There is one piece of the Sand Ridge/PIE issue that I haven't seen mentioned: If Jay Jackson and his employees can get and stay on top of their paperwork requirements, the LCSD gets 15% of all money paid to this charter organization to educate district students and has no expenses for educating these students itself beyond minor administrative costs. So this is a potential money-making deal for the district.
Instead of focusing on how Sand Ridge will now receive 85% vs. the prior 80% of funds that funnel this way for educating students, I'm thinking that maybe a 15% rake-off by LCSD is excessive if legal paperwork pieces are completely in a timely manner and submitted as required so the district does not need to devote administrative time to bird-dogging this process.
There certainly seems to be bad blood between district administrators and Sand Ridge/PIE folks, and given Robinson's history of disrespecting others, I doubt his hands are clean. But it does sound like Jay Jackson and his crew need to find a way to get and stay atop state paperwork requirements.
Another small piece of PIE: I am recalling (I know someone will correct me if I'm wrong) Jay Jackson is paid $35,000 annually. So working for not-much-above minimum wage doesn't excuse not doing one's job, but good grief. Does he have a second job to support himself?
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1. $35,000 is TWICE minimum wage. "Not-much-above minimum wage" is not even remotely true.
2. I suspect it's almost impossible to do that math as to how much money in staff time the LCSD spends on PIE (doing so would require having every employee track every minute of time they spend working on PIE issues, which is in and of itself almost impossible). Given that, claiming the amount the LCSD takes is excessive is at best a guess.
You must be tired, IE.
Jay Jackson is a poor administrator, period. The fact that the PIE board continues to allow to run the schools is evidence they have no interest in complying with legal requirements.
Given Jackson's numerous civil and legal encumbrances, he is lucky to have a job at all.
Charter schools are free from about 90 percent of the reporting requirements and laws that govern public schools. Rules that take a larger administrative staff to comply with.
That is why the state legislature set the funding level at 80%. Although even the 10% that does affect them seems too much for the hapless Jackson to keep up with.
"But it does sound like Jay Jackson and his crew need to find a way to stay atop paperwork."
That's a nice way of putting it.
Jackson's INCOMPETENCE has put the district in potential legal and FINANCIAL trouble. This is way more than "oh, I forgot where that post-it went." We're talking teacher registration! multiple requests for papers to be completed and returned! The guy should not be in charge of a popsicle stand, let alone a school!
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