An “austere” fiscal situation in Wake County Public Schools can only mean one thing: hiring a consultant to recommend that teachers not punish cheating and shoddy work.
Wake County school administrators may pay thousands of dollars to hire a consultant whose recommendations include not reducing grades for cheating or missing a deadline for handing in work.
School officials want Ken O’Connor, whose work is being reviewed by high school and middle school teachers, to speak with teachers about grading practices. But his hefty price tag and controversial suggestions, which school officials say they’re not necessarily endorsing, could hold up the deal at a time when Wake teachers and school employees face pay cuts, furloughs and possible job loss.
“If we can get him to come, we’d like to have him,” said Ken Branch, Wake’s’ senior director for secondary education. “This is a discussion we want to have.”
I have a feeling Terry Stoops wouldn’t consider this vital education spending:
