There is a petition before the town council that will be considered at Monday’s meeting.
This petition is not a reduction to the school budget if the savings realized from transportation, meal services, and other programs due to school closure are applied to this year’s budget. The petition simply asks the town council to direct the school department to use their realized savings in their budget next year.
At previous budget meetings, the school department has reported savings of in excess of $1.4 million during this fiscal year, savings which are expected to grow as schools remain closed.
Instead of using their savings to reduce their ask of the taxpayer, the School Committee would like to place those savings in their undesignated fund. This doesn’t make sense.
Why would we as a community give them more money for their savings account when our economic realities are already devastating and our financial future is unknown?
The petition simply asks the town council to direct the school department to use their realized savings in their budget next year.
Please share your opinion with town council.
Email Towncouncil@southkingstownri.com
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somehow add the names of Anne Kotch and Jack Wolbrink to you petition. Thank you. AKotch735@aol.com
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NO EXTRA MONEY FOR SCHOOLS. The school department NEED to use the 1.4 million in projected savings to fund next year’s budget. The school department already has an ample budget, MORE than ample. If extra Curricular programs need to be cut then so be it. The school needs to move to online schooling and cut teachers, this will save millions and stop the problem with in school bullying, computation in Economic Status and help to reduce the teen Suicide rates
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I agree that the School Dept. has more than ample funds and some of us think the proposed bond issue would be yet another disaster. We should all be working together to reduce the proportion of our taxes that go to the schools (which continue to have a declining enrollment). But I have not seen an actual accounting of savings during this lockdown. Teachers are still there, meals are delivered, etc. It would be good to have more information.
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How can I add my name to the petition? I support the petition wholeheartedly.
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Please add my name
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Both Jeff Toohey and Laurie Fiore want to sign the Petition, that ask the town council to direct the school department to use their realized savings in their budget next year and not by asking the residence of SK to pay more taxes.
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