The economy can never get so bad that it hurts the consulting business; there are just too many government units willing to hand over taxpayer money to these "experts":
Fort Wayne Community Schools' board Monday night approved a three-year $355,000 contract with a company to help the district communicate more effectively with its students, teachers, staff, parents and the public through surveys.
K12 Insight, a Virginia-based company, specializes in “district survey and perceptional measurement studies,” according to its website.
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FWCS spokeswoman Krista Stockman said before the contract, the district was mostly feeding information to parents, students and faculty, but K12 Insight will help the district gather information.
“It's not just feeding information, but having an engagement