Knox County School Board asked for a little more than $4 million and the County Mayor (who always needs a fight) said NO. Now the TN BEP is shorting the schools $3.0 million next year for a total decrease of $7.0 million. Burchett will try and blame the State, Governor Haslam and any body but himself.

Let’s review Burchett served 16 years in either the State House and/or Senate all 16 years the BEP has been the funding mechanism. Between the years 2000-2004, I served on the Knox County School Board, served as Vice Chairman of the board in 2003. I served as the East Director for the Tennessee School Board Association from 2002-2004. Every year Burchett asked to change the BEP. He didn’t do it. Now, delay, delay, delay and burying ones head in the sand gets the school kids screwed next year. Primarily because Burchett needs an enemy to beat upon, he has a willing Commission to use the kids as a political wedge issue and a School Board that sits complacently allowing the political wedge to be the weapon with which to beat the education of our children. Read Donila’s take here.

I am still confused why the County Mayor eats so many lunches in so many school cafeterias.