Tag Archives: Timberlane Regional School District
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
How Small School Budget Increases Result in Large Town Tax Increases
My first year on the Timberlane School District Budget Committee was one of utter befuddlement. The budcom passed a budget with a seemingly modest increase of 1.98%. To my subsequent surprise and horror, Sandown’s school taxes went up 9.5%. How … Continue reading
Arthur Green: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
Looking ahead to the proposed budget for Timberlane 2018/19, should we be interested in facts? It would be interesting to know the October 1 enrollment, usually published by mid-October. At last week’s School Board meeting (Nov. 2), Superintendent Metzler promised … Continue reading
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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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Timberlane Taxes Skyrocket… Again
When you Google “management,” this definition pops up: “the process of dealing with or controlling things or people.” I’ll let you judge if Timberlane’s budget and our associated taxes are being “controlled.” New Hampshire’s Department of Revenue has released Timberlane’s … Continue reading
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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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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
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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
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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 Invokes Education Administrative Rule 204:01
There are laws, and then there are administrative rules with the force of law. Some feel that administrative rules, which are by their nature established by bureaucrats, have no moral authority because they are not voted on by elected representatives. … Continue reading
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The New Media Militia 