The city made the Police get the 30,000 dollar Pomeroy audit and it actually showed they were operating understaffed and underfunded causing dangerous conditions in the City. I’m sure an audit will expose the funding shellgame being played. Know it is time for the school to go audit
They don't have a clear and convincing argument because they cherry pick so-called "facts" with no regard for actual facts. For example, one speaker started spitting out salary increases for last year across departments, apparently unaware of, or choosing to ignore the absolutely massive increases teachers got about three years ago - increases that dwarfed increases given to other departments. The same speaker, I believe also stated that the schools get about 1/3 of the city budget, which is also patently false. The schools end up with about 1/2 of city expenditures.
This is the same claptrap we heard being thrown around in support of the last failed override attempt. Is it ignorance? Is it outright lying? In my view, it's both.
Yes, the Lincoln School is a mess. If anyone thinks putting the fashionista in charge is going to make a positive difference there, they're inhabiting a planet other than this one. It's not a financial issue as much as it's a leadership and management issue, it's systemic, and the Lincoln issues are merely a barometer for that systemic failing. Throwing more money at the issue has never solved these kinds of issues, and won't this time either. With as much money as the schools have completely wasted on bells and whistles over the past few years, there's no reason at all to suspect that they'd be any more efficient and responsible now than they have been in the past.
Hi parents of school children.
Money 💰 will not change the problems. Change can only happen when you get a competent administration!
And maybe then you would be able to retain teachers.
No money for police/fire but, plenty of money for a new roof on the library. Re-opening the Bebe school would have likely fixed the over crowding situation in the Elem schools, but Dolan claimed the school needed a new roof and that the roof would be too expensive and that the building is not suitable for students. News flash, students are using it currently. Lies, lies, lies all the time just to get what they want. An override. I wish these gullible well meaning parents would see what's really going on instead of just listening to the lies and believing them.
Opening the Beebe yes that would have worked.
The former mayor said it would cost a million
To reopen! But instead they decided to spend 3
Million plus for portable classrooms.
On top of that, the Beebe school is leased to the SEEM Collaborative for a pittance; not anywhere close to its actual market value. It's true value would have been being employed as an elementary school to handle the current "bubble" in enrollment. Now we are stuck with temporary classrooms purchased at great cost that will be rotting away in several years. Add to that the millions spent on the high school "learning commons", nothing but a glorified hangout for students to socialize and use social media. Ask your children who actually does homework or academic group discussion in this space: Nada.
I actually saw the new Mayor with a red baseball cap that said "Make Melrose Great Again" Her plan is to increase taxes and water fees and watch all the cheap people who are no longer wealthy enough to keep up with where Melrose is going be forced to sell their houses and move out. Its a continuation of the previous administrations plan.
As I'm sure you know, things are going backwards because most residents spent most of their time with their heads up their a$$es, and are willing to swallow the bull$hit doled out by city hall.