We hope that residents take the time to attend some of the work sessions on the 2005-06 school budget which are being presented by the Board of Education. Each session covers a different portion of the budget, and it is at these sessions that the actual decisions on spending get made.

Upcoming sessions include:

Monday, Feb. 28Budget Work Session #3

Instructional components and

Regular Board Meeting

Monday, March 7Budget Work Session #4

All Non-instructional.areas/Wrap up

Administrative and Capital Components

Monday, March 14Board of Education Work Session

Final Adjustments and

Refinements (if necessary) and

Regular Work Session

Every year, after the budget is fully developed and has been presented to the public, we receive letters objecting to particular items. It seems to us that the time to make one’s positions known is now, rather than later. Once the budget is developed, and a public hearing has been held, it becomes difficult to change prior to the public vote.

The Board spends a great deal of time on these sessions. We hope that residents take part in them too.

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Meg Morgan Norris

Publisher