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Here is your answer to the question, " I remember that that part of the taxes increases were to off set cuts in state aid." You remember wrong because you only know what the media reported and that is exactly what the Mayor told the media to print.

Next your answer to what state aid was eliminated or reduced. The federal government sent stimulus money to each state that was supposed to to distributed to each district. Providence got about 50% while the rest of the state shared the rest... BUT, the state did not actually send the stimulus money to the districts. They did the exact opposite. The cut state funding to schools and supplanted the federal aid to schools in the state budget. They also allowed each city in the State to cut funding to the city for 1 year by 5%. THEN, after they said it would only be one year, they went back and said it would be forever. The reason you heard no outcry from school districts in 2009 when funding from the state was allowed to be cut to the schools is because it was to be only for one year and the schools were willing to make the sacrifice believing everyone was making the sacrifice.

You can not quote me on something I did not say. I did not say the surplus would cover the salary increases, I said the change from junior high school weighting from 2.0 to 1.5 for special education children combined with locking in the healthcare co-share of 20% would cover the cost of the teacher salary increase, and it does.

I was not on the committee when the new committee members voted to give an increase to the WISE union. I never would have voted for that knowing they still have time in their contract. You can thank Karen Bachus, the Union rep voted onto the school committee. She voted for the WISE union salary increase only 18 days after being elected to the school committee. I believe she had not even sat in a school committee meeting yet. She had to thank all the members of the WISE union who held signs for her at the polling places and who donated to her campaign. Check her campaign finance reports to see this is the truth.

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