Background
for Article 42
The
composition of the Narragansett Regional School District School Committee is
comprised of 8 elected members- 5 members from Templeton and 3 members from
Phillipston. The budget documentation presented by the Superintendent of
Schools indicates that Templeton’s enrollment for FY 15 is 82.35%. Templeton
school committee members are 5/8ths, which is about 62.5% of the membership of
the school committee…significantly lower than than 82.35% student population
from Templeton.
Currently,
Templeton is now assessed and taxed for its school assessment (80%) without full
representation on the school committee based on 80%.
This
article does NOT change the
composition of the Narragansett Regional School District School Committee. This
article does NOT change the amount
of funding or the percentage of Templeton’s assessment for the Narragansett
Regional School District.
This
article, if approved by the Attorney General’s Office, will exempt Templeton
from the destructive effects of the nuclear option – 603 CMR 41.05 UNTIL the
composition of the Narragansett Regional School District School Committee
accurately reflects the percentage of students from Templeton as well as the
percentage of funding based on Templeton’s student population. Taxation with FULL representation.
It is crazy for the people of Templeton to attend a School Board Meeting and not have the representation that is due us because the number of children attending the senior and middle school, have not been updated. That means we do not get enough votes on anything to do with our tax dollars. If we are going to spend our hard earned dollars, we should have some say about what we spend our money on. Bev.
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