A request for Worcester County staff to meet with board of education staff to start a dialogue on the budget failed this week with the support of just two commissioners.
On April 16, Commissioner Eric Fiori told the Worcester County Commissioners he’d met with Worcester County Board of Education leadership and they wanted the two sides to find a way to work collaboratively. Fiori’s motion to set up a staff meeting, however, failed, with the majority of the commissioners indicating enough staff time has been spent on the education budget.
“We are not here to micromanage their budget,” Commissioner Joe Mitrecic said. “It is their budget. They’re an elected board they’re there to take care of their budget. We either fund it or not. You just gotta put on your big boy pants and vote yes or no on their budget. We’ve wasted enough time with county staff with this going on this long. I think it’s time we move on. We either fund it or we don’t. Let’s get on with the business of running the county.”
Fiori told the commissioners that he’d met with members of the school system’s leadership team and they wanted their budget staff to meet with the county’s budget staff to come up with a way to work collaboratively. He said they wanted more of an open dialogue where staff could come up with some ideas to bring back to elected officials. He said maybe small changes could yield additional dollars for the school system.
“We want all our teachers, support staff and bus drivers to receive their raises,” he said.
Ahh, now you see the good ole boy network at its best. Let’s not do anything to improve. The good ole boy, let it ride way. Eric is trying to shape the board into a more efficient system, with oversight, and Metricic and the other corrupt members damn sure don’t want to find what they know is there.
Defund public education issue vouchers to everyone dissolve the bloated corrupt tax sucking failure ..BOE