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Richard Duncan retweeted
đ¨ This new information raises significant additional questions about Huntâs relationship with Johns. Is Huntâs car dealership paying market price for rent on the lot owned by Johnsâ company, or did Hunt illegally sign his landlordâs deeds as payback for a sweetheart lease? Regardless, this business relationship further underscores Huntâs cronyism and why he should resign as auditor immediately for signing those deeds.
âThe auditor owns a used car dealership. His landlord is a friend he signed deeds for.â westvirginiawatch.com/2026/1âŚ
Richard Duncan retweeted
What if we had small regional conferences that didnât require everyone flying across the country each week? đ¤
Utah, Tennessee, Texas among those who hadnât left yet for their games tomorrow. Iâm sure there are many more.
Story from @gmraynor
nytimes.com/athletic/7780034âŚ
Richard Duncan retweeted
Chef's kiss moment: Teams crashing during an interview about how the Voyager 1 spacecraft still communicates with Earth from 16 billion miles away
The sad truth about all of this:
1) Chapter 18A is a scapegoat for uncreative leadership.
2) The formula was updated at least 4x in the past 10 years, and significantly each time.
3) Accountability only works at a local level, and requires communities aligned to common goals.
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Richard Duncan retweeted
Translation: Microsoft has no friggin idea how to fix this.
We've reviewed known impact scenarios and revised the list of impacted services and features, which can be viewed in the "more info" section of the communication MO1550821 in the Microsoft 365 admin center, as well as status.cloud.microsoft if the admin center is not available to you. We're continuing our work to isolate the issue affecting server availability, as well as other workstreams.
In aerospace, a lot of damage was done by âcost plus contracts.â Feds would pay whatever the actual project cost plus a profit agreed to in advance. No motivation to keep costs down or deliver on time. Now a lot are fixed with hefty penalties for late or partial delivery.
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There may not be an âincorrectâ here. I remember the OASIS payroll debacle which seemed to be textbook using something somewhat off-the-shelf without trying to fit what it did to what you needed in advance. On the other hand, custom builds often do overpromise / underdeliver.
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Oh. Ew.
Plug & play can work if youâre willing to adapt. Usually thatâs the hold up.
In schools, we either buy a tool for every little thing, or buy a big thing that doesnât do well (WVEIS) then go buy lots of tools to fill the gaps. Big $ in things that do what WVEIS doesnât.
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Low bidding software is never going to go well. Gov software firms know they donât have to try hard because of lock-in. It wouldnât be terribly expensive to do in-house compared to what weâre spending across agencies but itâd take someone stepping in and being let to cook.
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Maybe. Thereâs a lot of misinformation or poorly explained information out there right now, even from official sources, that really muddies things. Thatâs why Iâm really for a simplified formula that is easy to understand. Harder for government to hide how your money is spent.
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I know this one - WVBE policy changed to require treasurers be CPAs or at least a degree in accounting. Nutrition directors have to have coursework under USDA rules but WVBE doesnât require school admin license. Both were funded back when school admin did them. Own goal by WVBE.
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Full disclosure: as super, I never asked for more than the highest salary in the county (which I didnât always get, believe it or not) and, once the kids were born and it was obvious I was not going on vacation, to cash out unused days early instead of a lump sum at the end.
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And those 21 days often arenât the most expensive benefit. I get it - supers are paid a salary, not based on days - but folks like to know how many vacation days they get.
Other stuff in those contracts rarely makes it out into public but would make for some awkward convos.
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The more this goes on, the more I think we just go for a reimbursement of actual state / local funds spent on spec ed at 50% or 75% or something. Do what âhigh cost / high acuityâ intended when the 3:1 ratio was dropped, but for all, not just the mostly cost services.
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To answer a ? they could not during todayâs meeting, county admin [roughly defined as superintendent, asst super, admin asst (non-cert asst super), director, coordinator, or treasurer] have INCREASED since 2019 by about 160 (~23%)⌠đ¤Śââď¸
State lawmakers got a primer on school funding proposals by the state Department of Education, receiving possibilities that could amount to an additional $410 million.
buff.ly/OhmDITE
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2 losing records in A, but some of those âplayed upâ on their schedule to challenge and thatâs why we donât need 4 classes.
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