Results of CCSD Building Programs

South Carolina's school districts are running short on funds for daily classroom instruction as legislators cut funds during this fiscal crisis.

School districts continue to expand highly-paid administrative staff and raise salaries of administrators, such as Charleston County's Nancy McGinley, to unwarranted levels while begging for more funds for daily classroom instruction

Funding for elaborate new schools full of the latest technology continues independently of daily classroom necessities, thanks to the taxing and funding "systems" now in place.

Is it any wonder that ordinary citizens and taxpayers are confused about the district's need for more money? That taxpayers are likely to say "no" to a new sales tax to fund them? See Outlook for Schools Seen as Dire in Wednesday's P&C.

Here's a comment on that article that indicates the feelings of many:

"I'm confused. Every day I pass by a construction site in Dorchester 2 on Patriots Parkway where a new elementary building is going up. How is this possible if 'we're essentially out of business.'"