hard deadlines

Okay, it's not just me, according to today's Providence Journal, which reports that many members of the legislature can't figure out the formula as provided by the RI Dept. of Education:

It didn’t matter that many didn’t understand the quadratic equation behind the funding formula produced by the state Department of Education and endorsed later in the day by the Board of Regents for Elementary and Secondary Education.
— ProJo

Last time I checked, the legislature are the people who are responsible for taxes and budgets. I'm not sure why RIDE seems unable to provide enough information for them to understand this formula.

Going on two days now since I asked Deputy Commissioner David Abbott for the backup he promised on Tuesday night, and I still haven't had a response to my e-mail. So I guess I'm in good company.