Trimming the Fat or Cutting Dead Weight, Choose your Metaphor

I pay attention to politics in D.C., because it is fun and I am familiar with the scene. So when I saw this article in the Sun today, I had to laugh. Last week the chancleor of D.C. schools did the same exact thing. She got the power to fire, and classify central office employees as at will, and got rid of their asses. Many say it was because they were underperformers, she says it was to give more money to the schools. For whatever reason they give, getting rid of all the redundant and wasteful central office jobs, can only help. Mr. Alonso is going to cut $110 million from the central office budget and redistribute $70 million. I am sure some people are going to whine about jobs, but when the money is going to the kids, there is only so much whining that can be done. I think this is a good move, considering how poor the schools in this city perform. But, we all know that simply throwing money at the problem will not work, you have to have students who want to be there an want to learn. Let's hope they keep the number of administrators down, so they can focus on giving the kids the resources they deserve, and not the shortchanging they have received thus far.