Wow. That’s one expensive taxpayer-supported website

Posted By katie allison granju

Apparently, the Knox County Board of Education plans to spend a whopping $126,000 a year for “enhancement” and maintenance of the school system Web site. That seems a like a huge amount to me. Anyone else?

And shouldn’t/couldn’t a lot of the work on the system’s site be done by students learning tech skills?

Jul 2nd, 2008

5 Comments to 'Wow. That’s one expensive taxpayer-supported website'

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  1. Les Jones said,

    The link isn’t working, but I’d guess most of that is going for a full time salary or two. It’s already a fairly complex, database-backed web site, with features like cafeteria menus for all of the schools, online payments, online forms, etc., and expanding that functionality would take some programming time.

  2. > And shouldn’t/couldn’t a lot of the work on the system’s site be done by students learning tech skills?

    No way. The site representing the school system should not be a playground for kids learning Web technologies.

    Les Jones makes a good point in that the dollar figure is probably for two employees working on the site and accompanying CMS/databases. Makes sense to me.

  3. I still think it sounds high.

    And while students shouldn’t be monkeying around with sensitive databases, there are many things they COULD be doing to enhance the site and learn new skills.

  4. Cathy said,

    No. Knox County Schools should have a completely professional website. Students can learn skills by creating online school newspapers or maintaining a web presence for their clubs and activities. That number seems fair for new website design, current and future site repairs and around the clock management of the constantly changing information coming from the many schools and administrators.

  5. Jim Lee said,

    What does the Sentinel pay to maintain and operate http://www.KnoxNews.com???

    Operating and maintaining a complex website like the school board’s is not for amateurs.

    I have several thousand dollars invested in my modest little real estate website with a fraction of the functionality http://www.kcs.k12tn.net/ offers.

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