Quote Originally Posted by WinningIsRelentless View Post
We could solve a lot of issues in the state by consolidating it about 35 counties and school districts.
You don't want to figure that nasty out. Each county should have its own system but the litigation you might get into having districts that run across county lines potentially is nasty.

Best to keep things in county due to different tax structures for different counties potentially going to buildings that aren't even in the county.

You at a minimum need one school district per county. But I would definitely agree MS needs to consolidate. And some of y'all may not agree with this but there are entirely too many private schools in MS. Way too many. If MS wants to save money they are going to have to consolidate some academies with public schools. Part of the issue is administrative costs but think about secretarial costs and things like that. One school of 300 and a school of 200 has 2 bookkeepers. 2 athletic directors. 2 registrars. 2 secretaries. List goes on and on. If you consolidate into one school of 500, all of those decrease to 1 person. That's over $100,000 per year right off the bat.

So yes central office personnel is an issue, but the school level is where you will see the biggest difference. Those two schools will also both need an assistant principal. Combine those two schools and they still only qualify for funding for 1 assistant principal. Boom there's $65,000 per year in salary and another $25,000-$35,000 per year in benefits.