$15 Million in the Hole: How Council Rock School Board Neglects Teachers and Students

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Buckle up for a no-holds-barred exposé of the Council Rock School District's financial mismanagement and skewed priorities. The district faces a staggering $15 million deficit, yet administrators seem more concerned with protecting their office luxuries than supporting teachers or students.

We dive deep into the fiscal absurdity, revealing how the administration casually dismisses this massive shortfall as "only 5% of the total budget" while freezing teacher salaries and step increases. Meanwhile, they've approved expensive computer monitors, a cafeteria payment system that charges parents transaction fees for their children's meals, and a Chromebook leasing program that prioritizes short-term savings over long-term fiscal responsibility.

The numbers tell a disturbing story: non-personal expenditures have skyrocketed by $13.2 million (a 16.7% increase) while teachers receive zero financial support. Even more outrageous is the admission that much of this $300 million budget "was just put together the week before the last meeting" – a level of carelessness that would be unacceptable in any professional environment.

This podcast calls every parent, teacher, and concerned citizen to action. Mark your calendar for April 24th at 7pm at the Chancellor Center. Your silence equals permission for this mismanagement to continue. Show up, speak up, and demand that the district's financial priorities align with its supposed mission: educating children. If we don't hold these administrators accountable, who will? Your presence at this meeting matters more than you know.

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Peace, Love & God Above! :-)

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
All right, guys, what's up?
Dj ESG and this is the RockBottom Podcast Fired up
sarcastic and unfiltered edition.
Most important dates in yourcousin's bar mitzvah, and that
one had a better buffet andfewer fucking clowns.
Thursday, april 24th, at 7 pmat the Chancellor Center, the
Council Rock School Board isholding their big old.
Let's pretend to care about thekids meeting, otherwise known
as the annual budget massacre.
This isn't a budget meeting.

(00:20):
It's a funeral for common sense.
It's a hostage negotiationwhere the ransom is your kid's
education and the demands a fourmonitor setup for the
superintendent, surround soundfor the director of secondary
delusions and the sacred promisethat no administrator shall
ever have to use a chromebookwith a fingerprint on it.
Let's unpack this fiscaldumpster fire.
We're starting with a 15million dollar deficit 15
fucking million dollar deficit.

(00:40):
But this is my favorite part.
It's only five percent of thetotal budget, only five percent
people.
So why are we panicking?
That's like saying, yes, theship is sinking, but only in the
back half.
Let's all just scoot to thefront with our juice boxes and
keep smiling.
You know how much moneyteachers could have made extra
next year with that extra 15million dollars?
Uh, yeah, right, oh.
And you wonder why there's ateacher shortage across america?

(01:01):
Because these fuckingdouchebags up in the upper
office can't figure out how toget them more money, because
they start the year off with a15 million dollar deficit.
I know what you're thinking.
They're gonna cut someunnecessary expenses right, like
andy's four monitor luxurycommand center or al's thx
certified office where you watchthe school board meetings and
dolby atmos, uh-uh.
Instead, they're protectingthose sacred lie items like
they're the declaration ofindependence.

(01:23):
They're, at her, talking about29 000 in computer monitors,
like they're loading out a bestbuy in 2005.
And don't get me started on thecafeteria payment system
upgrade.
We're switching from mypayments plus to my school bucks
because apparently what thisdistrict really needed was a 50
000 point of sale system tocharge your kid for a fucking
cookie.
And guess what?
You, the parent, get hit with atransaction fee every time your
kid eats a fucking cookie.

(01:43):
And guess what?
You, the parent, get hit with atransaction fee every time your
kid eats because nothing sayswe care about families, like
charging a dollar 95 conveniencefees on goldfish crackers.
Are you fucking kidding me?
Oh, but wait, wait, wait, wait.
There's more.
We're leasing chromebooks nowinstead of buying them, because
disposable tech is the newdisposable income.
And this is not just let's befiscally smart, this is let's

(02:04):
rent computers for three years,chuck them in a landfill, then
throw a pizza party forourselves, because we save 12
cents on repair fees.
And let's not forget the 92.5million in non-personal
expenditures.
What does that even mean?
It's code for consultants,licensing fees, security systems
that only catch kids vaping ifthey're wearing neon, and
administrative fluff likeergonomic chairs with built-in

(02:27):
ego massagers.
They increased non-personalspending by $13.2 million.
That's a 16.7% jump.
And meanwhile, teachers zerostep increases, no salary raises
, no love, no support, justvibes and vague promises.
And the cherry on top of thewhole thing, tony rap business

(02:47):
administrator and spreadsheet djtold everybody not to freak out
because quote unquote a lot ofthe budget was just put together
the week before the lastmeeting.
Oh okay, cool, cool, cool.
So we're running a 300 milliondollar operation with the same
energy as a group project inhigh school.
Yeah bro, we did the wholething Sunday night.

