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you know what Dave1107 they covered the deficit for those 6 months, they froze hiring and they have not received an increase...what has the school department done? They have asked for more money and are unable to stay in budget with the money they have....they operate in the red....they were ill prepared to convince parents that closing Gorton would save money and tabled it for January smack in the middle of the school year so it won't be closed for another school year. AND nothing will be done to close the gap....if we don't talk about it for 6 months maybe it will go away....or lets just ask the city for more money to cover the fact that we haven't done our homework and in January we will come to the table with our heads still up our ass. Or I know lets make kindergarten full time so we can add 3 million more to the deficit not close the school and not have teachers certified in middle school procedures. BTW I paid for full time kindergarten for my son. HMMMM maybe you are right....I don't mind paying more taxes as long as it doesn't go to the school!

According to the school committee, closing Gorton would have closed the deficit by 1 million....a third of what they are looking for. They are reactive and not proactive and when there needs to be cuts they threaten sports, arts and music....because they know that will not be tolerated by parents. The school department receives more than half of my tax dollars....You people keep pointing the finger at the city and their spending...keep the focus on the schools spending. The City is staying budget the school department is not. The sad part of it...is no matter what we give them they still will not make budget, So who are we kidding. The major component to solving a problem is owning that a problem exists not pointing at everyone else and saying look at what they are doing...