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Other Officials Speak Out in Telegram Article
Town Council Chairman Shaun Moriarty has commented on the proposed School budget on his
FaceBook page.
"Not only do I question whether it would be appropriate to
provide such an increase to a school district that has been mired in perpetual
transitions, practically in every key leadership position, for a number of
years now.
"The assertion that we should be adding money to exceed what
was there for a recent high-water mark in 2012 is interesting, but flawed. What
was student performance in 2012? Were on the right path three years ago? This
current School Committee, I imagine, would say we were not in a good place in
2012 ... just as we are not in a good place right now. According to the DESE
profile of our school district, the percentage of the per pupil expenditure
being used for "administration" has climbed each of the last three
years recorded (though, admittedly, data from 2014 is not made available there
as yet).
