Category Archives: Donna Green
NH Court Says SAU 55 Can Charge $7.49 for an Electronic Copy of an Email
SAU 55 has the distinction of being well known to the New Hampshire Supreme Court. David Taylor, a Right to Know advocate, pursued a Right to Know case against SAU 55 on his own and right up to the Supreme … Continue reading
Posted in Donna Green, Education, Right to Know Law
Tagged Earl Metzler, Email, RSA 91-A, RTK, SAU 55
Leave a comment
Outsized SAU Salaries
Timberlane’s superintendent is the highest paid in New Hampshire, at $165,909. Gov. Sununu makes $127,443. The Chief Justice of the NH Supreme Court makes $154,000. Send in your thoughts as who would have a higher salary in NH than our … Continue reading
Posted in Debt/Spending, Donna Green, Education, Local NH Politics
Tagged Salaries, SAU 55, Timberlane
Leave a comment
Earl Metzler Highest Paid Superintendent in NH!
The NH Department of Education has just released their annual survey of superintendent salaries. SAU 55 has the distinction of paying our superintendent more than any other in this fine state. Wanna know why? The answer is simple. SAU 55 … Continue reading
Family wants local district to pay for private school tuition
I think they should ask Colin Kaepernick to pay for it. The State Board of Education has sent an appeal from a Boscawen family seeking a private school tuition reimbursement from their local school district back to the state Department … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Donna Green, Education
Tagged Colin Kaepernick, Merrimack Valley High School, national anthem, Samuel Alicea
1 Comment
Timberline Board Member Earns $24,000 from School District they “Oversee”
Do you think it is appropriate for school board members to have occasional work from the district they are charged with overseeing? Tonight your school board will be talking about “Conflicts of Interest.” Thanks to Right to Know information I … Continue reading
SAU’s Motion to Dismiss
Instead of simply saying they will give me a public hearing on my complaint, SAU 55 hired a lawyer, instructed him to appear before a hearing officer in Concord, and then write a motion to dismiss. Here is the motion … Continue reading
Donna Green: Superintendent Stonewalls Policy Changes
In more behind-the-scenes drama of your Timberlane School District, here is an email exchange between me and our superintendent whose contract extends to 2022. (Note, I am the school board head of the standing Policy Committee. Superintendent Metzler is the … Continue reading
Green against SAU 55 Board Continues
On Friday, August 11, 2017, I was in a small room with three lawyers, being recorded with a piece of New Hampshire antiquity, a cassette tape recorder. … The purpose of the pre-hearing conference was to “facilitate the proceedings of … Continue reading
Default Budgets: Anybody with the Guts to Fix Them?
You may remember that I challenged SAU 55 and the Timberlane Regional School District in New Hampshire’s Superior court in order to obtain a line-item default budget. Unfortunately, I was not successful and Timberlane taxpayers had to suffer once again … Continue reading
Posted in Budgets, Donna Green, Education
Tagged Default Budgets, Donna Green, SAU 55
Leave a comment
Legal Seminar for School District Officials and the public: August 12
The TriTown Times wrote an excellent article on the forthcoming seminar being held by the School District Governance Association of New Hampshire. Thank you, Penny Williams. (It is a pity you are blacklisted by Timberlane, but articles like this might … Continue reading
The New Media Militia 