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On the article BOE Reduces School Budget $715K, Increase Now 2.29 Percent
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On the article Durham Fair President Gene Chiappetta Resigns as Membership Approves Lower Prices
Michael Hayes
8:48 pm on Sunday, March 31, 2013
ReplyThe meetings are open to fair members. A membership is $10, which also gets you a voting stake. As the editor of Patch I echo PDY's sentiment. This isn't a place to attack people or berate them for a job you suspect they've done poorly, especially if you're going to do so anonymously. To add, I'm an outsider to Durham and until I started covering the town I'd only been to the fair once. Is the fair what it once was? Maybe not. But it's still a fantastic fair with a tremendous amount of folks who work hard all year to make it happen. We can all do better.
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On the article Durham Fair President Gene Chiappetta Resigns as Membership Approves Lower Prices
Michael Hayes
2:49 pm on Sunday, March 31, 2013
ReplyKarin's right, it's easy to criticize anonymously. There are few, if any, who put in the time that Karin and Bob put in. I give both a lot of credit and the fair is in good hands under their watch. Just my opinion.
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On the article BOE Reduces School Budget $715K, Increase Now 2.29 Percent
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On the article BOE Reduces School Budget $715K, Increase Now 2.29 Percent
Michael Hayes
2:52 pm on Thursday, March 28, 2013
ReplyIt should also be pointed out that the test scores Ab Lew is referring to are not based on a fail or pass score. There are various levels such as proficient and goal. The state has a high standard and he's right, many students have not met that standard, but that is not to say they have failed. To that point, it is this writer's opinion that the BOE and administrators fully acknowledge the work needed to improve those areas and that's why they've decided to hire additional part-time tutors (without benefits) to help those students. Just more food for thought.
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On the article BOE Reduces School Budget $715K, Increase Now 2.29 Percent
Michael Hayes
1:39 pm on Thursday, March 28, 2013
The correct spelling is Gueble. Sorry for the error.
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On the article BOE Reduces School Budget $715K, Increase Now 2.29 Percent
Michael Hayes
1:16 pm on Thursday, March 28, 2013
ReplyIt's revenue that does not come from taxpayers, to be perfectly clear.
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On the article BOE Reduces School Budget $715K, Increase Now 2.29 Percent
Michael Hayes
9:34 am on Thursday, March 28, 2013
Replyedmund
You're correct, they did not address Mr. Gable's concern in that regard.
To your question, Mr. Renninghoff proposed eliminating "additional head count" including a 1.6 addition to special education support staff. Mrs. Adams said she thought it was the area the board would look for further reductions if the budget is rejected. -
On the article BOE Reduces School Budget $715K, Increase Now 2.29 Percent
Michael Hayes
8:42 am on Thursday, March 28, 2013
Replyedmund
Mr. Gable's comments were not included in the article mostly because they were focused on keeping health care costs down. The board addressed that issue by reducing the budget in that area by $113K. I thank you for raising the point here though. -
On the article BOE Reduces School Budget $715K, Increase Now 2.29 Percent
Michael Hayes
8:41 am on Thursday, March 28, 2013
edmund
Mr. Gable's comments were not included in the article mostly because they were focused on keeping health care costs down. The board addressed that issue by reducing the budget by in that area by $113. I thank you for raising the point here though.
Michael Hayes
5:31 pm on Monday, April 1, 2013
Students are also part of the equation. I scored an 960 on my SAT. At the time, I didn't think much about my future, finished with C average in high school but graduated college with a 3.75. Now Ab Lew you depend on me to tell you what's going on, right? So let's agree to disagree on some of the finer points and agree to both be there on April 10.