JUST GIVE IT TO ME STRAIGHT PLEASE

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From: "Stanley Wotring" <lynn.school.watch@gmail.com>
Date: Dec 2, 2015 6:41 PM
Subject: Re: FW: NSS DEFECIT
To: "Reis, Jacqueline" <jreis@doe.mass.edu>
Cc:

Dear Ms. Reis,

First let me say I appreciate your prompt response. Since I get so few, yours was especially welcome. What confuses me is the delay in making a decision.

If Mayor Kennedy truly offered to repay the debt in four equal installments as she publicly stated and I believe city CFO Caron confirmed, then what is the holdup?

How long must the educational futures of the young people of Lynn be held in limbo? Are we to expect the other cities in the Commonwealth to continue to subsidize our public school system.

Granted these are difficult financial times but we must face up to our problems if we hope to solve them. All that I ask is that someone take a clear, definitive stand.

Sincerely,
Stan

On Dec 2, 2015 5:07 PM, "Reis, Jacqueline" <jreis@doe.mass.edu> wrote:

Hi Mr. Wotring,

 

We continue to work with the district to try to get this issue resolved.

 

Jackie

 

Jacqueline Reis

Media Relations Coordinator

Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

Office: (781) 338-3115

Mobile: (781) 605-4419

 

 

From: Stanley Wotring [mailto:lynn.school.watch@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, November 30, 2015 10:03 AM
To: Finance & Operations; State Budget & Finance; Board of Education (DOE); Legal; Audit and Compliance
Subject: NSS DEFECIT

 

Dear Sirs,

 

Good morning, my name is Stan Wotring and I have a locally popular blog, LYNN SCHOOL WATCH. I have been following the NET SCHOOL SPENDING problems in Lynn with a great deal of interest as you might imagine.

 

After writing all of the school committee members and various other officials I have been unable to get a response as to the status of the city's  repayment plan for the $15 million plus owed due to failing to meet its obligations. My understanding is that this plan was submitted just after the end of last fiscal year. It is also my understanding that there was no guarantee of acceptance of the plan without which subjecting the district to potential additional fines.

 

 

Now it is also my understanding that someone who did get a response from someone in the DESE that no decision has yet been made on the status of the plan. I fail to understand the delay in making a decision and feel that it is grossly unfair to hold Lynn in limbo. 

 

The longer you delay only subjects Lynn  to needless uncertainty about its educational direction. Of course, if the plan is to ignore the problem and not hold the city to its responsibility to the students then you are right on track by being off track. The political climate is not ripe for confrontation.

 

Either way I would appreciate a response I can share with my readers. Thank you.

 

Sincerely,

 

Stan