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Posted in Budget Committee, FTM, School Committee, Tiverton, Unions on Mar 13th, 2010
It took me a day to work through my unexpectedly negative reaction to news that the Budget Committee had effectively proposed level funding of the school department next year. (With decreases in state aid likely, the leveled municipal funding probably represents a substantial cut.) What finally brought my emotional sense into focus was [...]
Posted in School Committee, Tiverton on Mar 9th, 2010
Sparsely attended school committee meeting, tonight. The only thing that has inspired note is the announcement of a retiring teacher. The notable thing is how young he looks.
That’s wonderful, by the way. I wish I’d found a career path that headed in that direction when I was young enough to take it. [...]
Posted in School Committee, Unions on Mar 7th, 2010
From the Newport Daily News:
The School Committee and the National Education Association-Tiverton had a mediation session Thursday and set dates for three more this month, but any details of what transpires will be kept under wraps until the two sides come to a contract agreement with the 191-member union or reach an impasse.
“We agreed that [...]
Posted in FTM, School Committee, Tiverton, Videos on Mar 5th, 2010
It takes a little bit of time, but it’s an edifying experience to review the first School Committee meeting after last year’s FTM and then watch the video from the committee’s recent hearing about closing the high school. A theme emerged last year, solidified in this instruction from guidance counselor and unionist Lynn Nicholas:
You [...]
Posted in School Committee, State Aid, Tiverton on Feb 28th, 2010
Go to town meetings for a while, and you’ll eventually hear some elected or appointed official — more often than not School Committee Vice Chair Sally Black — list the lack of a fair education funding formula at the state level among the reasons for Tiverton’s financial woes.
The missing consideration is that reworking such a [...]
Posted in Letters to the editor, School Committee, Spending, Unions on Feb 28th, 2010
As one of the Tiverton residents at the January 26 school committee meeting who presented “a ‘bust the union’ political strategy,” according to Deborah Pallasch’s recent letter to you, I feel obliged to provide some context for your readers. I don’t agree that looking to the school district’s — and town’s — largest line item [...]
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