I thought the S-Nooze was printing the Weekly Pasadena News

Let's see:

The school board wants to pass a $350 million bond.
Way too many PUSD's students are failing.
They lose hundreds of thousands because they can't count heads in class and take attendance
They're givin' consultant contracts to their politi-friends.
A board member's boss is handed a charter school deal.
Nobody's ever been called to the carpet for the LEARNS thievery fiasco.
They're going back to the 1960s model of elementary, middle and high school.
Massive numbers of students fail the exit exam.

And this is what they spend their time and our money doing:

PUSD meeting goals outlined
Board members adopt new code of conduct
By Caroline An, Staff Writer
Article Launched: 07/19/2008 11:08:15 PM PDT

PASADENA - Residents who regularly attend school board meetings might notice a few changes.

Discussions on agenda items will be more focused, board members will treat residents who step to the podium to speak during public comment with more respect and will exercise "empathetic listening skills." They will not engage "in a debate with a public member."

Such are the goals outlined in a new set of protocols now adopted by the Pasadena Unified School District board - a response to the board's own concerns about how it has conducted business.

PUSD board President Tom Selinske said the rules are designed to give the public and board members a clearer idea of the board's role and responsibilities.

"At several retreats, we talked about being a more effective board. The public perception will be that we are behaving positively" now that the new protocols are in place, he said.

The new rules address 11 areas - covering such issues as how the members should properly conduct themselves during meetings, what board members can and cannot ask district staff members to do, and how the board should deliberate on agenda items, among other things.

For example, board members should not ask staff members to perform specific jobs on their behalf, the document states. Instead, the superintendent, after being directed by the entire board, should delegate assignments to the staff, according to the protocols.

The document also requires the board to hold at least one evaluation session to see if they are following the rules.

Selinske said the guidelines should dispel any feelings among board members that some wield more power than others.

The whole story: http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/rds_search/ci_9937467?IADID=Search-www.pasadenastarnews.com-www.pasadenastarnews.com

What the hell are these people doing? Instead of dealing with problems like tremendous dropout rates, disgusting college acceptance rates and corruption among their staff, the PUSD board needs to give themself rules so they can try to do their job better?

You gotta be fuckin' shittin' me!

D.