Tag: School Aid Fund
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Keeping it simple
Lots of noise is distracting from what should be a pretty simple voting decision on the GPPSS bond proposal.
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Of Budgets and Bonds
Why I oppose the proposed new Site and Building Bond Proposal.
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Enrollment decline’s ferocious appetite
Here we examine the GPPSS budget developments, inclusive of the 2016 audit and the 2017 budget.
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A ten year view of the problem
A hopefully instructive long-term comparison.
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GPPSS audit reveals shortfall
The popularity contest (aka election) facing the community next Tuesday, will be quickly followed by the unpleasant task of addressing the structural gap revealed by this year’s audit report.
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Structural change or fingers in the dike?
Some of the same patterns emerge as the district treats the symptom rather than the cause of budget contraction.
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The danger of ignoring total compensation
GPPSS employees rightfully decry the reduction in their salaries, but neither they, the Board, or the taxpaying public can afford to ignore other forms of employee compensation. We know what happens when we do – and it’s not good.
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Back to the (ugly) future
The school board is eager to talk about allowing non-resident staff to send their children to GPPSS schools, but not so eager to discuss financial and contract issues that are of much greater consequence.
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Living on the edge
The GPPSS’ company among districts that pay above average teacher salaries and have below average ratios of pupils to teachers is dwindling and the risks of doing so are great. The Board of Education ought to heed the warning signs and contemplate how the district will maintain this position.