Who made the decision to have last night's public hearing on the budget at Breed Middle School? Granted the physical plant was fine and compared to the other schools it may well have been the most able to handle a vast mob for discussion on such important matters.
That being said, we had a public hearing at a place where public transportation does not go. What is wrong with this picture? On top of that, a woefully inadequate sound system made it impossible for the LSC to hear each other, let alone the few people who were in attendance.
Were theses problems just accidents? I am not going to voice my opinion because I don't want to state the obvious. Thank heavens lynnhappens.com was there to record he meeting. Now members of the LSC, some members of the school department, and Mayor Kennedy have their respective positions recorded for all to examine and hold them accountable. I intend to remind them of their stated positions and make them take responsibility for those statements. No where will get my attention more than the libraries.
If you feel the need to put in libraries in the two Level 4 Schools at Connery and Harrington and expand their functions at that, how do you feel that they are not necessary in the other elementary schools?
They are required to keep the school librarians at Connery and Harrington plus keep all class sizes under 30 (maybe 25?) because Lynn gets the federal funding and they face a takeover if don't abide to the rules - those two schools are in the top 35 'worst' in Massachusetts. The same requirements will be made at the other 3 failing schools probably next year.
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