A comment made on a letter I wrote to DAN CAHILL.
Lynn
is not just the only urban district facing such a deficit. Lynn is the
ONLY district in the entire state facing such a deficit! The fact that
city and school officials continue to whine that the NSS policies are
unfair and use this as an excuse why there is such a significant deficit
is absurd. City and school leaders know that the majority of Lynn
parents and voters are not uninvolved in school and city affairs in
general, nevermind on more complex issues such as NSS. Therefore, city
and school officials know they can spew whatever nonsense and excuses
they want and the majority of Lynn parents and voters won't even
question it. I have yet to hear an answer to this very simple
question...How does a city that significantly underfunds the schools by
millions each year and a school department that claims they cannot
afford basic educational necessities for the students because they lack
the funding manage to come up with tens of thousands of dollars each
year to give out administrative raises? Perhaps they use common core
math for their calculations.
