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Wednesday, December 3, 2008

12/03/08 25 Full Time School Staff Positions To Be Eliminated, Because Of The Millions Of School Dollars Wasted By Frank Mazza And His Band Of Idiots


Frank Mazza And His Band Of Idiots Burned Through Millions Of Dollars In School Funds And Now School Employees And Students Must Pay The Price.





Staff Writer
Posted: 12/03/2008 02:32:15 AM EST


School employees and parents voiced objections Tuesday to the schools superintendent's decision to target staff positions for reductions under her 2009-10 budget proposal.


Board of Education members this month are vetting the superintendent's budget proposal, which calls for slashing the equivalent of 25.5 staff positions from the public schools to save roughly $1.5 million next school year.


"We're not happy about these cuts," said Greenwich High School PTA co-president Laurie Heiss-Grealy. While parents realize the need for budget reductions amid mounting fiscal woes, "we're not convinced that (staff cuts) are the thing to do.".......


.......cutting two of the district's 11 social worker jobs at the secondary schools will "have an impact on the rest of the staff" by creating larger caseload for the remaining employees, argued Senior Social Worker Mary Ann Murray.


Heiss-Grealy raised similar concerns about reducing guidance staff, particularly at a time when their counseling services, she said, will be increasingly vital for students affected by the financial crisis. ......


.....At $127 million, Sternberg's proposed budget for the 2009-10 school year is just a 1.6 percent increase this year's $125 million, which marked a much larger, 4.6 percent increase from the 2007-08 budget. The reductions are meant to comply with the town finance board's recent mandate that the school officials produce a leaner budget that includes a lower certified-staff-to-student ratio of 1-to-10.2, down from 1-to-10 this year.


......school officials have also proposed a wide range of cuts to programs and services, such as curtailing the purchase of additional Smart Boards at some secondary schools and delaying the next Harris Interactive School Poll, given to parents, students and school staff every two years, until 2011 - instead of 2010.......


Greenwich Time Correction:


The Greenwich schools superintendent's budget proposal for the 2009-10 school year recommends eliminating the equivalent of one full-time guidance position by consolidating some part-time positions. A Dec. 3 article incorrectly stated that three guidance staff positions would be eliminated.
Meet The People Who Caused The Greenwich Board of Education To Call For Slashing 25 School Staff Positions

Hamilton Avenue Buileding Committee Members

Joseph L. Ross
jross@tishman.com

Jay Schondorf
jsamisinc@aol.com

Thomas J. Heagney
heagney@conversent.net

Paul Toretta
torpa@aol.com

Sylvester Pecora
nansea@optonline.net

Michael C. Bodson
MichaelBodson@yahoo.com

Stephen G. Walko
swalko@ibolaw.com

Ex-Officio Members

Deal L. Goss (RTM)
deangoss@optonline.net

Peter J. Crumbine (Selectman)
pcrumbine@greenwichct.org

Dr. Betty Sternberg (Superintendent)
betty_sternberg@greenwich.k12.ct.us

John Vallerie (Public Works)
jvallerie@greenwichct.org

Raymond J. Heimbuch (P&Z)
rheimbuch@cs.com

PTA

Dawn Nethercott
Dbn3793@msn.com

Donna Curtis
donna@terrapin.com

Betsey Frumin (RTM#9)
Betsey@nacca.com

Architect

Joseph J. Aliotta
aliotta.j@shca.com

Roger L. Klein
klein.r@shca.com

Risa Rottenberg
rottenberg.r@shca.com

Project Manager

Richard L. Sitnik
rsitnik@pinnacleone.com

Gerald J. Adam
gadam@pinnacleone.com

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