Soon the director and deputy secretary-general of the Education Committee arrived. I immediately asked the director of the Education Committee to report to me the basic situation of education in the city, and asked him to mainly report on the situation of primary and secondary schools in the city.
This is an old director of the Education Committee, so he knows the situation very well, and the export is a lot of data. I think this person is very good, at least he is very familiar with the business he is in charge of. This is not my understanding of the following departments.
The requirements for the person in charge are too low, because many of the heads of other departments simply cannot do this. In the past, I went to some departments to understand their work conditions, and it turned out that most of the department heads asked the office director to bring it
After reading the materials, they were read according to the script. When I asked about some specific details, it was basically their deputy who supplemented the report.
But the director of the Education Committee was different. His report was concise and concise, and the data was sufficient, which allowed me to quickly understand the city's education situation very clearly.
I nodded after listening, and then asked: "Our No. 1 Middle School in Shangjiang City was the former provincial key middle school, right? After listening to you talk about the situation, the city's primary schools don't seem to have big problems. The main problem is the middle school.
One piece. Am I right to understand it this way?"
He nodded and said: "Mayor Feng, you are right. At present, the main problem in education in our city is the serious shortage of middle schools, especially high school education. In fact, this problem is also a national problem. Elementary schools and junior high schools are
In the national education component of "universal education", national and local investments are in place, so this is not a big problem.
But this has also resulted in a serious shortage of resources for high school education. Judging from the situation in Shangjiang City, the proportion of junior high school students who are promoted to high school is less than 70%. This is considered good, as far as I know
In some mountainous counties and cities in our province, the ratio of junior high school students to high school students is only about 30%. The huge population of junior high school students and very few high school education resources have formed a very serious bottleneck."
I continued to ask: "We don't care about things in other places. As far as Shangjiang City is concerned, what do you think is the root cause of this situation? Teachers? Or is it the size of the school?"
He said: "There are problems in both aspects. The main problem is the staffing problem. Secondly, we currently only have one middle school with a high school department, and it also has to share a large part of the 'universal nine' education task."
I nodded, "I understand. In fact, the problem of teachers can be easily solved. We can go to other places to recruit people, that is, to introduce outstanding high school teachers from other remote areas. Our Shangjiang City has unique conditions because we are very close to the provincial capital.
, This is the advantage. I think some outstanding teachers from remote areas are still willing to come and work with us. Now I ask another question: How many acres does our city’s No. 1 Middle School cover?”
He replied: "More than three hundred acres. However, apart from teachers' dormitories and playgrounds, there are not many parts that can be used for classrooms. This is also the fundamental reason why this school cannot expand. Of course, there is also financial investment.
Insufficient problem.”
I nodded and then said to Secretary-General Liu: "Go and take a look at our city's planning map."
At this time, I suddenly had an idea in my mind, but I could only make the final decision after looking at the planning drawing.
Soon, the planning map was brought, and I found the location of this school at the finger of the director of the Education Committee. Shangjiang No. 1 Middle School is located in the south of the city, close to the suburbs. This area is planned
New areas are areas that will be developed next after urban transformation is completed.
I looked at it and suddenly had an idea in my mind. Then I pointed to the map and said, "Look at this area, I think we can think about it this way. The area of this school is completely enough, and the playground part is necessary.
In the future, an indoor gymnasium and library will need to be built. This is a must-have function for the school.
However, I think the teachers’ dormitories should be moved out. This is easy to do. The teachers’ dormitories are the property of the school. With the deepening of the housing reform policy, these houses should be bought out by teachers or the rents should be increased in the future. This is what the current housing reform policy requires.
This is a must. In this case, we can completely demolish this part of the building in one step and use all this land for teaching needs."
Having said this, I immediately pointed to a place next to the school, "Look here. This place is right next to the school. Not far away is the farmer's market. There is such a place between the school and the farmer's market. I see
.....There are about ten acres of land, which is enough to build teachers' dormitories.
