WASTE OF BANDWIDTH: Well, it's one week later. The Cleveland School District budget cuts, teacher and other layoffs, slashing of bus transportation, slashing of bilingual staff, etc. etc. are now final as of the School Board meeting Tuesday evening.

But there's still not a word about it on the School District web site... or on the Mayor's web site, either.

Should we conclude, charitably, that the District's PR office has been cut back and there's no one left to post press releases? But no, here's one posted on Monday. All about an administrator you never heard of who got a better job in Minneapolis, and how elated Barbara Byrd-Bennett is for her -- with five, count'em, five media relations staff listed as press contacts.

And here's another one, also posted Monday: "Six Students To Attend Camp Focus".

CLEVELAND, OH – Team Focus announced this week that four Cleveland Municipal School District students would attend Camp Focus Michigan on the campus of Concordia University in Ann Arbor, June 28th through July 2nd.

Additionally, two more students will attend the national camp in Mobile, Alabama, July 11th through 15th. Expenses are being paid by the national Team Focus organization.

With that kind of breaking news to handle, I guess you can understand why the District's five media relations professionals and its crack website staff haven't gotten around to the small stuff -- like the School Board amputating teaching staff and bus routes.

Geez, what a waste of bandwidth. Hey, I know where they can save some money...