Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) are desperate. They simply don't have enough money. They're complaining about massive cuts they've had to make because the county won't give them enough money. But what is it, exactly, that they're doing with their money? They just recently spent $80,000. Now, if you wanted to help schools and education, what would you do with $80,000?

How much could you buy with $80,000, if you wanted to help educate children. Maybe you could hire a couple teachers. Maybe you could pay for a few part-time teachers' aides. How many classroom supplies could you buy with $80,000? How many bus drivers could you supply? How many computers could you purchase to outfit classrooms? $80,000 sure could help a lot of students get educated -- if CMS actually wanted to educate anyone.

Instead, they spent $80,000 to hire "mystery shoppers" to gage customer service responses! $80,000. The average mystery shopper job earns around $10. Either CMS hired 8,000 shoppers (highly unlikely), or they paid these "mystery shoppers" a TON of money.

Yes, instead of buying supplies for children, instead of helping educate children; this school system actually spent tens of thousands of dollars on a project they could have done for free by simply asking the parents for results. And they're defending this massive expenditure because "the data gives each school and department irrefutable evidence of the problems and ways to make improvements." In other words, they're actually claiming that they thought the system was perfect before.

Again, please note: the purpose of government education is the system -- they have ZERO interest in educating students. They want to spend money on the system, but NOT on education.

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