The city can consider allocating land to allow schools to build public housing. The price of public housing is very cheap, and the city can provide policies and indicators. A house only costs tens of thousands of yuan, which should not be a problem for school teachers.
What a big problem. As long as the problem of teacher accommodation is solved, the school will have enough land to build a teaching building.
High school education is not part of the nine-year universal education. When the time comes, schools can charge school selection fees, which is a large amount of income. Now the school should also have a large amount of income in this area, right? This money cannot
It can be used for bonuses at will. In the future, the construction of the school can be completely borrowed from the bank, and the school will be able to repay it. Take a look, is this plan feasible? "
Mayor Zhu said: "I think this plan is good. In fact, it is equivalent to the municipal government using land to compensate the teachers for a house payment, which should also be regarded as an investment from the municipal government."
I nodded, "That's right. At present, our city's finances are very difficult, and there are many projects that need investment. The only thing we can do is this. Although this land is not big, if we build fund-raising housing for the school at the cost of the land,
, and if various taxes and fees are not charged in the future, this amount of money will not be a small amount.
But this is what the city government should do. In addition, I was thinking just now that since the bottleneck of high school education is nationwide, then we might as well reduce the junior high school education in the city’s No. 1 Middle School by a part, and let the City’s No. 2 Middle School expand the enrollment of junior high schools.
.This shouldn’t be a problem, right?”
The director of the Education Committee said: "But Mayor Feng, the site of the No. 2 Middle School is too small and cannot be expanded. The No. 2 Middle School is located in the city center and it is difficult to acquire land."
I shook my head and said, "I don't believe there is no room to even build a building. For example, the administrative building of the school can be demolished first, then built into a teaching building, and then other parts of the school can be renovated in turn.
As for the money issue, your municipal education committee should find a solution. The school should provide part of it, and then go to the province to ask for a part. Mayor Zhu of the provincial education committee should go to the event to get more project funds. Wouldn't the problem be solved? And our city's No. 1 Middle School
, since this school is a provincial priority, and we are solving the bottleneck problem of high school education, the province should definitely provide support.
By the way, I just mentioned two points: First, we can find a way to connect with a key middle school in the province, and it is best to ask them to jointly run schools with us. Second, in the future, our city’s No. 2 middle school can cater to all
Provincial enrollment will of course require a school selection fee. In this way, the school's funding problem will be easier to solve. By jointly running a school with a key middle school in the province, our future No. 1 Middle School will be more famous and more able to attract
Students from other places. This is a virtuous circle. What do you think?"
Mayor Zhu immediately said: "Mayor Feng, your idea is great!"
The director of the Education Committee also said: "Yes. Why haven't we thought of such a simple method before?"
Secretary-General Liu said: "In the final analysis, Mayor Feng's thinking is different from ours. In this case, the government will not invest much, but the whole game will survive."
I was not modest and said with a smile: "Secretary-General Liu is right, thinking is very important. In fact, there is wealth everywhere in our place in Shangjiang City. The problem is that we must learn to dig out it."
Mayor Zhu asked me: "Mayor Feng, which school do you think we should contact?"
I said: "You have to hurry up on this matter. There are only a few key middle schools in the province. You should choose the most famous one first, which is the school that takes the most exams from Peking University and Tsinghua University every year. If you are not interested in this school, then find it as soon as possible."
Next school. By the way, Mayor Zhu, you have to report this matter to the leaders of the Provincial Education Commission first. With their support, this matter will be much easier. After all, there are key middle schools in the province.
It is a school directly under the jurisdiction of the Provincial Education Commission.”
Mayor Zhu promised repeatedly. Then I said: "Hurry up and get this matter done, and then ask the Municipal Education Commission to come up with a plan as soon as possible. Secretary Liu, you must put this part of the content into the government document we are drafting as soon as possible."
Put it in the work report."
This matter has been initially determined. Now I even admire myself a little. I find that my current thinking is really very different from before. Of course, I also know very well that this is not actually the case.
How much my abilities have improved is mostly determined by my current position.
