I am a New York City public high school student. The situation is beyond control

Re:I am a New York City public high school student. The situ... by rdtwo on Sunday January 09, 2022 @09:51AM (#29863685)

Yep and now it’s gone. Schools are notoriously wasteful when it comes to large sums of money. Almost none of the allocations go to high ROI Items like hiring teachers or buying basic school supplies. Schools love buying tech though because it’s always a black hole for capital spending

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Re:I am a New York City public high school student. The situ... by pempem on Sunday January 09, 2022 @12:02PM (#29865088)

At least in LA, its not the schools. Its, as an earlier poster said, administration. The mental association of "school" is usually a group of teachers and maybe a principal.

In multiple cities, political leadership at the mayoral level has been shown to be getting kickbacks and other favorable terms from our dear beloved employers to adopt that technology. In LAUSD it was Villaragosa and Apple.

When we say the money is "wasted", it's because there is corruption at levels higher than any individual school. Usually.

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Re:I am a New York City public high school student. The situ... by rdtwo on Sunday January 09, 2022 @01:58PM (#29866242)

Yeah I think that’s true the corruption is either dictated down as in you must buy apple products or you get nothing. Happens at a district level where for example they they hire a consulting firm and pay millions of dollars

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