CAMDEN, N.J. – Paymon Rouhanifard, the new superintendent of the troubled Camden, New Jersey school district, said he experienced a “kick-in-the-stomach” moment when he recently learned that only three students who took the SAT test in the 2011-12 school year scored “college ready,” according to ABC News.

That says more about the people who have been running the school district and teaching the classes than it does about the many students who scored poorly on the test.

Camden, with an enrollment of about 13,000 students, is clearly a school district that needs to take a hard look at its priorities.

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A recent EAGnews analysis of district spending revealed that school officials dropped nearly $1 million on legal fees in one school year, $86,000 on restaurants and catering services, $51,000 on staff cell phones, $394,000 on professional conferences and workshops, and $708,000 on outside education consultants.

Officials also spent $245,000 on various forms of entertainment for students, include performing arts theaters ($57,587); professional sporting events ($10,112); amusement parks ($20,427); movies theaters, bowling alleys and arcades ($23,759); a Medieval Times dinner theater ($13,668); and museums, zoos and aquariums ($120,174).

School officials told the Board of Education that the bowling outings improved student’s “hand eye coordination.” They get plenty of that type of practice at home playing video games, and it doesn’t cost taxpayers a dime.

They told the board that roller skating outings helped students “expand muscle coordination, balance and rhythm.” Isn’t that what gym class is for? Finally, they told the board that trips to amusement parks are meant to improve student’s “math and physics skills.” Gee, we thought that’s what math and physics classes were for.

Perhaps the field trips, outside consultants and professional training should be scrapped, and the district should be allowed to fire ineffective administrators and teachers and spend its resources attracting quality replacements.

A lot of tax money is being spent in Camden schools and very few children are learning much of anything.