Comments for School Board Transparency http://www.schoolboardtransparency.com Sunlight on Board-Union Contract Negotiations Sun, 08 Aug 2010 00:48:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 Comment on Check out this new site: SchoolBoard 2.0 by Jim Butt http://www.schoolboardtransparency.com/?p=514&cpage=1#comment-13611 Jim Butt Sun, 08 Aug 2010 00:48:38 +0000 http://www.schoolboardtransparency.com/?p=514#comment-13611 The site started charging, so I took it down. Other than NSBA, perhaps, I'm not aware of any national site that allows dialog on school board practices and knowledge sharing. Pity. Boards put themselves at a disadvantage when they don't share all they know in a convenient, searchable database or share their network of thinkers. jb The site started charging, so I took it down. Other than NSBA, perhaps, I’m not aware of any national site that allows dialog on school board practices and knowledge sharing. Pity. Boards put themselves at a disadvantage when they don’t share all they know in a convenient, searchable database or share their network of thinkers. jb

]]> Comment on Pennsbury citizen group pushes for transparency by Paul Fisher http://www.schoolboardtransparency.com/?p=535&cpage=1#comment-13585 Paul Fisher Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:23:59 +0000 http://www.schoolboardtransparency.com/?p=535#comment-13585 Wow! I wonder how long it took this group to assemble this information...and what the Right to Know Request looked like? I bet the Right to Know Official nearly died on the spot. There are a few things that can also be added including: value of accumulated sick days, value of accumulated personal days, value of GASB 45 retirement benefits, and value of tuition reimbursements. I would also be curious if the salaries include any extra/co-curricular positions held by those individuals Although this may be considered somewhat extreme, it certainly goes to dispel any salary rhetoric head on! Wow!

I wonder how long it took this group to assemble this information…and what the Right to Know Request looked like? I bet the Right to Know Official nearly died on the spot.

There are a few things that can also be added including: value of accumulated sick days, value of accumulated personal days, value of GASB 45 retirement benefits, and value of tuition reimbursements. I would also be curious if the salaries include any extra/co-curricular positions held by those individuals

Although this may be considered somewhat extreme, it certainly goes to dispel any salary rhetoric head on!

]]> Comment on Pennsbury citizen group pushes for transparency by Steve McKinzie http://www.schoolboardtransparency.com/?p=535&cpage=1#comment-13584 Steve McKinzie Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:30:47 +0000 http://www.schoolboardtransparency.com/?p=535#comment-13584 Wow! It's really wonderful what they have done in Bucks County. This is exactly the kind of transparency in negotiations that needs to emerge throughout the Commonwealth. It really does no good for boards or unions to talk about percentage increases or even benefits, if the public lacks a clear sense of what that means in actual dollars and cents. Steve Wow! It’s really wonderful what they have done in Bucks County. This is exactly the kind of transparency in negotiations that needs to emerge throughout the Commonwealth. It really does no good for boards or unions to talk about percentage increases or even benefits, if the public lacks a clear sense of what that means in actual dollars and cents.

Steve

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