<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>[CAUT] Rating schools</title></head><body> <div>The amount of money available for maintenance is not proportional</div> <div>to their overall condition. The tech might be the dean's brother-in-law</div> <div>which might be the only way he can hold the job.</div> <div><br></div> <div>There was a period in Massachusetts where the esteemed legislature</div> <div>deemed that schools had to hire blind piano tuners. In most cases the</div> <div>only qualification that was met was that the person performing the</div> <div>service was blind.  It was costly to the school districts because after</div> <div>they met the mandate, they had to hire someone to tune the pianos.</div> <div>It didn't last but a few years.</div> <div><br></div> <div><br></div> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">As well as pressure for the resident tech to exhibit the best possible</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">maintenance with whatever budget and facilities are available. Nancy Salmon</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">RPT</font></blockquote> <div><br></div> <div>That goes without saying because that's what's going on now,</div> <div>unless you're the BIL.</div> <div><br></div> <div>That could also be translated to 'doing free work' to elevate the status,</div> <div>which is counter-productive to establishing a suitable wage.</div> <div><br></div> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000"><br></font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 8:20 AM, Jon Page <</font><font face="Arial" color="#0013EE"><u>jonpage at comcast.net</u></font><font face="Arial" color="#000000">> wrote:</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000"><br></font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">></font><font face="Arial Italic" color="#000000">  >How many pianos and how much is spent on them each year will speak</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">></font><font face="Arial Italic" color="#000000"> volumes.</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">></font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">></font><font face="Arial Italic" color="#000000"> What is budgeted on paper and what makes it to actual maintenance is the</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">></font><font face="Arial Italic" color="#000000"> slight</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">></font><font face="Arial Italic" color="#000000"> of hand on the part of the administration. It's PR smoke and mirrors.</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">></font><font face="Arial Italic" color="#000000"> Rating piano</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">></font><font face="Arial Italic" color="#000000"> overall quality is subjective and would be a nightmare to quantify. CAUT</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">></font><font face="Arial Italic" color="#000000"> already</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">></font><font face="Arial Italic" color="#000000"> has an evaluation format, maybe that could be utilized.</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">></font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">></font><font face="Arial Italic" color="#000000"> Then there would be pressure from the admin for a favorable report, then</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">></font><font face="Arial Italic" color="#000000"> there</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">></font><font face="Arial Italic" color="#000000"> would need to be a CAUT committee to verify the stats.</font></blockquote> <x-sigsep><pre>-- </pre></x-sigsep> <div><br> Regards,<br> <br> Jon Page</div> </body> </html>