When Waste Quietly Drains Our Schools

When Waste Quietly Drains Our Schools — Narrated by Teresa Nikas. In this Quiet Echo episode, Teresa Nikas reflects on new national audits exposing waste and weak oversight in school districts across the country—from half-empty buildings to unused software and ballooning administrative costs. While Cedar Valley watches from afar, the impact lands close to home, where families carrying heavy property tax bills want one simple assurance: every dollar is used wisely. Teresa explains why accountability is not an attack but a necessary gift, protecting classrooms from decisions made far from a child’s desk. With calm clarity, she calls for stewardship, transparency, and schools run with the same care families use at their own kitchen tables. Presented by the Readers and Writers Book Club: https://bit.ly/3KLTyg4