MMSD: More $, No Accountability

MMSD: More $, No Accountability

Next year Madison’s school district will spend 8% more than it did the year before. That will be $20,300 per student or 15% more than the average district spends on a per student basis. School taxes on the average Madison home will go up by $834. And what will we get for all that money? That’s the problem because the district will only measure “success” by inputs. So, teachers will get a pay increase of just under 5%, while general inflation is …