In a new Words in Edgewise analysis, Robert Cox examines the district’s financial history through the lens of Parkinson’s Law, a 70-year-old theory about bureaucratic expansion. With student enrollment declining for years, did administrative staffing and spending grow even as the district served fewer children?
Preliminary state financial data raises questions worth investigating, and Cox is inviting experienced researchers, financial analysts and readers to participate in what could become a yearlong investigation into district staffing, spending and financial decisions.