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I doubt that splitting the district would help really. I'd bet that would just create 3-4 school boards vs. 1 school board. Among the teachers I've talked to, school boards are the enemy of education and suck up a larger and larger portion of the money that is supposed to be allocated to public schools.
So, hypothetically, if you could eliminate or massive reduce the size, influence, or bureaucracy of the school board, then you might see things get better.
As an aside to this thread; there was a recent push in increase salaries for public school teachers. I support the idea since it would have the potential of drawing and retaining quality people to a field that has been long regarded as a low-paying, career of last resort. However, the fact is that we've suffered for years with recruitment of 'teachers' at the lower pay grades who have made a career out of staying in the system until retirement. In my opinion, it is going to take a generation of new teachers being hired and the old baggage retiring in order to see the positive effects of raising teacher's salaries. Of course, that is dependent on the salaries not being cut again along the way returning recruitment to the bottom of the career of last resort barrel.
I don't mean to imply that all teachers currently in the system are career of last resort type. Surely, some of them do their job with enthusiasm and interest because it is what they truly love doing. But having been through several years in both public and private education, I'm sure that my experience is not unique. For every teacher that was great, there were 3-4 that were just phoning it in.
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