Montana school district: No elementary math books, but superintendent gets $45k raise

Montana school district: No elementary math books, but superintendent gets $45k raise - EAGnews.org:

MISSOULA, Mont. – In 2012, Missoula County Public Schools Superintendent Alex Apostle dismissed a massive student protest over a raise he received from the school board, saying, “My contract is an adult issue, not a student issue, quite frankly.”
So last year an adult in the community, Brian O’Leary, decided to address the issue with Apostle.

O’Leary was concerned because his children did not have math textbooks for their elementary classes.

“The only place (the students) can find a copy of their textbook to understand how the materials are being taught is online,” O’Leary said. “MCPS is proceeding as if every student has a computer and internet access.”

O’Leary was told the lack of textbooks was a funding issue.

The math curriculum budget was $500,000, while the “school district only had $200,000 to work with for all curriculum needs across the board,” said a report from NBC Montana.

But O’Leary wasn’t buying that excuse. He thought the district was focused on the wrong priorities, like “overspending” on administrative salaries....