14 to be charged in DPS corruption case

[dtowncitylover]

Gift cards to the teachers?! Red Lobster here we come.

WOW, actually you insensitive asshat no they were to Lowe's to get repairs for the classroom.

[bmick67]

WOW, actually you insensitive asshat no they were to Lowe's to get repairs for the classroom.

If pointing out the obvious lack of controls and accountability makes me an "insensitive asshat" in your eyes, so be it. Do you really think it's OK to just hand out gift cards, Lowes or otherwise?

[dtowncitylover]

If pointing out the obvious lack of controls and accountability makes me an "insensitive asshat" in your eyes, so be it. Do you really think it's OK to just hand out gift cards, Lowes or otherwise?

There's a difference between what everyone else has said on this thread, and rightfully so, and your remark. You did not point out "obvious lack of controls and accountability", you assumed the gift cards were frivolous and to a restaurant that's been described stereotypically as a "black people restaurant".

I'm not sure what the problem is in handing out gift cards...do you vet everyone you give gift cards to? These teachers need repairs, and they're gonna need more than $100 in gift cards anyway.

[river rat]

The Answer.

I am certain that all the money that went to those charged was given to poor children in the form of school supplies and lunch money. How cynical of everyone to think that they kept the money for themselves. After all the NEA [[Teachers Union), always has what is best for the children in their negotiations and they never leave the kids on their own to strike.
When they go to trial it is likely a jury of their peers will find great pity for them and they will either be acquitted or given a slap on the wrist. This is the way of juries in the City of Detroit.

Despicable. This school system is so broken, there is no reasonable probability that it can ever be repaired. The idea of having the money follow the child proposed by a member of the forum might work IF the parent had the responsibility and capability to evaluate a school[[s) and the desire to educate their child properly. And the schools would have to exist - they don't.

Decades of corruption, overspending, wildly expensive pensions, oversight and accountability absence, parental disinterest; they all lead to one conclusion.

There ain't no answer.
There isn't going to be any answer.
There never has been an answer.
That's the answer.

-Gertrude Stein

[Wesley Mouch]

The Answer.
...
There ain't no answer.
There isn't going to be any answer.
There never has been an answer.
That's the answer.

-Gertrude Stein

What a terrible thought. And how untrue.

Its only true if you keep your eyes closed to new, and can't let go.

[Richard]

If pointing out the obvious lack of controls and accountability makes me an "insensitive asshat" in your eyes, so be it. Do you really think it's OK to just hand out gift cards, Lowes or otherwise?

Directly to the teachers I would say yes,If the classroom needed painting and some of the students offered to help then Lowes and paint it would be.

It would not only help in the situation but give the students some pride in thier surroundings.You cannot buy that.

Gift cards from Staples,why not?
Teachers have been using funds out of thier pocket to help those that need.The last thing on a teachers mind should be fretting about basic tools.

The public needs to demand more and set a higher standard for their children,when they become complacent the wolves will feast,they do not care about anybody else but thier own pockets.