STILL More Questionable Information Coming From the School District!

When is the school board going to address the cost of poor quality information coming out of the district office?

This past Monday, at the school board's FTT meeting, we heard the district's recommendation that school board meetings be moved from the Municipal Building, which seems to be good enough to stream and televise live City Council meetings...  but perhaps not good enough for the district.

As is too often the case, we quickly learned that the District has not done its due diligence in determining whether such a move is truly feasible, or what the true cost of making such a move would be. Luckily, Sun Prairie Media Center (SPMC, formerly Sun Prairie Cable Access TV) Executive Director Cameron Thompson pointed out several things the District does not appear to have considered:

 1. The live feed is located in the gymnasium at CHUMS — requiring cable to be run from the gymnasium to the auditorium.
 2. The purchase microphones and a camera to broadcast meetings at CHUMS would be required; costs not considered.
3. When Sun Prairie Media Center broadcast from CHUMS previously, the cable end experienced at least one problem during the broadcast each year.

  What about Seniors and Those that Are not Internet Savvy? 
The plans to move school board and committee meetings from the municipal building also mean that meetings would no longer be available to watch live via Charter cable as the meeting is held. SPMC would broadcast the tapes later on, but live viewing would no longer be possible by TV. Many district residents are not savvy enough o lack the internet bandwidth to watch streaming video. Many have gotten used to watching the meetings live on Charter cable. Why would the district now consider turning its back on the very citizens that financed this district for many, many years.
   Read the STAR's coverage

Burning Questions
When will the district stop bringing forward information which has not been properly vetted? 


How can the school board vote to approve any decision based on bad data? 

 The school board's vision statement includes using data to drive decision-making. How can that work when the quality of information is poor? Poor quality data leads to poor decisions.