First Wisconsin, Next Michigan?
Posted on February 21st, 2011 by MoverMike
The Detroit News reports this about Detroit Public Schools.
State education officials have ordered Robert Bobb to immediately implement a financial restructuring plan that balances the district’s books by closing half of its schools, swelling high school class sizes to 60 students and consolidating operations.
There’s one key paragraph in the story that echos Wisconsin:
Last week, state Sen. Phil Pavlov, R-St. Clair Township, proposed a bill that would give the emergency financial manager the power to cancel government or teacher union contracts. Detroit Public Schools spends nearly two-thirds of its budget on personnel costs, or $677 million a year.
The days of affordable government are over!
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