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Pat, this assumes that level funding stays and thats predicated on how many people I.e. voters (whether they have kids nite schools or not), turn out to the city council and demand that more money be allocated to the schools. It's as simple as that. I don't think they need 3.8 million but when you look at the Mayors introduction or preamble to the budget it's th same thing. To paraphrase, 'I'm a public school graduate. The schools enrollment is declining. They can satisfybthe BEP and make do with what I give them'. Same song, every year. Neither Dr D'agostino nor Beth Furtado will change anyone's mind, especially since they want Gorton closed and the Mayor and Council know that. No, the only thing that will change anything is the turnout of those tax payers and voters, who place a greater value on education than do the Mayor and Council. I saw and heard councilmpersons Ladoucer, Vella Wilkinson, and Travis all approach the microphone and say that Gorton should not close but not offer even a small piece of a solution. Ms.Vella-wilkinson idea of consolidating depts such as maintanence, purchasing, IT, etc has been around since the RIPEC report of 2005 (I think). Since the unionized portions of those departments make less $ and have benefits that are not as good as those on the city side, do you think they will willingly become employees oif the city but keep a different pay and benefit structure than their new counterparts? Doubtful. Regarding IT, I thought there were some real obstacles to combining that because at federal funding or something to that effect.. That idea sounds great on paper and in front of a microphone, but the devil is really in the details. Incidentally, none of our current council members has ever served on the scool committee and yet they're all experts as to what needs to be done and how much that should cost. When you wer on the school committee, how many council members made a good faith effort to talk to you to get a good understanding of what issues or challenges the scools face?

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