Here's a reminder about the upcoming school board meetings on this Wednesday night, February 27.
The Education Committee and Human Resources Committee meetings are at 6:30 and 7:00 in the G-hall conference room.
The business meeting starts at 7:30 in the LGI.
Parents: the future of your children is being driven simply by dollars and cents. Decisions will be made solely on this basis and will not address parental concerns. According to people who attended the last parent advisory meeting, the Emperor made it clear that the goals that the parents have for their children carry less weight than the wishes of the taxpayers.
This is not automatically bad. Frugal spending is a good thing. However, while the digital-style process of adding columns of numbers proceeds without errors, the analog-style education process is hardly as neat and tidy. There are costs and allowances required by law, common process, and even just plain decency that defy neat quantification. Remember how the Emperor wants to nickel and dime the special education kids? Your kids are next.
I see the other parents in the schools frequently, volunteering, assisting, or even just keeping up to date. I have not encountered a current school board member or a member of the criticism groups doing the same thing. This is an open call to anyone who can point to the critics of the Morrisville schools who put their money where their mouth is and actually volunteer their time in the schools.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
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Speaking of frugal spending, is there any status information on the bond defeasement that can be shared? Have the bonds been defeased? If so, how much did the defeasement cost, just the $29,000 fee for the defeasement company?
With interest rates dropping, I'm concerned that the investments made to defease the bonds won't cover everything, and that taxpayers will end up holding the bag for the difference for years to come. I hope my concerns are unfounded, especially since this was not mentioned to the public at either at the January 23 board meeting when the board almost voted to defease, or the January 30special meeting when they did.
I hear that the defeasement cost over $2 million, and that all Board members except his highness had no idea it would cost this amount. Lovely.
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