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Monday, February 29, 2016

HISPANIC SCHOLARSHIP DINNER

LPS GIVING US THE FINGER-PRINT?

LPS GIVING US THE FINGER-PRINT? | THE CITY JUST GAVE LPS $1.7 MILLION TO MAKE UP FOR THIS YEARS BUDGET DEFICIT AND NOW THEY WANT TO QUIBBLE OVER A FEW DOLLARS FOR THE COST TO | image tagged in moneyxxx | made w/ Imgflip meme maker

NO VOTES TAKEN



Clearly there must have been some discussion on how much LPS would pay towards the cost for this. The actual cost would be the same for the employee regardless of their pay grade so the same rate would be bigger for a lunch aide than an administrator.

Think about this: I hear the overall cost for this is in the tens of thousands. . . . but the cost for a potential lawsuit could leave the city liable for MILLIONS if some pervert slipped through the hiring process and molested some student.

The LPS needs to pony up and pay for this to get done.

HEY LPS, PAYING FOR FINGERPRINTING IS CHEAPER THAN SETTLING LAWSUITS

HEY LPS, PAYING FOR FINGERPRINTING IS CHEAPER THAN SETTLING LAWSUITS | FIGHTING OVER HOW MUCH THE CITY IS WILLING TO PAY FOR THE COST FOR FINGERPRINTING THE SCHOOL PERSONNEL PUTS ALL OUR CHILDREN AT RISK | image tagged in danger | made w/ Imgflip meme maker

GET ON BOARD LYNN SCHOOL COMMITTEE!

GET ON BOARD LYNN SCHOOL COMMITTEE! | MASSACHUSETTS IS #1 IN AN EDUCATION AGAIN! FIRST IN BEING LAST AT REQUIRING ALL SCHOOL PERSONNEL BE FINGERPRINTED | image tagged in fingerprint,school,federal mandate | made w/ Imgflip meme maker

THE COMING OF CHARTERS



Bitter fight brewing over Mass. charter school expansion

DON'T LOOK NOW!

DON'T LOOK NOW! | MY MOTHER WAS CONCERNED SOMEONE UP HERE MIGHT PUT OUT A CONTRACT ON ME "NAH DON'T WORRY MA, I ALREADY GOT ONE!" | image tagged in contractwiththedevil | made w/ Imgflip meme maker

LPS, WHAT'S THE HOLD-UP ON THE HOLD OUT?

LPS, WHAT'S THE HOLD-UP ON THE HOLD OUT? | THE $1.7 MILLION JUST RECEIVED DOESN'T INCLUDE THE $2.2 MILLION TO BE RECEIVED FOR THE PAYBACK FOR THE NSS DEBT | image tagged in bag of money,budget,school | made w/ Imgflip meme maker

PAYING PAUL

PAYING PAUL | DR. LATHAM JUST GOT $1.7 MILLION FROM THE MAYOR FOR LAST YEAR'S BUDGET LET'S MAKE SURE WE ALL SEE HOW IT'S SPENT! | image tagged in counting money,budget | made w/ Imgflip meme maker

VIRUS PROTECTION

A planned trip of a lifetime may be canceled for some 8 LYNN ENGLISH students scheduled to take place over the April vacation to COSTA RICA. Thanks to the outbreak of the ZIKA VIRUS, a meeting is scheduled to be held MARCH 2 to discuss the trip. Only about 8 students are directly involved. If I get any more details, I'll be sure to pass them along.

Saturday, February 27, 2016

MAKING OFF WITH LIBRARY LOOT

WHO I WORK FOR

Even when being inappropriate is innocent
Doesn't make it insignificant.

Failing to recognize the occurrence
Only justifies its presence.

Attacking those who only identify
Endangers those who ultimately rely

On truths no one can buy
When the propaganda is a lie.


