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It's not so much that they tabled it that troubles me; the false reasoning behind the tabling troubles me. The plan wasn't rushed, the Committee wasn't rushed, and the plan was NOT written last January. That statement is ridiculous. By stating so, it would mean that last Spring, when the Committee was divided in it's view of the Gorton recommendation, and the School Committee (Bachus included) voted to look for other options, that the Committee had this most current plan in place? Honestly, that makes no sense at all! The Committee RECONVENED in June, following the Gorton hearings. The Committee was told to have a recommendation by January 2014. Do people really think that the LTFPC had nothing better to do than spend the past year "flushing" out the plan to "see if it would work?" Clearly, Ms. Bachus and the City Council people she relied on for third party information, have their facts wrong. The Committee operated with integrity. I do question the integrity of the School Committee. The School Committee did not act with diligence and request monthly reports at the School Committee meetings, so that the public would know what the progress of the LTFPC was. Remember, the School Committee sets the agenda. The School Committee showed no interest in their own sub-committee's findings. Had they followed the Committee's work closely, and found the work being done inadequate, then why go through this ruse? They could have ended this whole thing months ago. Why didn't they dissolve the Committee last May? Did the School Committee understand that they were SUPPOSED to follow what the LTFPC was doing? Why didn't the School Committee roll the cost of a consultant into last Spring's budget? If they had this whole debacle, and it is a debacle, could have been avoided.

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