How did they manage to spend that much on landscaping?
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This reminds me of Walden Two.
How did they manage to spend that much on landscaping
My guess... incompetence with a dash of corruption.
I don't know how big that school or the grassy area is, but that doesn't sound outrageous to me.
$15,000 a year is about $1,300 a month, which is (by my estimated guess based on european income standards) enough money to get a gardener for like... 10-15 hours a week? Not including any equipment cost.
I don't know how big that school or the grassy area is, but that doesn't sound outrageous to me.
$15,000 is what they saved, not what the spent.
Does it say anywhere how much they spent or how big the area is? If you can lay off a gardener or hire him for 10-15 hours less you'd still save the 15K a year.
Myeah ok...
Does it say anywhere how much they spent or how big the area is? If you can lay off a gardener or hire him for 10-15 hours less you'd still save the 15K a year.
Doesn't mention it, but it says it's the area near the school's solar panels. I'm not sure how big the solar panels are orhow many of them there are but my guess is that having large lawnmowers passing near by and possibly hitting them isn't very cost effective either.
You also have to consider who is actually doing the work. Some school districts are required to outsource certain work. Here in South Florida school districts put the contract out for bid. The lowest bid gets the contract1.
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1 - That's how it "should" work; however, this beingSouth Florida, the job goes to the person who gives the biggest bribe.
.I wonder how much they spend cleaning up sheep
According to the article, it fertilizes the grass. Just another cost cutting savings brought to you by sheep.
The lowest bid gets the contract1.
Ah yeah, I understand the concept. He who gets the least skilled, most demoralised, worst paid and least capable employees on the payroll, reels in all the "must take lowest bid" contracts.
And people wonder why stuff goes over budget.
The lowest bid gets the contract1.
Ah yeah, I understand the concept. He who gets the least skilled, most demoralised, worst paid and least capable employees on the payroll, reels in all the "must take lowest bid" contracts.
And people wonder why stuff goes over budget.
Pretty much. It also makes you wonder... if the sheep are just maintaining the area around the solar panels, how much was the school being charged? I don't know how large an area the solar panels took up, but I would imagine for a school, it couldn't have ben that large.
You may want to check that link. It's not working.
Should be fixed.
Maybe it's but I keep getting an error. Oh well... in any case, the guy who cut that part of the lawn is probably cutting some other part. I'm guessing they were charging the school by the size of the plot they were maintaining and not the hour.
I wonder how much they spend cleaning up sheep
According to the article, it fertilizes the grass. Just another cost cutting savings brought to you by sheep.
Until the feces blows via wind into kids lunches and e coli kills them all!!!!!!
I wonder how much they spend cleaning up sheep
According to the article, it fertilizes the grass. Just another cost cutting savings brought to you by sheep.
Until the feces blows via wind into kids lunches and e coli kills them all!!!!!!
See... even more cost cutting. Kill off some kids and we can reduce class sizes. We could get rid of a bunch of teachers. There won't be a need for teachers if we have no kids in schools. Much less of my tax money being wasted. Heck, I say we have the kids eat lunch with the sheep. Maybe we can maximize the ecoli spread.
Alternatively, it would be cheaper to make the children graze on the fields. Cuts down on both gardening cost and the cafetaria.
You could also make the kids eat the sheep.
No. The sheep are useful, the kids are not.
Alternatively, it would be cheaper to make the children graze on the fields. Cuts down on both gardening cost and the cafetaria.
Possible, but then you are taking jobs away from blue-collar sheep. Then there is the problem of cleaning up the dead kids that couldn't evolve fast enough to survive on grass.
Then there is the problem of cleaning up the dead kids that couldn't evolve fast enough to survive on grass
Eat them. Problem solved.
Then there is the problem of cleaning up the dead kids that couldn't evolve fast enough to survive on grass
Eat them. Problem solved.
No. The grass they fed on before they die does not contain enough toxic chemicals provided by the food industry.
Then there is the problem of cleaning up the dead kids that couldn't evolve fast enough to survive on grass.
More fertilizer. No problem.
Takes too long. We need instant fertilization.
No. The grass they fed on before they die does not contain enough toxic chemicals provided by the food industry.
They can be processed, just like any other meat. Using kid meat would probably make Spam taste better.
No. The grass they fed on before they die does not contain enough toxic chemicals provided by the food industry.
They can be processed, just like any other meat. Using kid meat would probably make Spam taste better.
It would also make the cost of spam go up. What would all those people who eat spam do then? You just don't care about America. Go back to China you commie!!!
You could also make the kids eat the sheep.
No. The sheep are useful, the kids are not.Alternatively, it would be cheaper to make the children graze on the fields. Cuts down on both gardening cost and the cafetaria.
Possible, but then you are taking jobs away from blue-collar sheep. Then there is the problem of cleaning up the dead kids that couldn't evolve fast enough to survive on grass.
But black sheep have earned the death penalty and "eating" seems as good a way to execute them as any.
You could also make the kids eat the sheep.
No. The sheep are useful, the kids are not.Alternatively, it would be cheaper to make the children graze on the fields. Cuts down on both gardening cost and the cafetaria.
Possible, but then you are taking jobs away from blue-collar sheep. Then there is the problem of cleaning up the dead kids that couldn't evolve fast enough to survive on grass.
But black sheep have earned the death penalty and "eating" seems as good a way to execute them as any.
Why have black sheep earned the death penalty?
You could also make the kids eat the sheep.
No. The sheep are useful, the kids are not.Alternatively, it would be cheaper to make the children graze on the fields. Cuts down on both gardening cost and the cafetaria.
Possible, but then you are taking jobs away from blue-collar sheep. Then there is the problem of cleaning up the dead kids that couldn't evolve fast enough to survive on grass.
But black sheep have earned the death penalty and "eating" seems as good a way to execute them as any.
Why have black sheep earned the death penalty?
Black sheep are unrepentant criminals and are deserving of death! Much like homocidal squirrels. Oh, wait... Nevermind. Don't kill me! Please!
Black sheep are unrepentant criminals and are deserving of death! Much like homocidal squirrels. Oh, wait... Nevermind. Don't kill me! Please!
I'm not going to kill you. I'm just going to offer you to Rm as a present. You may want to buy a bucket of lube.
Black sheep are unrepentant criminals and are deserving of death! Much like homocidal squirrels. Oh, wait... Nevermind. Don't kill me! Please!
I'm not going to kill you. I'm just going to offer you to Rm as a present. You may want to buy a bucket of lube.
Nevermind. Kill me! Please!
Black sheep are unrepentant criminals and are deserving of death! Much like homocidal squirrels. Oh, wait... Nevermind. Don't kill me! Please!
I'm not going to kill you. I'm just going to offer you to Rm as a present. You may want to buy a bucket of lube.
Nevermind. Kill me! Please!
No. I'm not a republican.
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That sounds really perverted.