Many of us knew two things.
1) DPS was already a disaster. It was a disaster when the state took it over in 1999 and it was still a disaster when the state returned control to the board.
2) Bobb knew he was pumping Kool-Aid in a lifeless corpse but when you are getting over $400Gs to keep the corpse on life-support, why complain?
Bobb knew from day one that DPS was done financially. Smaller tax base, less money coming from the state and charter schools sealed DPS fate years ago yet Bobb came in and made people believe that he and his mighty staff would get DPS right again. Yes, he chased crooks that was robbing the system and he had media promotions of DPS but this is DPS. It is still "lipstick on a pig." The parents that had already removed their kids weren't in no rush to come back. Old, dilapidated schools with minimal supplies is not enough to entice parents to bring their kids back and Bobb knew that but yes he had to sell that DPS is better yet he still have to close schools and now they are ready to sell their soul to the devil and promote more charter schools in Detroit. This is failure and Bobb got paid well to keep it alive.
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