Daily Archives: September 21, 2013

Let me tell you the story of the Region One budget and the egg( a TRUE story) 1

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While getting my haircut  today (Saturday) at Hilton Hunt in Millerton this conversation actually happened between Marshall Miles and a woman from Salisbury.

 

So, Marshall, did the budget pass last week?

I answered, no, it was defeated..it seems to have taken on a life of its own.

She then replied….

The Region One Board seems to be like a restaurant that just does not listen to its customers!

I would like a bagel and hash browns please but NO eggs. The order comes, and sure enough..a bagel, and a hard-boiled egg….

I said, NO eggs.

The order went back to the kitchen, and a few minutes later came back with, you guessed it, a bagel and scrambled eggs….

Again, I sent it back to the kitchen saying NO EGGS!

A few minutes later back comes the waitress with my order….A bagel and a cheese omelette!

Sound familiar? Just call the story The Region One Board and The Egg.eggs

Someone sent this post in, and obviously, they are misinformed, maladjusted, or from another planet… 4

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Here is the post that was sent in….

If the 7000 series was such a well written document why doesn’t it quote the state statutes directly, instead of vaguely paraphrasing the statutes? What it really seems like is Pat Mechare is more interested in creating one board to rule over all the towns, taking away the independent status of each town. What is in it for her? She knows that the Region One office works directly with each local board and spends and equal amount of time with each. I don’t understand her motivation but I think there is something underhanded going on with her politics.

Here is Region One Report’s reply (point by point)…..

1) If the 7000 series was such a well written document why doesn’t it quote the state statutes directly

Our reply..for brevity’s sake

2) What it really seems like is Pat Mechare is more interested in creating one board to rule over all the towns, taking away the independent status of each town.

Our reply..What an idiotic statement as each town has their OWN LOCAL Board Of Education to independently run their local schools. Nowhere in Pat’s statement is there any thing about abolishing the local boards. So obviously the person who wrote this post is in the dark..or has never voted in a local BOE election, or has never attended a LOCAL BOE meeting.

3) What is in it for her? She knows that the Region One office works directly with each local board and spends and equal amount of time with each. I don’t understand her motivation but I think there is something underhanded going on with her politics

Our reply..Whats in it for Pat and everyone else is correcting the false statements and stances from the administration, some A.B.C members, and some Region One Board members on the real status of the A.B.C. Committee.  The A.B.C is called a committee for a good reason. As a committee, it does not have the authority to spend money, it must request money from the Region One Board. It does not have the authority to implement  any program, hire, pay, without the approval of the Region One Board. The A.B.C. is strictly ADVISORY. Period.

Directly from the 2007 series:

The 7000 Series is a policy shared among the six elementary schools and the high school. The policy says on page 4, under the heading “Governing Body”: “The governing body of the Regional School Services Center [wrongly refered to as “central office”] is the Regional School District Number 1 Board of Education (the “Regional Board”), in accordance with Section 2 of Special Act 405 of the 1959 session of the Connecticut General Assembly. The Regional Board shall receive and may act on the recommendation of the All Board Chairs (ABC) Committee, an advisory committee to the Regional Board, in all matters affecting the Regional School Services Center.” 

It does not get any simpler than that.