A raft of unfavorable publicity has affixed itself to Woodland Middle School. This is today’s black mark. Its not a healthy sign. And the recent story about the new math curriculum makes it sound as though it must be funded at the expense of other operational spending. We have to rob Peter to pay Paul but Paul may never get reimbursed if we have to pay the Piper.
Note this paragraph:
The money to pay for the books — Math Expressions for K-5 and Big Ideas Math for grades 6-8 — was taken from money budgeted for technology improvements within the district, Superintendent Keith Dixon said.
It would never occur to our Superintendent to rob JCI or the Red Plan to pay for this new curriculum.
