Are you sure you know what you are looking at? Did you look at 11,000 certifications and current assignments? Under NCLB, teachers MUST be "highly qualified," meaning certified. If they didn't, the DISD would be in trouble. They went to extreme measures two years ago to verify all of our certifications. I know that in my school, there is not one teacher out of compliance on NCLB.

And privatization? Really? Would we use the Enron, Halliburton or the United Airlines model of management?

Yes, we could break the district down, but then, the tax base would go with the schools. No more Townview. No more Booker T. No Skyline. Could Lakewood alone pay for all the schools in its area, 'cause their poor neighbors don't have the money.