Tag Archives: Timberlane
Donna Green: Is this Normal?
When you raise issues about Timberlane’s financials to the TRSD auditor, you get stony silence, even as a board member. When you question a second time, you get threats from our SAU. I’ll leave you to decide if this is … Continue reading
Posted in Budgets, Debt/Spending, Donna Green, Local NH Politics
Tagged Audit, Budget, Timberlane, Timberlane Regional School District
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No Rigor in Timberlane’s Per Pupil Cost
The official Cost per Pupil report from the Department of Education is now out. (DOE web site. Thanks to an alert resident who located the document even though it has not been linked from the usual DOE summary page.) Timberlane’s Cost … Continue reading
Posted in Budgets, Debt/Spending, Donna Green, taxes
Tagged Cost per pupil, Timberlane
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What Can Be Learned from SAT Scores at Timberlane?
At last night’s school board meeting, Mrs. Collins, the head of the Timberlane Music Association, shared with the board some very interesting SAT results from our Timberlane students. Mrs. Collins said that Timberlane students who participated in music and athletics … 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 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
Posted in Donna Green, taxes
Tagged taxes, Timberlane, Timberlane Regional School District
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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
Posted in Debt/Spending, Donna Green, Education, Local NH Politics
Tagged Salaries, SAU 55, Timberlane
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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
Posted in Donna Green, Education, Girard At Large
Tagged Earl Metzler, Rich Girard, SAU 55, Timberlane
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Donna Green: Behind the Scenes of Policy Committee
As the assigned school board head of Timberlane’s Policy Standing Committee, I have been trying to hold summer meetings. Policy formation is one of the principal duties of the School Board, yet the established schedule of Policy Committee meetings is … Continue reading
Posted in Donna Green, Education, Local NH Politics
Tagged Committees, Policy, SAU 55, Timberlane
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Donna Green: Separating the Good Guys from the Bad
There is a time in the life of every elected official when their vote says it all. I plan to introduce this policy about Right to Know requests to Timberlane’s Policy Committee and the Timberlane Regional School Board. It is … Continue reading
Timberlane Regional Middle School And Spotlight Award Renewal
It is genuinely good when our schools and their staff earn recognition for work well done. Parents should understand, however, that in the ed biz, some recognitions are completely unrelated to academic achievement – an issue previously raised by Arthur … Continue reading
The New Media Militia 