(03:07):
I think we're good.
It's the dirty version.
No, you're not.
You're failing the fuckingclass.
I like Tony.
And then we've got Andy, sweet,sweet Andy.
Fuck you dude.
The superintendent who entersmeetings like he's auditioning
for a TED talk but contributesthe same amount of solutions as

(03:30):
a magic eight ball, most likelyto say we're looking into it,
while sipping cucumber water andreclining in a lumbar supported
recliner named accountability.
Now let's check on al, thedirector of secondary.
Whatever he's got surround,sound tech, toys and an email
signature longer than a cvsreceipt.
Or now a giant receipt which Ijust got the other day came with
a free ham and exactly zerodirect impact on a single
classroom zero z-e-r-o.
He impacts absolutely nothing.
You know what he does nothing.

(03:50):
You know what he impactsnothing.
You know what his purpose isnothing.
If we removed him tomorrow andreplaced him with a cardboard
cutout of a wawa fucking hoagietest scores would go up, morale
would spike and our spotifysubscription would fucking cost
less.
Oh, and three teachers wouldget a good raise, maybe even six
.
But here's the part that reallyslaps you in the face.
They still have the nerve tosay students are the priority,

(04:11):
while literally saying out loudwe're not budgeting raises for
teachers because it might affectour negotiations.
Excuse me, that's like sayingwe're not feeding the dog
because you might get tooattached to us.
Meanwhile they've gotten vangps systems, cafeteria cameras
and software consultants onspeed dial hey, they probably
just spend three grand to havesomeone tell them how to center
a powerpoint title.
But that kindergarten teachertrying to get new crowns sorry,

(04:31):
not in the budget maybe she canborrow some of the cafeteria's
touchscreen juice.
Fucking a parents.
Here's the truth.
If you don't show up on april24th, if you let this dog and
pony show keep prancing, if yousit back while they cut programs
, freeze raises and hide behindspreadsheets, then you might as
well venmo andy five grand andsay treat yourself, because
silence equals permission.
And if you're not there tofight for your kids, your
teachers, your programs andthese fools are going to just

(04:52):
keep spending like it's blackfriday at office depot.
It's on you, it's fucking onyou.
So here's your to-do list april24th, chancellor center, 7 pm.
Be there now.
Here's what's going to happenwhen you get there You're going
to show up loud, sarcastic andready to read your receipts,
bring signs, bring statementsand bring snacks.
Tell them you work for us, youserve the kids, and start acting
like it.
Now they're going to give youthree minutes to talk each one

(05:16):
of you and then they're going tosay we're not going to answer
it tonight.
But we're going to answer itdown, figure out the best
possible democratic solution andlet you know about it later.
You can't win if you don't tryand if you don't try, you can't
win.
And if you let them drop thismoney on archiving email systems
and hvac this and richboroughmiddle school that and
chancellor center this, and youknow it ain't going to the kids,

(05:37):
I don't know what to tell you.
I really don't.
I mean, this has been the rockbottom podcast where we don't
kiss ass, we kick it.
I stand with the students, Istand with the teachers and I
stand 200 yards away from theschool bullshit because the
stench is unbearable, not onlyfrom al's breath, but because
they've banned me from everysingle fucking building in the
district.
Cease and desist.
You're not allowed on theproperty.
I'd love to stand there andlook him in the face, but he

(05:58):
wouldn't have the balls to saynothing back to me.
But listen, april 24th, you'reeither part of the fight or
you're part of the furnitureandy's fucking office.
All right, show up, speak up orshut the fuck up.
I'm trying to help out you,your students, your teachers.
Okay, remember 15 million inthe hole already and all the
money that we're supposed to bespending on these teachers and
these kids is supposed to begoing to the chancellor center
richburg junior high, an hvacsystem, um, some weird lunchroom

(06:20):
budget thing where your kidsget embarrassed if they want a
cookie and some other thingsthat, literally, you should
probably be asking about andtaking notes.
So I'm the sg.
This is the rock bottom podcast.
That's all I got.
You still haven't got above andI'm out.
Bye.