Where Your Money Is Going, Show Up To Next Board Meeting-Budget

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Current times will tell all about this community. Budget time started tonight at the Board of Education meeting. Where were all the people concerned about the teacher contract? The Memoranda of Agreement voted on tonight settled the contract for custodians and aides mirroring the teacher contract at 2% and 3%. Not sure if they also had extra welfare money like the teachers received. But more importantly, the community needs to listen to the budget discussions. Instructional staffing was discussed tonight...proposed staff cuts at the high school, one board member (up for reelection) asked about what the policy and teacher contract says about the maximum class size. The parents in this district have worked very hard to bring the class sizes down to the current numbers which are below the district and contract policies. We need to keep them at current levels. This same board member commented how one increase in security staffing was due because parents can't follow directions. Last September, the community was told that the district cannot afford to pay the teachers more than they had offered because times are tough and getting tougher. Compromise is a given and the teachers deserve gold, but not on the backs of the kids or the taxpayers. I think everyone should come to the board meetings and listen very carefully to the budget process. The district contracts are important, but more important is what they do after they settle these contracts. What are they going to take away from our teachers and kids?