Tomorrow night the BMR School Dept will be presenting their FY08 budget to the Millville FINCOM. The meeting is at the Longfellow Center at 7pm.
As usual the state is giving us less Chapter 70 funds and it's left to Blackstone & Millville how to bridge the gap.
As an fyi and to put it in perspective...In 2003, the state reimbursed us via Chapter 70 65% of NSS (Net School Spending, this excludes capital expenditures & transportation)...in 2008 it will be south of 57%...that is a lot of money for these (2) small towns to absorb.
When Governor Patrick was running for office, I sent him an email and asked his position on restoring proper funding to our schools...their/his response "Deval strongly supports returning local aid to cities and towns to restore services, including education". I say we hold him to it...
If you have been following the news, Governor Patrick has decided to use the website he opened for his campaign, to talk directly with the citizens of the Commonwealth. It's pretty much damage control for his rocky start. Someone has started a talking point "Chapter 70 Formula is Not Working". Citizens get to vote on this being a hot issue that should be fixed. The number of votes determines how far up the list it goes in terms of priority. Please vote !!! Let's make it #1 !!
Click the link below to vote/tell Deval Patrick the current formula
used to distribute Chapter 70 money is not working for BMR Schools -
You can view/write comments and most important VOTE!!
http://devalpatrick.com/issue.php?issue_id=7577368
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
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