Tag Archives: Donna Green

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

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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

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Donna Green: Complaint Escalates to NH Board of Education

Gentle Readers, here is the reply I received from SAU 55 concerning my request for a public hearing on alleged violations of RSA 194-C:5, which charges SAU boards with setting salaries for SAU employees, something our superintendent does currently. | More.. | … Continue reading

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Donna Green, Annie Collyer and the Newton-Kingston Taxpayers Association

Guest hosts Donna Green, of the Timberlane Regional School Board, and Annie Collyer of the School District Governance Association of New Hampshire opened this morning’s show by talking about budgetary frustration in Sanborn, which lead to a discussion about the Newton-Kingston Taxpayers Association. | More… | Girard at Large

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Donna Green: Does Summer Homework Agree with TRSD Policy?

Timberlane School Board member from Danville, Stefanie Dube, has been asking parents for their opinions about summer homework assignments, especially at the elementary level. It’s an interesting question because my children never had more than a summer recommended reading list, … Continue reading

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Making Collective Bargaining Negotiations Public

Salaries and benefits are the biggest expenses in public education. They are also the biggest drivers for the continually increasing costs of running our schools with fewer and fewer students. In my school district, salaries and assorted benefits will cost … Continue reading

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SAU Board Likely to Decide Metzler’s Raise Tonight

SAU 55’s board will be discussing Superintendent Metzler’s evaluation tonight. Usually, at this time the conversation also includes decisions on his raise and bonus. It is always possible in these discussions that other contractual issues could be opened as well. … Continue reading

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Metzler to Study Moving Bus Stop

At least night’s meeting, Superintendent Metzler agreed to discuss moving Sandown’s Lakeview bus stop when the busing schedule is re-examined with the bus service this summer. Thanks go to the new chairman, Brian Boyle, for bringing this issue up at … Continue reading

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On an Unsafe School Bus Stop

Thank you for reporting on the Lake View bus stop issue in Sandown, “Green and Gordon Discuss Sandown School Bus Issue.” As was reported, Sandown says the bus stop is a school district issue and the school district says the … Continue reading

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Timberlane Can’t Manage a Quorum?

Timberlane’s eagerly awaited budget committee meeting tonight was canceled after the fact due to a lack of quorum.  Superintendent Metzler was not there either. More… Donna Green | timberlanesandown Get Your New Media Militia updates on Facebook or Twitter

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