Monday, November 12, 2012

The most wonderful time.

This is a busy time of year. The town is waiting for the tax rate to be set and the Town Council and School Board are talking about budgets. We have several school facilities solutions being discussed and everyone is saying that they don't want their taxes to go up. With that in mind, I thought I would point out some important upcoming meetings:


  • PTA Meeting--Tuesday November 13 at 6:30pm. The PTA is having their monthly meeting. Dr. Hayes will be available to PTA members to discuss school facility options and answer questions.
  • Public Forum-Wednesday November 14th at 9am. Dr. Hayes has invited the community to meet at Town Hall to discuss the current school facilities options including the talks with ORSD and the various renovation and new school proposals. The architect will also be present to answer questions. 
  • Town Council Meeting-Wednesday November 14th at 7pm. The Town Council will be discussing the school's request to use $58,000 of impact fees. I wrote about impact fees back in June after a request was made by the school at that time. The discussion bugged me last time and I'm interested to hear how it is discussed on Wednesday night. You can view the full meeting agenda here.
  • School Board meeting-Thursday November 15th at 7pm. A couple positions are on the chopping block for next year. This is the public's opportunity to voice their concerns before we are too far into the budget process. The rumors that I heard are that the enrichment position at the elementary school and the school to career coordinator are two positions that are being considered for cutting. I guess I thought that the huge amount in savings with the health plan switch might have offset the need to make these cuts. I don't know what other cuts may have been proposed. The agenda was not posted on the website, but public comment is always welcomed at the beginning of each school board meeting.
  • Public Forum-Monday November 19th at 7pm. Another community forum to discuss the school options. See above for more info.
  • Budget Committee Meeting- Monday November 26th at 7pm. No agenda has been posted, but my guess is that they'll start going through both the town and school budgets. 

And there's only 42 days until Christmas...


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