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How much should an elementary school playground cost? In union crazy San Diego the current cost is $2.7 million. Not a typo.
That much for some slides and a sand box. Even without a union monopoly it could cost $1 million.
"To understand the endless debate over project labor agreements, come with us to the Jefferson Elementary School playground.
There, an engineer estimated that expanding the playground would cost $3.1 million. San Diego Unified told construction companies bidding on it that it would cost somewhere between $1 million to $5 million. Ultimately, the lowest — and winning — bid came in at $2.7 million.
The school district cheers because the bid was 11 percent under the original estimate of $3.1 million. But opponents of the labor pacts jeer, saying that the playground cost 170 percent more. How? They used the lowest end of the bidders' price range, $1 million, as its baseline."
The first question is who is in charge and why have they not been fired. A playground of this expense is ridiculous. Do you think MacDonald’s spends that much money for a playground at their facilities?
Then you have the extortionist unions getting the monopoly.
Now you know why government schools are failures. Those running it could never be allowed in private industry.
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That much for some slides and a sand box. Even without a union monopoly it could cost $1 million.
"To understand the endless debate over project labor agreements, come with us to the Jefferson Elementary School playground.
There, an engineer estimated that expanding the playground would cost $3.1 million. San Diego Unified told construction companies bidding on it that it would cost somewhere between $1 million to $5 million. Ultimately, the lowest — and winning — bid came in at $2.7 million.
The school district cheers because the bid was 11 percent under the original estimate of $3.1 million. But opponents of the labor pacts jeer, saying that the playground cost 170 percent more. How? They used the lowest end of the bidders' price range, $1 million, as its baseline."
The first question is who is in charge and why have they not been fired. A playground of this expense is ridiculous. Do you think MacDonald’s spends that much money for a playground at their facilities?
Then you have the extortionist unions getting the monopoly.
Now you know why government schools are failures. Those running it could never be allowed in private industry.
More...