March 8th BOE Budget Meeting

Rosario presented a power point that explained about the reserve, tax levy and information about a "B" budget. This can all be found on the Rondout Web site. However, do not expect to see a detailed budget so how the revised cuts will impact particular people is difficult to tell.

One glaring omission as pointed out by a few people in the public were that, once again, no further administrative cuts were put on the table beyond the one Nurse Practitioner and one M.S. Assistant Principle.

Once again, the BOE and Rosario are creepily silent about this.

In addition the BOE was questioned about a number of line items where it seemed apparent that they are not spending OUR money wisely.

The take home message? Gail announced to us all at an advisory meeting that we should trust the BOE.

Trust is not a given.Trust is earned and lost. So far you all are losing the trust battle more and more each day.

• Demand an personnel audit of the district administration.
• Demand transparency in spending
• Demand that accurate data is used for decision making (the advisory committee still works off of inaccurate transportation data and an incomplete itemization of real expenditures and savings associated with closing a school)