As the mayor, I look further than others when looking at problems, because my perspective of thinking is fundamentally different from other people. I think about problems from a global perspective. Secondly, because I have
Power. For this school project, only I can make an immediate decision on the land issue, and then think about a series of specific subsequent plans.
Therefore, power also plays a big role in a person's thinking. "The butt determines the head", this sentence is indeed very reasonable.
Although I didn't get the information I really wanted from Director Sun today, I still feel very happy because I solved a big problem that I never paid attention to.
At the end of the day, I happily went to my secretary Xiao Xu’s home.
Xiao Xu's father was very excited after seeing me, and I thought his outfit today was a bit funny - he was wearing a straight Zhongshan suit.
Of course, I know that he did this entirely out of respect for me. But I can also judge his most basic character traits from this.
This is a veteran cadre with conservative ideas and rigorous work style. This is the first impression he gave me.
I can accurately judge that Xiao Xu did not expect his father to wear such clothes, because he smiled awkwardly when he suddenly saw the clothes on his father.
I stretched out my hand to shake hands with Xiao Xu’s father and said, “Hello, I’m here to trouble you today.”
Xiao Xu's father said honestly and politely: "Mayor Feng, I never expected that you could come to my home in person. Our whole family is very happy."
Next to him was Xiao Xu's mother, a thin woman with a flattering smile on her face. She also said to me: "Yes, we are very happy."
I smiled and said, "I should have come a long time ago. I am very grateful to you because you have raised a good son. Xiao Xu is very good, he works hard, is down-to-earth, and is also very smart."
The old couple became even more happy. Xiao Xu's father said to me excitedly: "Thank you, Mayor Feng. It's his blessing that our son can follow you."
At this time, Xiao Sui sent the cigarettes and wine to Xiao Xu's father and said, "Mayor Feng gave this to you."
I immediately said: "This is a small kindness, please accept it."
Xiao Xu's father declined hastily, "Mayor Feng, you are too polite. How can we have the nerve to accept your things? We should give you things instead."
I smiled and said: "Take it, I don't smoke, and I rarely drink. I'm a guest at your house today, how can I do it without bringing something? Isn't this the minimum etiquette?"
Only then did Xiao Xu’s father accept it.
Then I started to look at Xiao Xu's home. This place is a very ordinary family home of a work unit. It is an older building. The house is only six to seventy square meters. The furniture inside is also very ordinary. There is not much
Renovated.
This immediately reminded me of my parents' home in my hometown county, where I lived when I was a child. It was very similar to Xiao Xu's home.
At this time, a warm feeling suddenly surged in my heart.
It was probably because Xiao Xu's mother didn't go to work in the afternoon. She quickly put the prepared dishes on the table, which were very rich. There was a bottle of Jiangnan Chun on the table, which was the better kind.
I smiled and asked Xiao Xu's father: "Do you have sorghum wine at home? This kind of wine is not good. Sorghum wine is purer and you won't have a headache after drinking it."
Xiao Xu's father said quickly: "Yes, yes! Mayor Feng, I never thought that a big leader like you actually likes to drink that kind of wine."
I smiled and said, "Everything I drink tastes the same. My parents are just like you, they are ordinary workers. When I came to your house today, I felt like I was back at my own home."
Xiao Xu's father was even more happy, "Mayor Feng, I'm so happy to hear what you said. I didn't expect that you were also a child born into an ordinary cadre family."
I smiled and asked him: "Generally, children born into cadre families cannot become mayors? Which family's theory is this?"
He laughed "haha", "Mayor Feng, you are so approachable, I didn't expect it at all."
Then we started eating and drinking. Xiao Xu’s mother’s cooking was good and the food tasted great.
I drank a lot of wine with Xiao Xu's father in the evening. Of course, I had a purpose, because I wanted him to tell me more truth after he was completely relaxed.
Afterwards, he became much more relaxed, and his speech was not as inappropriate as when he was nervous at the beginning, and he also talked obviously more.
At this time, I said to Xiao Xu and Xiao Sui: "You go and do your own things. Comrade Lao Xu and I will talk alone." (To be continued)