I think since school boards are elected, they are accountable through the ballot box. If you don’t like what your school board is doing, you can run for a seat or recruit others who agree with you to run. The sad fact is, though, that many more people like to complain about local government than to bother serving in it. I really doubt you’d like taking direction from Harrisburg on your school.

A much more sensible approach would be to consolidate admin functions at the county or regional level. Rendell’s proposal to have the state take over health care costs for teachers is also reasonable.

pd