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The School Committee (SC) received $165 million+- dollars of taxpayers money this year alone. They based that on a certain number of teachers and a certain number of buildings. Over the next year the number of teachers and buildings they needed to spend this money on, got REDUCED SIGNIFICANTLY! That means there should be a LARGE SURPLUS!

There wasn't.

The SC then said they needed $84 million MORE! They added new positions to the administration such as "Asst. Principal of Climate and Culture" and "Asst. Principal of Teaching and Learning" while, at the same time, slashing the number of teachers, and yet they needed MORE TAXPAYERS MONEY!? The City Council wisely said "No". The SC reduced their "need" to $40 million in the form of a bond (credit card to be paid back by the taxpayers). It went to the election and the SC put up signs that said "For-The-Students" and the voters foolishly bought it! They voted to give the SC a total in excess of $200,000,000! Now the SC wants EVEN MORE!!! And if they don't get what they "want" (not "need", "want!") they are going to sue? Bring it on! In court discovery they will have to show the attorneys for the City Council every dime they already spent for the last many years. Full disclosure will only work against them for the first time this CENTURY!

Just imagine what the City Council will learn from all those court documents. For the first time, the Council will know where all that taxpayer money actually went. This is going to be a revelation!

Happy New Year everyone.

Rick Corrente

The Taxpayers Mayor