Friday, November 7, 2014

Summary.

Did you catch last night's School Board meeting? Here are some of the highlights:












Hiring the Interim Superintendent was supposed to save us 20%, according to SB member Nathan Lunney. But this Superintendent is making $13,000 more, working less and we have outsourced a big component of his job to consultants. Where's the savings? And if the SB decides to contract with him for another year, which they seem on track to do, then we start the new fiscal year $13,000 in the red because they are choosing not to budget accurately for this position. How is this good for our district?













Last night, the School Board chair talked about "responsible bonding" when comparing recently approved building projects in other districts. However, the numbers were presented completely without context. I think it's important to note that our town hasn't completed any significant upgrades to facilities in 27 years. Is that responsible?














I don't know how a 36% turnover compares to other districts, but it seems significant to me. 

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