Tag Archives: SAU 55
Metzler Wants to Shed 81.5 Jobs. Is he wrong?
In response to a board request to keep the budget flat and reduce it by our regular surplus, Superintendent Metzler has suggested laying off 20 support staff, 11.5 administrators and 25-50 members of the Timberlane Teachers’ Association. That is a … Continue reading
Timberlane Superintendent Argues Against Proposed Budget Cuts
You will never hear these facts anywhere but here: Timberlane’s student enrollment has declined by 24% in ten years (1100 students), but our staffing has decreased by just 3%. Timberlane’s cost to its towns has gone up 36% in those … Continue reading
Posted in Budgets, Debt/Spending, Donna Green
Tagged Donna Green, SAU 55, Timberlane Regional School District
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Timberlane Budget Committee Tells Metzler to Cut Spending
In an astonishing turn of events, the Timberlane Budget Committee voted tonight to instruct Dr. Metzler to cut $5.5 million from the next budget draft. The superintendent has been instructed to return with a $69.6 million draft II budget. The first … Continue reading
SAU 55: Timberlane is the poster child for fiscal irresponsibility
In yet more demonstration of a completely tone deaf school district management “team,” Timberlane’s draft one budget is asking for a $3.4 million INCREASE. We’re looking at the staggering ask of $75.1 million, up $3.347 million in one year. (Enrollment … Continue reading
Posted in Debt/Spending, Donna Green, Education
Tagged Donna Green, SAU 55, Timberlane
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Timberlane Test Scores Nothing to Hoot About
Timberlane Regional School District’s mascot is an owl. Unfortunately, the district’s latest academic results are nothing to hoot about. Both SAT and Smarter Balanced scores show the district hanging by a feather above the state average while spending $800 per … Continue reading
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Tagged SAT, SAU 55, Smarter Balanced, Test Scores, Timberlane Regional School District
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Donna Green: A Reply to Karen Yasenka
In the October 19, 2017, edition of the TriTown Times, Hampstead School Board Chairman, Karen Yasenka, had this to say about three Timberlane School Board members, myself included: | Keep Reading at timberlaneandsandown
Posted in Donna Green, Education, Local NH Politics
Tagged Code of Ethics, Donna Green, Hampstead, Karen Yasenka, SAU 55
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Timberlane Regional School Board Neuters Itself and Sells Out Voters
The school board’s primary function is setting policy. I’m sorry to report that the Timberlane Regional School Board is poised to pass a policy so deeply and profoundly flawed that it betrays every voter and parent in the district. Please … Continue reading
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Tagged Donna Green, SAU 55, School Board, Timberlane Regional School District
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Donna Green: SAU 55 Budget Up 10%: 1 new position
In ten years, SAU 55’s operating budget will have gone up 85%. Since Dr. Metzler assumed his position, the SAU budget will have gone up 68% – all while SAU 55 had significant declines in student enrollment. At last night’s … Continue reading
Posted in Debt/Spending, Donna Green, taxes
Tagged Earl Metzler, SAU 55, Timberlane Regional School District
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Proposed SAU 55 Budget up 9%
SAU 55 has just distributed its proposed budget, less than 6 hours before board members are supposed to deliberate it. Remember, the public has no way to modify this budget once your elected officials on the SAU board approve it. … Continue reading
Posted in Budgets, Debt/Spending, Donna Green
Tagged SAU 55, Timberlane Regional School District
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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
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The New Media Militia 