Tag Archives: Donna Green

Donna Green: Still Waiting…

On March 13, 2018 (9:43 am), I sent this Right to Know request to the Timberlane Regional School District Chairman and SAU 55’s executive assistant. I don’t take kindly to being threatened. | Keep Reading at timberlaneandsandown

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How Public Bodies Obstruct​​ your Right to Know

​David Maudsley wanted to know how much two legal cases cost the taxpayers in SAU 55.  He never found out. He got some partial information after the exchange of many emails and a two-month wait. Here is his charming cry … Continue reading

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Good Thing the Auditors Are Still At Work

During the public hearing on Timberlane’s budget, Arthur Green questioned why the revenue budget for 16-17  showed  $250,000 from capital reserves.  There was no answer that night, Jan. 11, 2018. Today the district’s unaudited annual report was published.  Last year’s revenue budget … Continue reading

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Second Board of Education Decision Favorable to Green

In the long saga that is my complaint to the NH Board of Education concerning the hiring and salary setting practices of SAU 55, there approaches a happy ending though you may not yet recognize it.  Even Superintendent Metzler does … Continue reading

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Earthquake Hits Sandown Twice: Once by nature, once by politics

This morning a 2.7 magnitude earthquake hit Sandown.  I ran to my window thinking the oil delivery truck I was expecting had flipped over and exploded near my house. As exciting as that was, it didn’t compare to the explosive … Continue reading

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News That Didn’t Make the Cut

The Eagle Tribune today covered Donna Green’s resignation from the Timberlane Regional School Board, in protest of the board’s failure to act on the outrageous intrusion into the election process by the TRSD Superintendent when he slapped a no trespass order on … Continue reading

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Donna Green Resigns From Timberlane School Board…

The following is Donna Green’s statement following her resignation from the Timberlane Regional School Board on Thursday night, Feb. 8. after a meeting in which the board failed to rescind the no trespass order against Maxann Dobson, Timberlane school board … Continue reading

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HB 1344 – Time for Collective Bargaining Negotiations to (be) Public

HB 1344 will eliminate the exemption for collective bargaining negotiations and require that all collective bargaining negotiations be done in a public session. Below is a guest editorial by Donna Green of Sandown NH, a member of RTKNH. Salaries and benefits … Continue reading

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Superintendents should not be permitted to consult.

The Baltimore Sun today has a well-researched article about a former Baltimore County superintendent earning undisclosed income from a shady now-defunct educational consulting organization.  It highlights the pernicious conflicts of interest that can arise when superintendents receive income from consulting.  … Continue reading

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Green Prevails at State Board of Education

Today the New Hampshire State Board of Education took jurisdiction over the matter of my complaint concerning SAU 55.  Further, they ordered SAU 55’s board to hold a “fact-finding” public hearing.  The vote was 3-1-1.  SBOE member, Bill Duncan was … Continue reading

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