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"Sitting In" article in today's Free Press by Ed O'Connell emphazises the need for "investors" to provide the "resources" for the schools. Really ? Theatre of The Absurd ! Free Press proves by printing this "Opinion Piece" that Rob (and his not so secret Ghost writer, Brigid) have the local media in their pockets ! O'Connell has the audacity to use the words "investors and resources" and thinks that he is a credible advocate for an Override? Voting NO !

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Why issue MVMMS schedules when they are not ready.

I understand that MVMMS has gone over to a new schedule, more like the MHS class schedule. However, to release the schedules to students without someone, anyone looking them over and reviewing them is ridiculous. Students were allowed to pick up schedules starting this past Tuesday and most, if not all have issues, ie: missing classes and not scheduled for classes. If school admin. wanted to change the MVMMS daily schedule from Day 1 and Day 2 to a seven day schedule, they had ample time to get the "bugs" out. To allow students to pick up schedules with such extreme errors is a huge fail by the school system. Would love it if maybe one year the transition would go smoothly.

The above was written today by a person familiar with this matter on another topic elsewhere on this message board. I thought it is relevant to this topic.

It seems that Superintendent Taymore and her admin staff have not learned from previous experience. No wonder parents and children are fed up with this current administration! An override is necessary according to Ed O'Connell? No....better management of current resources and less emphasis on admin and pay raises!

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Oh, so the convicted felon who stole from old people, got a divorce but stayed common-law married to attorney wife (finances at home could then be immune from being attached for restitution) is going to lecture US on why we "investors" need an Override in order to fund the administrative raises of those he sucks up to in his attempt to win back credibility and financial viability? Sure, you betcha! Sounds like a plan. NOT. Shameful and disgraceful. Even more so that this guy is h.s. PTO prez and on MHS site council. Shame on the whole mess of them who made this a reality. As for the article, just another part of the shell game that this rabbit hole of a community has allowed to infect everything.

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Perhaps he can contribute some of the money he stole from the seniors towards the alleged school deficit?

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I'm so sick and tired of hearing the same old dialog about O'Connell. His history is old news. Move on to some new material. Maybe all the cheating husbands and wives in Melrose? Or how about the destruction of our sidewalks by Nat'l Grid during their replacement of the gas lines? How many perfectly fine streets and sidewalks have been ripped apart by this project and now have been poorly tarred over with black top instead of concrete? Or how about the nepotism in Melrose Sports? All these topics are much more interesting than the O'Connell dialog. Bring on some real topics to discuss.

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My MHS Student has an incomplete schedule as well. The schedule is not new to the HS so why can't they offer students an accurate and complete schedule?

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Homer
I'm so sick and tired of hearing the same old dialog about O'Connell. His history is old news. Move on to some new material. Maybe all the cheating husbands and wives in Melrose? Or how about the destruction of our sidewalks by Nat'l Grid during their replacement of the gas lines? How many perfectly fine streets and sidewalks have been ripped apart by this project and now have been poorly tarred over with black top instead of concrete? Or how about the nepotism in Melrose Sports? All these topics are much more interesting than the O'Connell dialog. Bring on some real topics to discuss.





What makes O'Connell a REAL TOPIC and "new NEWS" is that Brigid wrote his " OPINION PIECE" in the Free Press advocating for the Override... Rob has sunk to all time lows....He's a mess and so will Melrose be if Rob and cronies have their way.....speaking of cheating husbands...........