CHARTER CHICANERY


Deceptive Act #121 Send a mailer to parents of Lynn children encouraging them to apply to the local charter school, it arrives in our mailbox on Saturday Feb. 27th with an application deadline of Friday February 26th at 5pm. ‪#‎keepthecap‬ ‪#‎localcontrol‬ ‪#‎ltuteachersdoitright‬

FORECASTING FUNDING FIGHTS [jibjab]


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YOU WOULD HAVE ME TOAST FOR THE POST [jibjab]


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MEETING NEXT YEAR'S SCHOOL BUDGET!

MEETING NEXT YEAR'S SCHOOL BUDGET! | HOW DID YOU SAY THAT "MENSA" MATH WORKS? | image tagged in dr strangelove war room | made w/ Imgflip meme maker

HERE'S WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT

BostonGlobe.com

New Mass. schools focus on technology, security

MONDAY MORNING MEETING

MONDAY MORNING MEETING | THE SCHOOL BUDGET IS COMING . HOW'RE WE GONNA COVER  IT WITHOUT RAISING TAXES? | image tagged in dr strangelove war room | made w/ Imgflip meme maker

CHAPTER 70 CHOKE

CHAPTER 70 CHOKE | DO YOU FEEL ME NOW? | image tagged in mcchoke | made w/ Imgflip meme maker

PREPARING FOR THE DEEP SQUEEZE



When I saw this was on the agenda last week I didn't really know what to think. I know I had hoped against hope that there would be some discussion on just how to spend the proposed settlement of the monies the city had proposed to retire the debt from the past NET SCHOOL SPENDING shortfalls.Well that never happened. I guess that is NO real surprise since so far only BRIAN has come forward publicly that some sort of deal actually happened.

No, no, this was just JARED being JARED - smart that is.
There has long been whining by the MAYOR how unfair the foundation budget is on calculating net school spending in regards to what actually counts to make up the foundation budget. There is some common ground here between me and the MAYOR. I even go so far as to get sympathy pains or at least I think that's what they are. I mean, I did have that meal at CHIPOTLE.

Well it wasn't even about any changes about how we calculate that. What was about was how the CHAP. 70 money was doled out once the calculations were made.  Basically the GOVERNOR imposed class warfare on the poor. What I mean is that he put the poor into two classes, symbolically the DESPERATE POOR and the PROUD POOR.

The DESPERATE POOR are those who receive some sort of state government assistance other than FREE or REDUCED lunches. The PROUD POOR may receive the lunch but try and stay off the poverty radar by not getting EBT or similar such assistance. A lot of them live with relatives or just too honest to actually qualify.

Well don't look now but those PROUD POOR no longer count toward the number that drives LPS's CHAP. 70 reimbursement schedule. LPS has about 3000 PROUD POOR which translates into roughly an $11 million cut in state aid. Which means the CITY is going to have to come up with addition funds to meet the NSS requirements. Here we go, again!

CHAOS IS COMING!

LSC member JOHN FORD who lives a dual life as an AIDE down at the state legislature says there is a lot of buzz in Boston about the amount of impact these changes will have on the GATEWAY cities, which LYNN is one of. So there is some scrambling bean town to make some more changes to make allowances for them.

So JARED proposed a non-binding resolution which passed unanimously to support the efforts of our state representatives to fight for those allowances.

WHEN POLICY BECOMES PERSONAL

WHEN POLICY BECOMES PERSONAL | PRACTICING FOR NEXT YEAR'S PUBLIC SCHOOL BUDGET! | image tagged in sponge bob wallet,budget,city | made w/ Imgflip meme maker

Friday, February 26, 2016

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MASSACHUSETTS SUPERINTENDENT'S AWARDS


DYING FROM EXPOSURE

DYING FROM EXPOSURE | MY HIDDEN LIFE DON'T LOOK NOW! | image tagged in fish bowl | made w/ Imgflip meme maker

CLEANING UP THE CLEAN-UP

CLEANING UP THE CLEAN-UP | CORI QUESTIONS AND CHILD CARE ARE A PRIVATE MATTER FOR PRIVATES! | image tagged in janitor | made w/ Imgflip meme maker

