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Mr Corrente,

Youe penchant for bombast is something else. "..where the School Committee is 'storing' the millions they already have"? You've gotta be kidding! That kind of remark serves no purpose other than to inflame. I agree that the teachers need a contract but implicit in your remarks is that we shouldn't even pursue a sorely needed capital improvement plan until that time at which a contract is signed. Please don't be like so many others who demagogue our schools. One is simply not 'correlate-abe' to the other. Putting together a capital improvement plan shouldn't have to take the backseat here. Plus, budgetarily, they are different things. We have neglected our infrastructure for the last 20-25 years (and in that time negotiated contracts) and we're paying the price for that neglect now. So for you to imply that we should continue to use that very same road - i.e. don't do anything to improve the facilities until we have a contract in hand - make no sense to me at all. Again, the teachers absolutely deserve a contract but the buildings absolutely need to be improved and upgraded. We can walk and chew gum at the same time, sir. Lastly I'd like to pose to you a question: Will you, if elected, committ the the city to paying the P&I on the school's bonded indebtedness - like every other city and town in this state does? Or will will the schoolls have to choke on that P&I should the public approve a bond referendum to improve our schools?

Respectfully,

David Testa