The budget sheet for ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS has a couple of interesting if not downright peculiar lines. First we have 1 position budgeted as a $93,220 listed under ADMINISTRATION SALARY. Then we have a PROGRAM SPECIALIST AT $72,046 (don't worry that's from a grant, like manna from heaven). Can you say DUPLICATION in Spanish, French, Creole, or any of the numerous other languages spoken throughout LPS?
Okay, I hear the argument. The sheer volume of the variety of languages spoken is too much for one person to oversee. I mean they need a secretary to take their calls at $50,528. Then of course we need a TESTING SPECIALIST at $52,074 and 3 CHAIRPERSONS for a combined total of $195,288. That's a lot of money. Do we really need ALL those people? (They even have an ELL PAC for $300)
Now don't go beating up on me making me out to be a racist and that's why I am picking on this department. Listen here I have had 4 wives and no two have been the same color. In high school I had two years of Spanish and a year of French. In college I had a year of German. (Though about all I can do is say hello in four languages. In Spanish though I can ask where the bathroom is) Even though I think I'm German on my Dad's side, I grew up in a mostly Italian town where I grew up with pasta sauce pulsing through my veins. My palate is fluent in many cuisines. Suffice it to say money is green in any language.
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