Holy smokes. What is going on in all of your schools? I've been teaching for 4 years now and have been at 3 different schools and this sounds foreign to me. I suppose it could be because, well, it actually is foreign.
I teach in Canada and while we no doubt have our share of poor administrators (and teachers!) they cannot simply work their way up in the ranks from who you know (for the most part, anyway - I do know of some cases). They have to complete their masters degree in education- administration and then pay at least several years due as vice-principal/partial VP before they'd even get looked at for a head position. But again, it's geographic. It's very competitive for positions where I live.
It's actually the opposite here. As a teacher, it's who you know that will get you a position. Regardless of time put in, effectiveness, involvement, etc you will likely never get a position over a friend of an administrator. It's much less bureaucratic at that level as opposed to the administration positions.
Hearing about printing and paper issues is a bit surprising to me. The biggest issue we ever have had is having to wait til the following day for maintenance.
Whoever mentioned throwing more money at the teachers as a waste - I completely agree with. Perhaps rewarding them following results. Not just because. I mean, it goes against how we're suppose to be teaching and assessing kids anyhow.
As for putting off these large events. Typically, the only large event would be the high school prom. Everything else is usually fund-raised or sponsored. Rarely are much of the school funds used for dances/parties.
Bringing in sand... yeesh, that's more than we'd ever think about doing. It seems absurd.
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