The BCSD has invested between $750,000 and $1,000,000 each year for the last 10 years on technology related expenditures. As a Brighton taxpayer, I have a keen interest in the 2008/09 Brighton School Board’s objective to “Assess the effectiveness of the technology investment.”
From my perspective, the central question is: How will the District tie improved educational outcomes to the $750,000+ being spent each year on technology?
Look at the Tech. Eval. Diary Page on the sidebar to read about my efforts to become involved in the assessment process.
November 6th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
I read your Diary with interest. Did you ever get an answer on the question of the technology background of the PTSA members? I do not understand why the technology review is so “in-house”. What is the use? The incentives are stacked so that the committee will inevitably rubber-stamp whatever is going on, including massive overspending. The review should be by an independent committee or not at all. Another colossal waste of time and resources. - cm jones