Will it work?

By now, we have had time to digest the mega, ambitious plan Mo Green wants to launch, and now he has the full blessing of the School Board.

But will it work?

If simply comparing apples to apples, yes; if it can work in Charlotte, then it can work here...or can it?

See, this is not Charlotte, and this area has all but lost its relevance (see an editorial on this on my sister blog, GreensboroMetro).

You have senior staff already mentioning teacher layoffs amid stinging budget cuts. The state is broke. You have Guilford County Board of Commissioners chair Skip Alston demanding lean budgets from county departments this year (despite the creation of a county/school 'communication committee' which is nothing more than a cock-and-bull, dog-and-pony show of its own)...

I think the plan has a lot going for it, but in the end, it will require a great deal of money, and I think it is going to be a tough sell downtown in the County Board chambers.

In fact, since Skip hold the purse strings locally, I think anything having to do with schools will have a tough sell with Skip.

And our children continue to suffer.

Prove me wrong or prove me right.

E.C. :)