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Here are remarkable examples of mismanagement:

Staff cuts are announced (3/28/06) to cover for the inability to pay for the new high school operation.
The New High School construction overruns (as of 12/2005, $3.5 Million; at the 2/8/2006 Board meeting, Jack Baker, Manager, says another $5 Million are expected in the next round of bids)
Superintendent Fornero presents a plan to delay the opening of the school, draw on contingency funds to pay for the construction overruns, and cut back on the design of the school
In the middle of the chaos, Superintendent Fornero announces he's leaving (he talked to a recruiter in early winter of 2005, but didn't tell his own Board until he'd signed the contract on 1/23/06)
The Forsythe principal fiasco (See what a former Board Trustee has to say about the way this was handled)
Superintendent Fornero blames principals and teachers for achievement gap
Board President Karen Cross's blatant abuse of power (Click here to read Ann Arbor News 9/18/05 editorial: School Board President Crosses Line)
The trouble keeping a good Project Coordinator
The new high school can't be operated and maintained

	Fighting Mismanagement in the Ann Arbor Public Schools District "If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about answers" — Thomas Pynchon

Main Archives Page (New High School) Environment Land Use Traffic School size Demographics Safety Archaeology Alternative sites In the News About CRS Write a letter ! Contact Us Home Page	A Few Examples of Mismanagement Here are remarkable examples of mismanagement: Staff cuts are announced (3/28/06) to cover for the inability to pay for the new high school operation. The New High School construction overruns (as of 12/2005, $3.5 Million; at the 2/8/2006 Board meeting, Jack Baker, Manager, says another $5 Million are expected in the next round of bids) Superintendent Fornero presents a plan to delay the opening of the school, draw on contingency funds to pay for the construction overruns, and cut back on the design of the school In the middle of the chaos, Superintendent Fornero announces he's leaving (he talked to a recruiter in early winter of 2005, but didn't tell his own Board until he'd signed the contract on 1/23/06) The Forsythe principal fiasco (See what a former Board Trustee has to say about the way this was handled) Superintendent Fornero blames principals and teachers for achievement gap Board President Karen Cross's blatant abuse of power (Click here to read Ann Arbor News 9/18/05 editorial: School Board President Crosses Line) The trouble keeping a good Project Coordinator The new high school can't be operated and maintained Read more about mismanagement or worse at the Ann Arbor Public Schools.