We happen to have some inside information that, following the poor information presented regarding hockey fees, that any future reports to be presented by Mr. McClowry would be reviewed by the entire management team. Did they? Either way, the Management Team comes off looking poorly here because either (A) they reviewed--and approved--this proposal, or (B) they didn't review it and let it go to the public as is (again).
How can we trust ANY budget information coming out of the district when such poor quality reports such as this are released? This district if going to need an 8th elementary school within 4-5 years and that will cost $18-20 M (or more). Did anyone notice that most of the building referenda got slammed last week? If one wants this community to support another big ticket venture, one might want to foc on putting one best and most quality foot forward when it comes to information.
And who exactly IS the district "Management Team"? We assume it would include Tim Culver, Phil Frei, and Alice Murphy. One would hope that HR Director Annette Mikula is also part of the team. But that makes only 4 and most teams have an odd number to ensure no tie votes. Is there a 5th? Perhaps Student Services Manager Jennifer Apodaca?
Our next question is...do they vote on issues like this? Knowing these folks, SOME of them HAD to take issue with Mr. McClowry's report. Did they simply get over-ruled? Really? Someone actually thought the Athletics and Actvities Budget Proposals were well written and supported by data? Or did some members of the Team simply not read it (and we can understand why)?
See attached ( Non-existent ) data
Two out of Jimmy Mac's 4 budget proposals, in response to the instruction, "2. Please provide data supporting your rationale for this proposal." were annotated with "See attached data". Yet there was no data attached...at least any data that remotely responded to the directive.
Really? Nobody caught that? Who's responsible? (ahem...Tim Culver)
Let's take only the left front wheel instead of a complete turn key operation
Mr. McClowry...the district?....is proposing to add girls varsity lacrosse next spring. Yippeee. Seriously ...that's great. And there's even a proposal to add boys varsity lacrosse th year after. But hat about JV? Freshmen? Lacrosse is by and large the number one growing sport in the country (although Jimmy Mac's report includes nothing about that). It already would be better populated than several existing school sponsored sports...but we'll take just girls varsity and then boys varsity? Really?
From the Why Don't We Show Growth Numbers That Don'T Support Our Proposal Dept.
...and then we have the request to add two assistant coaches each for swimming and cross country. Swimming...we get The data bears that out. But just look at the cross country data. It does not support ANY additional coaches!
McClowry Needs Help
Out personal favorite is batting in the leadoff position. In which McClowry asks for a half FTE (at a hefty salary) an Assistant Athletics and Activities Director. Mr. McClowry has publicly stated that he's really, really busy.
At .50 FTE, the salary would range from $25,625-$31,356. Some administrative responsibilities would include:
Evaluating staff, accessing facility and equipment needs, creating and facilitating professional development programs, administering large multi-team events and scheduling JV and 9th grade nonconference athletic events.
Hmmm... not seeing much about activities there?
We hear Bon Jovi's releasing an updated version of one of their old hits. It will be called "You Give SP A Bad Name".
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