tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844475919675784308.post2269815120390018512..comments2024-03-12T04:15:32.560-04:00Comments on middletowneye: Serra: I am annoyed with the PublicMiddletown Eye (Ed McKeon)http://www.blogger.com/profile/15825886539128890014noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844475919675784308.post-23396706294051899622016-04-20T14:37:48.368-04:002016-04-20T14:37:48.368-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.BrianKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05765312591587522388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844475919675784308.post-17108270457431521972016-04-20T14:17:34.026-04:002016-04-20T14:17:34.026-04:00Lechowiczfam. Thank you for posting. You can lead ...Lechowiczfam. Thank you for posting. You can lead a horse to water but you can't make them drink. It is the same people who say the board is not transparent. Once they realize the fact are out there, they will have nothing to complain about. (Wishful thinking)BrianKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05765312591587522388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844475919675784308.post-86974748133283544282016-04-20T12:47:42.843-04:002016-04-20T12:47:42.843-04:00Maybe we should be spending some of that money all...Maybe we should be spending some of that money allocated to the parks, including for dogs, on the schools instead?? Yes, I know. Your name is Ed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844475919675784308.post-28139688696876754132016-04-20T09:31:11.239-04:002016-04-20T09:31:11.239-04:00Bill, there is a 298 page budget right on the Midd...Bill, there is a 298 page budget right on the Middletown Public Schools website - just like Tom Serra is annoyed with the public, I'm annoyed that people keep saying this information is not available. http://www.mps1.org/boe/BOEProposedBudget2016-2017.pdflechowiczfamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18079471960902587951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844475919675784308.post-5539441126345985032016-04-20T09:25:46.818-04:002016-04-20T09:25:46.818-04:00Steve:
I respect you recognition of the job Middl...Steve:<br /><br />I respect you recognition of the job Middletown schools do, but if you want to talk about politics in the budgeting process, Serra's cheap shot of an offer is a case in point. Out of the blue, he speculates - what if we give you enough to cover the salaries of the potentially laid off teachers? What he doesn't consider, is this. If that's the entire amount the Middletown Eye (Ed McKeon)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15825886539128890014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844475919675784308.post-5380490960515557842016-04-20T07:53:45.708-04:002016-04-20T07:53:45.708-04:00There is a line item budget now. The presentation ...There is a line item budget now. The presentation that she presented Monday night clearly showed she needed well more than the $818 Serra was offering due the number of special Ed positions she has to hire before she can even consider bringing back the teachers. Were you at the meeting? Towards the end one council member asked questions about the special Ed positions. It is shocking how much the Catherinehttps://m.facebook.com/catherine.roberts.355?ref=bookmarksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844475919675784308.post-65962948292516717712016-04-20T02:28:00.860-04:002016-04-20T02:28:00.860-04:00I would like to see a line item budget for BOE lik...I would like to see a line item budget for BOE like we can on the city side. I know they have the new software to be more transparent. Why can't we the taxpayers see a line item budget? That is my question to the author, the Eye and the BOE.Bill Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06182392699701865282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844475919675784308.post-19516725080545937722016-04-19T19:58:09.112-04:002016-04-19T19:58:09.112-04:00I find this whole situation amusing. Board request...I find this whole situation amusing. Board requests, Mayor cuts, Board lays off 15 teachers, blames City. City says if we fund the money for the positions, Board says it's more complicated. I'm no fan of this administration, so I get the anger. But for the parents to buy the garbage the politicos on the Board deal out is beyond belief. I agree, lets fully fund the schools, make educationSteve LaRosanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844475919675784308.post-19308703238745009402016-04-19T18:02:53.273-04:002016-04-19T18:02:53.273-04:00By asking for a commitment of no layoffs if the BO...By asking for a commitment of no layoffs if the BOE budget gets an additional $818,986 -- a 117% increase in the Mayor's budget, is councilman Serra proposing that the council would provide those funds if given the commitment? If so, I wish that Pat had called his bluff.<br /><br />Annoyingly,<br />Steve SmithSteve Smithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844475919675784308.post-21465793538083287422016-04-19T14:25:51.095-04:002016-04-19T14:25:51.095-04:00I'm all for funding public education. I don&#...I'm all for funding public education. I don't mind paying more in taxes to support education. But when other Alliance Districts pay their superintendents far less than Middletown (including East Hartford, Bridgeport, Manchester, Windsor Locks, Norwich), have had far less increases in their budgets than Middletown is asking for (including Bloomfield, Manchester, East Hartford), and many Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844475919675784308.post-26454357130304427782016-04-19T14:08:41.513-04:002016-04-19T14:08:41.513-04:00Maybe Councilman Serra doesn't realize he is s...Maybe Councilman Serra doesn't realize he is supposed to support the public that is annoying him. Maybe he needs to be released of his annoying duties as a council member. He is not doing anyone any favors by making these type of expressions to the public that he represents.Conshrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08328676196087012448noreply@blogger.com