out of Dallas before having children. There are some good teachers trying to do good work, but the administration of the DISD is an outrage and has been for over 20 years.
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