A look at Teach for America Jax's finances (rough draft)
You may have picked up that I am frustrated by the QEA giving the local Teach for America office 6.25 million dollars. Especially since DCPS already picks up the salaries, benefits and training of the local teachers and has kicked in an extra 600,000 dollars beyond that. Currently according to the TFA Jax web-site there are 125 corp members a tiny sliver of the 8,000 teachers in the district.
That 6.25 million dollars isn't the only money they have brought in from locals.
It's kind of hard to tell because they give a range of donations and not the specific amount but they seem to have raked in millions more.
https://jacksonville.teachforamerica.org/supporters
Now I bet 17 salaries, and an office, plus printer paper, I bet they have plenty of printer paper adds up but as schools are being squeezed tighter and tighter, is this really the best way the educational philanthropist community could be using their money?
I don't believe so.
These people/organizations want so desperately to be involved in education but at the same time they don't want to be seen helping public schools as they are somehow beneath them.
I can imagine how their thought process went. Cue Scooby Doo flashback music.
We'll give to those nice young men and women killing time before grad school. Give to that 22 year veteran Mrs. Mcgillicutty at P.S. 189 who spends her own money to buy her kids jackets and has to buy her own ink and paper, oh no, No, no, no, no. Did you see the people at the TFA office they have little alligators on their sweaters, we will send our money there.
Ugh
That 6.25 million dollars isn't the only money they have brought in from locals.
It's kind of hard to tell because they give a range of donations and not the specific amount but they seem to have raked in millions more.
https://jacksonville.teachforamerica.org/supporters
Now I bet 17 salaries, and an office, plus printer paper, I bet they have plenty of printer paper adds up but as schools are being squeezed tighter and tighter, is this really the best way the educational philanthropist community could be using their money?
I don't believe so.
These people/organizations want so desperately to be involved in education but at the same time they don't want to be seen helping public schools as they are somehow beneath them.
I can imagine how their thought process went. Cue Scooby Doo flashback music.
We'll give to those nice young men and women killing time before grad school. Give to that 22 year veteran Mrs. Mcgillicutty at P.S. 189 who spends her own money to buy her kids jackets and has to buy her own ink and paper, oh no, No, no, no, no. Did you see the people at the TFA office they have little alligators on their sweaters, we will send our money there.
Ugh