Follow up to all the things that do not get done; unless you actually take time to check!

email from the Templeton Health agent who actually does her job!

Good morning,

On June 24, 2019, Asst. Atty. General, Monica Passeno and I were out at 23 Shore and 29 Sawyer working on adding these properties to the abandoned housing project; during that visit, I took Ms. Passeno to the sites of the three burned out houses (21 Sawyer, 165 N Main and 10 Pleasant), unfortunately the AHI program cannot facilitate the rehab of these properties due to the amount of damage to them. We are still having success with the AHI program, with seven properties brought up to code and all debt with the town paid.

I will be happy to put together a summary with the information for the three houses in question and provide it in a week or two, if that’s all right.

Thank you,

Laurie

Thank You to the Templeton Health agent!

School budget - real dollars:
Transportation / busing costs shown on school budget as $400,000.00 from state, yesterday state budget release shows gansett receiving actual $443,238.00.

gansett proposed budget shows chapter 70 at $938,544.00, and the state budget shows chapter 70 at $9,951,444.00

gansett proposed budget shows charter school reimbursement at $15,000.00, state budget shows it at $20,638.00.

So, there seems to be some adjustment made or at the very least, a run through the dollars again before and at the joint town meeting.

When considering school funding, consider this:

The message in the NRSD budget presentation,
under goals: equitable support both elementary schools.
(even as the district has presented it would be cheaper to close Phillipston elementary school.

under state of the district:
Number of students attending NRSD has been consistent.
Their chart shows foundation enrollment going down while student enrollment going up.

Number of Phillipston students equal or surpassed by school choice students. Does that mean if the school committee opted to not take part in school choice (accepting students from out side of the district) the student population would go down, as in smaller class sizes merely by attrition rather than by manipulation?

Table also shows students choosing to school choice out has remained consistent, while school choice in has been on increase. Message should be, if you wish to attend NRSD, move to Templeton and pay taxes to support the town / district and enjoy the benefits of a new elementary school. Does that new school mean increase in test scores? Asking for a friend.

You may go to the Templeton Town website and find the charts, etc. to check this information for yourself. Go to Templetonma.gov, click on find it fast, then T and look for either town meeting information of town budget, click on FY20 budget book and go to page 328 and you should see all the school information as presented. Enjoy!

If you are going to vote, you should look at these numbers for yourself