Research

Research reveals that the Paradise Unified School District has an ADA of 5,200 students spread over 14 schools. I leave it to you to decide which members of the administrative staff could be sacrificed or consolidated to provide more services for the students.

There are two assistant principals at the high school. At the district office, there is an assistant superintendent, a superintendent of instructional services, a director of special services, and two library/media/ tech coordinators, one for elementary, and another for secondary. (I made up the aesthetician.)

I realize that most district superintendents are only figureheads who schmooze the community and announce press releases, but if they decided to do some of the grunt work, it might make some of excess staff unnecessary. Let them earn their $200,000. Of course, any good school board should be able to find $34,000 hiding somewhere in the pork.