There's no Standard in Standard

I'm on week two at my new gig, Marta Valle High School on the Lower East Side. Already, I'm amazed, as I am every single time I spend time in any school of how each school is an island. An island on an island. I've toured so many schools. I've seem so many incredible practices and great ideas. Yet, each school seems to be re-inventing the wheel over and over again. These are smart people. I get it. Each school is unique, each population has its own eccentricities and  yes, you need to make adjustments. I'm determined to create a network of networks. Get people sharing with each other. Think about how much more we could get done if we didn't have to start from scratch each time a new directive hits us? The other thing that I find incredibly weird and destructive is when you run into people who don't share the open source philosophy on lesson plans. I will never understand how anyone benefits by not sharing what they have. I upload just about everything I can find the time to share on my website and I'd never think twice about that. The goal is to have MORE time to do better stuff. To tinker, tailor, tweak not to hoard, hide and hinder. Someone play devils' advocate, please! What do you gain from keeping your lessons hidden in a file? Am I missing something? Is someone going to come along and pay me thousands of dollars for my brilliant SWBATS?