The Taylor Principle says that when a school system needs to cut its budget, it must protect the classroom.
The Taylor Principle also predicts that school system bureaucrats will invariably ignore the Taylor Principle.
Update: On the other hand, the threat of cutting classroom personnel could be the Wake County Schools version of the Washington Monument ploy. What is the Washington Monument ploy? According to Joe Henchman, “A threatened agency, instead of trying to become more efficient, warns that it will have to cut or shut down the most popular service under its control. The name comes from the National Park Service, which gets Congress to approve budget hikes by warning that it would have to cut hours at the Washington Monument.” (H/T: JC)
