Oct 20, 2021
Ron “The Numbers Guy” Stoffel has been a friend of the show for
many years. He’s become an expert in how the school systems work.
That’s no easy task. He was a big part of the organization that put
a stop to one of ISD 281’s referendums in 2007. The district came
back a year later to rebrand it and bully the group into the courts
to pass the referendum just a year later.
The funding of education is, purposely, so complex. There are
local, state, and federal monies. Those monies can be affected by
Average Daily Membership, special education, free and reduced
lunch, equity… it’s a complete mess.
All of education seems to be a mess, in fact. We look into
graduation rates, declining enrollment, Comprehensive Sex Ed, race,
gender, fighting, loss of teacher authority… We try to solve the
world’s problems (or at least the educational world) in this
podcast. Join the discussion!