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The payout to the former Superintendent did not cost one dime more than his contract, so it was already budgeted. No outside lawyer fees were spent on it either. You are misrepresenting the facts. As a matter of fact, there was a small stipend given to Dr D'Agostino for taking on the added responsibilities of Acting Superintendent last year. this year he is doing both jobs for only his salary and there is a savings because he is still doing both jobs for one salary plus the small stipend. I believe that is a net savings of 80K+. So, by getting rid of the previous superintendent and not replacing him, the schools have had a savings and no additional funding/ surplus went to that.

The surplus amount when I was still on the committee was estimated to be $1.1 Million and I know I voted to put the money towards books that were supposed to be purchased earlier but were delayed due to a lack of funds. If they put the money towards the books then the surplus did go to to the students.

I am wondering how the current committee is paying for the salary increase for the WISE union myself. They voted to give the raise only 18 days after the new members were inaugurated and prior to the budget meetings getting no concessions from the union to pay for the increases. They did say they got union peace, but does that have to be negotiated?

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