School building troubles
In today's Sun, I report that state inspectors found school system employees falsely certifying that they had made building repairs that in fact they had not done. In addition, confidential state documents I obtained show shoddy work on multiple school renovation projects. You can read the story here.
The school system's chief operating officer, Keith Scroggins, says resolving the situation has been his top priority since he learned of the state inspectors' findings just over a month ago. State officials have high praise for his response, but they say he has an enormous job trying to change the culture in an institution long beset by a lack of accountability. Share your thoughts with us here about how such change can happen.
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How could this happen?
Simple! The city school system is spending other people's money. People that don't get to vote in city elections.
Therefore the system is accountable to nobody.
Posted by: NFR | June 6, 2007 1:08 PM
I am not sure how it can happen but my husband is a Baltimore City School teacher and his building is full of problems and they keep claiming there will be changes, but there have been none yet...
Posted by: Anonymous | June 6, 2007 4:46 PM
It is amazing what Mr. Scroggins has had to encounter since taking the position as COO in Baltimore City. The schools were in shambles! He is the first COO to really address these serious problems in the Baltimore City School System. It is amazing that these problems were going on all of the time prior to his entry, and no one in the past was held accountable. Why didn't the people and the media take a stand in the past and maybe he wouldn't have had to try to erradicate so many problems in less then one year? What was the school Board doing and where have they been all of this time when Mr. Scroggins has been fighting this battle?
Let's all see what we can do to make things better in the Baltimore City School System.
Posted by: Betty J | June 6, 2007 10:02 PM