But there are other equally strong counter arguments to this point of view. As an example, what is frequently overlooked by many is the so- called hidden tuition which students pay in many of their classes. In addition, another counter argument to the District s need for the tuition increase is to focus on some of the costs of doing business throughout the District. We might well discover that some of these costs are wasteful and extravagant. If so, such costs might well be eliminated, thus negating the need for tuition and fee increases.
Some examples are particularly egregious.
Even this year more renewal programs are in the making at an additional waste of tax money. Only recently, an A-1 message from the office of Creative Pathways at the District proposed that twenty or so employees seek approval from their supervisors for time off during working hours to dig around in the dirt at the Hohokam ruins on East Washington, purportedly to help preserve that ancient community. As I see it, that is the job of archaeologists who are paid to do just that. Our employees are paid to do their jobs in the District. I have no objection to their rolling up their sleeves on their own time.