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Scal1024, the "secrecy" you reference regarding Horoschak's removal contains some hyperbole. All personnel issues have an element of privacy and this one was no different. You don't need to be a rocket scientist to see that the SC wasn't going to renew his contract and they wanted him removed. Rumors were always flying around about his supposed outside work, lack of time in the district. Ill also assume that there was much legal posturing going on and in the end, my understanding is that they paid him what was due from his contract. So you had an employer evidently unhappy with a contract employee's performance and want him gone, so they part ways. Presumably the employee's lawyer threatens to sue. Chances are the contractual language could've been interpreted either way so the employer has a choice - go to court or settle. If they went to court and won but spent more than what the remainder of the contract was worth they'd get criticized for that. If they lost and had to pay the contract plus what was spent in litigation, they'd get criticized for that. Personnel issues always contain a high degree of privacy and if you are ever on the receiving end of something like that you'll appreciate that privacy.

Regarding the LTFPC, you don't have all of your facts right. The original LTFPC appointed by Horoschak's contained 11 members, four of whom were not part of the current committee. D'gostino immediately increased the size of the committee to 19 members which was a good thing, in my view. It was then pared back to 15 members. The short term committee voted to close Gorton 7-3. The full LTFPC voted to close Gorton 10-8 so in both instances the committee was divided, more deeply when the full committee voted. "Full steam ahead" is more hyperbole. The on going population decline of our schools is not fiction, it's happened and will continue to happen. It's just a simple demographic trend that will continue and eventually will level off. You are completely wrong in alleging that the School Committee tried to push anything through with little info given to the public. All of the committees records were public records and easily accessible by anyone. Transparency means having all public records easily accessible. It's doesn't mean that you have to have 1000 copies available to anyone who walks through the door.. Yes, their presentation stunk but it was just a recitation of the recommendation that was approved and posted on the WPS website at least a week before the public hearings. With respect to eliminating the elementary and secondary Ed directors, what would you put in its place? And, you realize that Admin payroll is a very, very small percentage of the districts overall payroll and that a 1% raise for admin (which matches that of the teachers) doesn't approaches six figures. I agree the Chair Furtado should not have voted for Bachus's proposal if she didn't agree with it. You can't just go ahead and set a date for middle school without first having an idea of which building(s) you're going to put them in. And we're not in middle school just because of Admin-the teachers union has also had a hand in that too.

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