I remember when Carter was governor of this state. He consolidated government agencies and it made a mess of things. There ended up being more work than what could be handled by those doing it.
The school districts need to also take a long hard look at their budgets to look at where they can cut some of their budgets. I have said this at another site and I'll bring it up here, but one of the things our schools might have to look hard at is the sports programs. If they want to keep them, they should consider a pay to play system to pay for sports until the economy starts to improve.
Another thing they seriously need to consider is changing the start date for school. Starting school the first Tuesday following Labor Day could save lots of money in the costs of air conditioning. Do we need a full week off for Thanksgiving? I know lots of school districts in other states where they only get Thanksgiving Day and that Friday off for Thanksgiving. That's all we got off for that holiday when I was a kid in Augusta.
This year, our schools in Paulding get a week off for Easter and then another week off in April for Spring Break. Is it really necessary to have that week off in April. The schools would save money eliminating this week off and shortening Thanksgiving.
I'm sure there are other things that can be done to reduce expenditures during the school year.