PAINFUL PROTOCOL LESSONS

PAINFUL PROTOCOL LESSONS | YOU WANT TO . . . CALL ME MISTER, EH | image tagged in insane doctor | made w/ Imgflip meme maker

ADDING TO THE ADDING WINNERS




WINNERS FROM COBBETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

BULLY BUFFALO


Allegations of disclosure

lathamc@lynnschools.org; jcerulli@lynnma.gov; john.e.ford@state.ma.us; jaredc.nicholson@gmail.com; donnacoppola@mail.com; Maria Carrasco; patti7761@hotmail.com; lorraine.gately@stmaryslynn.com ; tom iarrobino 

Sent from Mail for Windows 10

Dr. Latham,

I am writing to let you know I found your very public meltdown and attack on me not only insulting, demeaning, and quite possibly criminal. I felt you tried to pressure me into falsely admitting an attempt to impute the character of a Lynn Public Schools employee when all I did was re-post a picture that LPS had already published in the LYNN EDUCATOR which had been distributed to thousands.

It seemed when I failed to give you the false admission you wanted, your rhetoric escalated from implying that certain people have contacted an attorney to go after me to insinuating the release of some bombshell allegation from anonymous source that would shame me into submission. Unlike you, I cite my source.

Last night you referred to my living in a “glass house” apparently casting aspersions to a dark and seedy lifestyle. That was not entirely incorrect, I do sort of live in a “glass house” because much of my life is on public display to be found at Salem Probate Court. Believe me, the details are both dramatic and tragic. A few years ago I bumped into Attorney Mihos there while I was researching for a filing or an appearance. I am quite sure he could provide you with directions.

I felt your anger last night you came precariously close to divulging information that you have a legal obligation to keep private and confidential. This letter is not the venue to delve into the specifics surrounding your possible breaches. Suffice it to say your public performance in front of some members of the upper LPS administration and also some members of the Lynn School Committee I found very hurtful and damaging.

Although I feel there can not be adequate compensation for the pain caused to me from your character assassination of me, I may be exploring some sort of retribution. I’ll be in touch.

Sincerely,

Stan

TOO HYPOCRITE TO BE LEGIT

You can always count on finding surprises at the LYNN SCHOOL COMMITTEE. Lack of respect abounds, I mean, from me you expect it. After all, that's what I do. Wild satirical exaggerations are often tantamount to exposing heretofore hidden truths. Pretty much as a guerrilla journalist that's all I got and it's a position I do not take lightly.

At the LSC meeting last night was another in series of ongoing example of the complete lack of disregard LSC member PATTI CAPANO




has for her fellow LSC member, ATTY. JARED NICHOLSON.



Now I freely admit that my coming forth to defend a lawyer's honor kind of blows my brain damaged mind but that's not what almost makes me throw up in my mouth. That diagnosis belongs to PATTI and her alone in this blatant example of lack of respect, hypocrisy, and lack of decorum. Her continued refusal to refer to him as ATTORNEY SINGLETON is not as a lack of respect for this HARVARD educated lawyer but  is perceived by me as a threat to any future comic routines involving him that  I may wish to compose.

I DO NOT BELIEVE ANYONE ELSE HAS FOLLOWED HER IN THIS,  SOME MIGHT SAY LOOKS LIKE DELIBERATE DISSING.

Certainly not fellow IVY LEAGUE educated lawyer, the MAYOR who never fails to acknowledge his degree nor PATTI in the past when she often pointed to and praised  former LSC member, ATTORNEY GALLO. Now before you come at me for all the CHUCK referrals remember as a writer I have a license, albeit a creative one.

Maybe I am wrong and that is often the case but I just find it somewhat heretical when the self proclaimed protector of process and protocol declines to deliver the pomp and circumstance due a distinguished fellow colleague. Instead her demeanor seems more like a cross between a giggly pre-teen with a crush and a caricature of another ED - THE FAMOUS MR. ED.

OF COURSE.