"WE DIDN'T START THE FIRE"

To: Hatch, Roger M (ESE)

Mr. Hatch,

I am glad to finally get a response from your office. I have sent a few e mails to various people in the DESE and had not had much luck in getting a response. Funny the content of this one was an accidental “copy and paste” of a response to a post I had to a post on my blog, LYNN SCHOOL WATCH( http://lynnschoolwatch.blogspot.com/).

I have had several posts on this matter questioning the adequate funding of LPS and the DESE’S seemingly willingness to let the Mayor of Lynn ignore the mandates from the DESE. Hopefully your response signals a movement to finally hold them accountable in order that our students receive the level of education they are supposed to have according to the law.

Sincerely,

Stan

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From: Hatch, Roger M (ESE)
Sent: Tuesday, February 9, 2016 4:58 PM
To: lynn.school.watch@gmail.com
Cc: Sheehan, Marie T (DOE)
Subject: Lynn

Stanley,

Duly noted.

Roger Hatch, Administrator

School Finance

Mass. Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education

781-338-6527

From: Commissioner's Office [mailto:www@doe.mass.edu]

Sent: Friday, February 05, 2016 1:44 PM

To: WWW

Cc: lynn.school.watch@gmail.com

Subject: Lynn's Net School Spending Defecit

The following comments have been submitted from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education website (at http://www.doe.mass.edu/contact/qanda.aspx):

Name: Stanley H. Wotring, Jr.

Email: lynn.school.watch@gmail.com

Phone: 781 715-5614

Subject: Lynn's Net School Spending Defecit  Address Line 1: 148 Maple St.

Address Line 2: Apt. #2

City: Lynn

State: MA

Zip: 01904

Comments: LoriFebruary 5, 2016 at 8:51 AM

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.

Thanks,

Stanley H. Wotring, Jr.