Middletown School Closing?
The School Committee is thinking of closing Kennedy School on W. Main Rd. & sending upper grade students to Gaudet & lower ones to Aquidneck School. There are a number of reasons for this cost-cutting measure (the town anticipates a $two mil shortage) including one odd one stating that Aquidneck School must be used for only educational or rec purposes in the deed. However, I believe that also applies to Kennedy School, too, along with the Library.
If ever there was a time to stay informed about the goings-on of local and state gov't- this is it! When the budgets are tight, can cuts be far behind? And I'm not speaking of just getting rid of the billboards the town now owns on East Main Rd. ( soon to be minus $6000/yr. in income). Also be prepared to be nickled & dimed even more.
Thanks to Mat Sheley from NDN for the article.
If ever there was a time to stay informed about the goings-on of local and state gov't- this is it! When the budgets are tight, can cuts be far behind? And I'm not speaking of just getting rid of the billboards the town now owns on East Main Rd. ( soon to be minus $6000/yr. in income). Also be prepared to be nickled & dimed even more.
Thanks to Mat Sheley from NDN for the article.
2 comments:
I would like to know why Mrs. Kraeger continues to cut teachers and close schools while taking a pay raise for herself and hiring more administrators. Who oversees how she spends the taxpayer dollars? It would appear that she has hired a husband and wife team to act as administrators, she seems to have three superintendents and a host of other high paid administrators with impressive titles, all this while the classrooms are filled to the brim with students,and there's a shortage of textbooks and other materials.
It appears that Mrs. Kraeger is riding on the Governor's coattails, and using this current economic crisis to weaken the teacher's union so she can run the schools like a corrupt CEO, skimming the fat off the top for herself and her crew while doing away with hard-working faculty, reducing the quality of education, and running our schools into the ground. The people of Middletown need to look beneath the surface, they need to attend their town council meetings, ask questions about where the money is going and demand an accounting of all the hidden expenditures Kraeger justifies in the name of "providing quality education for the children of Middletown." Look at the entire picture and ask yourself why there's always turmoil between administration and faculty, why the drop-out rate is soaring through the roof, why programs being eliminated, class sizes increasing, and supplies running out? It's not enough anymore to blame the teacher's union for the fiduciary problems of a corrupt government and school administration. Parents and teachers must work together to combat Mrs. Kraeger's unilateral attempt to destroy our schools.
It's paramount to be keeping an eye on the school committee- more than 60% of most towns' budget. I keep asking for someone to do postings on their meetings.
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