Quotations from:
     The TEAM Handbook for Educators
     1994 by Joiner Associates Inc.
     3800 Regent Street
     P.O. Box 5445
     Madison, WI 53705-0445
     1-800-669-8326
 
"4. End the practice of awarding business on the basis of price tag.  
Instead, minimize total cost.
 
For Educators:
 
*The price tag of a school building is the amount that we must pay to have it 
built.  The cost consists of the price
tag plus the useability, adaptability, and durability of the building.  You 
don't know the cost of a school building
until you have finished using it.  School boards, administrators, and staff 
too often develop budgets and make
decisions based on price tag, not cost.
*To make budgetary decisions based on cost, leaders of educational systems 
must be clear and constant about the
purpose of the system, not vice versa.  Without clarity of purpose and 
without a long-term, system-wide
perspective, these decisions will almost always be based on price tag" Pg 2-5
 
--- Maximus 2.02
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