text: It's worth looking hard at these things but at the same time, a stable funding environment is maybe even more important than an increase in funding. The boom-bust economy we have currently tied to the price of oil is a roller coaster ride for what should be the stately progression of educating our young people. An income tax would help stabilize that as would a foundation formula that was consistent for 10 years at a time. 
  Schools are not the same as restaurants. We HAVE to educate our 2nd graders well when they're 2nd graders. They don't have the luxury of waiting until oil prices are more profitable. 
  I agree about the glut of adminstration at UA, or at least from my view. I also used to teach in the bush and saw a redundancy of superintendents that maybe has been addressed and maybe not. 
  Whatever we do, we can't do it at the expense of 2nd graders. If an oil public relations executive has to take a cut in pay...not as big a deal....