School Budget Voted Down By 1 Vote

[Margie]

Quick comment on the custodian statement earlier:  the custodial staff is very short-staffed.  Not only are they cleaning the school, but they are also setting up and tearing down for all school events.  Sometimes the "dirt pile" is there because they've been called away in the middle of one job to set up for some unannounced meeting in another part of the building.  They work extremely hard and have been underpaid compared to other schools. 

Please don't attack these people.  They genuinely care about the school and their jobs.  They get little credit for all they do.

[Stand Alone Defense]

How many supervisory unions are there in VT?  What is the possibility of combining some of them?

Vermont has 64!! I lived in Ventura County CA for 6 years and the county has a larger population than VT by about 200,000. They only have 1 district run the whole county.

[RidgeRunner]

It is funny that they say it was made clear it is not an issue on salaries and that is what appears to be the #1 complaint on the the forum.

I don't think anyone said that salaries wasn't an issue, I think what was said is that those can't be changed without renegotiations.

[nhibbard]

Right Ridge. Just have to hope for a reasonable negotiation.