Speaker 1: 0:14

All right, guys, what's up? Dj ESG and this is the Rock Bottom Podcast Fired up sarcastic and unfiltered edition. Most important dates in your cousin's bar mitzvah, and that one had a better buffet and fewer fucking clowns. Thursday, april 24th, at 7 pm at the Chancellor Center, the Council Rock School Board is holding their big old. Let's pretend to care about the kids meeting, otherwise known as the annual budget massacre. This isn't a budget meeting. It's a funeral for common sense. It's a hostage negotiation where the ransom is your kid's education and the demands a four monitor setup for the superintendent, surround sound for the director of secondary delusions and the sacred promise that no administrator shall ever have to use a chromebook with a fingerprint on it.

Speaker 1: 0:48

Let's unpack this fiscal dumpster fire. We're starting with a 15 million dollar deficit 15 fucking million dollar deficit. But this is my favorite part. It's only five percent of the total budget, only five percent people. So why are we panicking? That's like saying, yes, the ship is sinking, but only in the back half. Let's all just scoot to the front with our juice boxes and keep smiling. You know how much money teachers could have made extra next year with that extra 15 million dollars? Uh, yeah, right, oh.

Speaker 1: 1:14

And you wonder why there's a teacher shortage across america? Because these fucking douchebags up in the upper office can't figure out how to get them more money, because they start the year off with a 15 million dollar deficit. I know what you're thinking. They're gonna cut some unnecessary expenses right, like andy's four monitor luxury command center or al's thx certified office where you watch the school board meetings and dolby atmos, uh-uh. Instead, they're protecting those sacred lie items like they're the declaration of independence. They're, at her, talking about 29 000 in computer monitors, like they're loading out a best buy in 2005. And don't get me started on the cafeteria payment system upgrade. We're switching from my payments plus to my school bucks because apparently what this district really needed was a 50 000 point of sale system to charge your kid for a fucking cookie. And guess what? You, the parent, get hit with a transaction fee every time your kid eats a fucking cookie. And guess what? You, the parent, get hit with a transaction fee every time your kid eats because nothing says we care about families, like charging a dollar 95 convenience fees on goldfish crackers. Are you fucking kidding me? Oh, but wait, wait, wait, wait. There's more. We're leasing chromebooks now instead of buying them, because disposable tech is the new disposable income. And this is not just let's be fiscally smart, this is let's rent computers for three years, chuck them in a landfill, then throw a pizza party for ourselves, because we save 12 cents on repair fees.

Speaker 1: 2:26

And let's not forget the 92.5 million in non-personal expenditures. What does that even mean? It's code for consultants, licensing fees, security systems that only catch kids vaping if they're wearing neon, and administrative fluff like ergonomic chairs with built-in ego massagers. They increased non-personal spending by $13.2 million. That's a 16.7% jump. And meanwhile, teachers zero step increases, no salary raises, no love, no support, just vibes and vague promises.

Speaker 1: 2:58

And the cherry on top of the whole thing, tony rap business administrator and spreadsheet dj told everybody not to freak out because quote unquote a lot of the budget was just put together the week before the last meeting. Oh okay, cool, cool, cool. So we're running a 300 million dollar operation with the same energy as a group project in high school. Yeah bro, we did the whole thing Sunday night. I think we're good. It's the dirty version. No, you're not. You're failing the fucking class. I like Tony. And then we've got Andy, sweet, sweet Andy. Fuck you dude.

Speaker 1: 3:33

The superintendent who enters meetings like he's auditioning for a TED talk but contributes the same amount of solutions as a magic eight ball, most likely to say we're looking into it, while sipping cucumber water and reclining in a lumbar supported recliner named accountability. Now let's check on al, the director of secondary. Whatever he's got surround, sound tech, toys and an email signature longer than a cvs receipt. Or now a giant receipt which I just got the other day came with a free ham and exactly zero direct impact on a single classroom zero z-e-r-o. He impacts absolutely nothing. You know what he does nothing. You know what he impacts nothing. You know what his purpose is nothing. If we removed him tomorrow and replaced him with a cardboard cutout of a wawa fucking hoagie test scores would go up, morale would spike and our spotify subscription would fucking cost less. Oh, and three teachers would get a good raise, maybe even six.

Speaker 1: 4:20

But here's the part that really slaps you in the face. They still have the nerve to say students are the priority, while literally saying out loud we're not budgeting raises for teachers because it might affect our negotiations. Excuse me, that's like saying we're not feeding the dog because you might get too attached to us. Meanwhile they've gotten van gps systems, cafeteria cameras and software consultants on speed dial hey, they probably just spend three grand to have someone tell them how to center a powerpoint title. But that kindergarten teacher trying to get new crowns sorry, not in the budget maybe she can borrow some of the cafeteria's touchscreen juice.

Speaker 1: 4:49

Fucking a parents. Here's the truth. If you don't show up on april 24th, if you let this dog and pony show keep prancing, if you sit back while they cut programs, freeze raises and hide behind spreadsheets, then you might as well venmo andy five grand and say treat yourself, because silence equals permission. And if you're not there to fight for your kids, your teachers, your programs and these fools are going to just keep spending like it's black friday at office depot. It's on you, it's fucking on you.

Speaker 1: 5:11

So here's your to-do list april 24th, chancellor center, 7 pm. Be there now. Here's what's going to happen when you get there You're going to show up loud, sarcastic and ready to read your receipts, bring signs, bring statements and bring snacks. Tell them you work for us, you serve the kids, and start acting like it. Now they're going to give you three minutes to talk each one of you and then they're going to say we're not going to answer it tonight. But we're going to answer it down, figure out the best possible democratic solution and let you know about it later. You can't win if you don't try and if you don't try, you can't win.

Speaker 1: 5:42

And if you let them drop this money on archiving email systems and hvac this and richborough middle school that and chancellor center this, and you know it ain't going to the kids, I don't know what to tell you. I really don't. I mean, this has been the rock bottom podcast where we don't kiss ass, we kick it. I stand with the students, I stand with the teachers and I stand 200 yards away from the school bullshit because the stench is unbearable, not only from al's breath, but because they've banned me from every single fucking building in the district. Cease and desist. You're not allowed on the property. I'd love to stand there and look him in the face, but he wouldn't have the balls to say nothing back to me.

Speaker 1: 6:14

But listen, april 24th, you're either part of the fight or you're part of the furniture andy's fucking office. All right, show up, speak up or shut the fuck up. I'm trying to help out you, your students, your teachers. Okay, remember 15 million in the hole already and all the money that we're supposed to be spending on these teachers and these kids is supposed to be going to the chancellor center richburg junior high, an hvac system, um, some weird lunchroom budget thing where your kids get embarrassed if they want a cookie and some other things that, literally, you should probably be asking about and taking notes. So I'm the sg. This is the rock bottom podcast. That's all I got. You still haven't got above and I'm out. Bye.