Mr Carneys question is right on. Is Mr. Campbell representing the Selectman or himself. I hope that the BOS are in favor of education. Chairman Hartgraves should remove Campbell if he is speaking out of line.

If anyone is interested we have a public hearing tonight @ 7 before we take final votes so if your outraged that this school budget is up 2.2% with less students and more teachers and your tax dollars being spent unwisely, then come on down and tell this board that only cut about 5,000 out of this 62 million dollar budget just how concerned you are about how your tax dollars are spent in this difficult economy!

I thought the Selectman wanted a trim budget. Mr. Campbell is appointed to represent the Selectman, if he is not alined with the goals of the Majority of Selectman he should not have been selected to represent them. Unfortunate to the minority, he was. Money does not make one smarter, desire to achieve does and sometimes the hungry work harder to overcome.

Lot of work to do caused by two democrats who made a big mess on the BOS. Remember them, they chickened out from running again.

There was 60,000 less in one school and 48,000 more in the other for general studies all i was suggesting was that one school should not get more then others! and if you understood that there are alot less students and yet they still choose to keep more teachers under the 100 section which is already up 1.9 $ @ 574,336 and you take into consideration that that 200 series benefits up 6.6% @ 846,330 that some members say the state forced those benefit numbers on to us then yes may'be trying to send a message that less students equals less teachers and lower budget's because you are rounding down not up when you don't need to. against the salary and benefits in the budget! you do understand that in the real world that business sets a budget according to the actual sales figures and that less customers means less staff and a smaller budget, So it may seem silly to you to try and find 30,000 in teacher salaries but atleast i was proposing some cut against the 1.9% increase in salaries. Said to sat the attitude of the school board was we have the money and the votes so were going to staff extra teachers at the tax payers exspense!

Sorry i mean't to say that sad to say the attitude of the shool board was we have the money and the votes so were going to staff extra teachers at the taxpayers exspense!

You do understand that it is not the duties of the Budget Committee to operate staffing levels thatif a cut is approved they can make account adjustment's in, it is the duties of the budget committee to put forward to the taxpayers a responsible bottom line budget based on fact's and not ignore the facts that there are alot less students and more teachers at a larger exspense! my vote was not about operational levels but about trying to be considerate to the facts that salaries and benefits are up at a combined 10 percent increase! When do the taxpayers get a break in this difficult economy that we realistically have to live with?

OK, so we construct a school system so large and all consuming that it devourers all community resources. Instead of the residents spending their time enjoying life and taking care of their family they are working to support this system. When are the burdens so imposing that they become crushing. Many families are so over whelmed with trying to create revenue they have lost their children.

I will not criticize the person who volunteers to serve because he lacks an Ivy League education. But I will criticize the person with the Ivy League education for not walking with the poor. Go on and brow beat and humiliate the poor but the community will not benefit and the children will suffer.