Tag Archives: SAU 55
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
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
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
Donna Green: Seattle’s Pointless Legal Battle with Public Money
The very first right of the public to be infringed in floundering administrations is the public’s right to know what their government is doing. Unlike rational individuals spending their own money, public entities will take up hopeless legal battles in … Continue reading
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
Superintendent Metzler and an Obstruction to the Policy Committee
Rich tackled Timberlane Regional School District Superintendent Earl Metzler’s accusations that Donna Green is spreading misinformation on social media. He then read from Donna’s blog post and made comparisons between Timberlane and the Manchester School District. | More… | Girard At Large