Empty Heads Repeating Empty Promises

In her recent editorial letter in the Home News, Grace Glassen would have us believe that she has 'no direct investment in anyone's future', yet implores the public to not 'let economy prevent the right vote on budget'. Perhaps Ms. Glassen is just another unwitting shill for the administration and incumbent board members that think empty political rhetoric is what this school election is about. Here's a news flash: It's not the economy! What this election is about is the ongoing deceit, financial maneuvering and abuse going on in the administration with the willing complicity of the incumbent board of education. Residents want to know that they are being dealt with honestly, that their hard-earned money is going to fund actual education and that their elected officials are there to represent the students and the taxpayers, not to simply, naively accept whatever the administration tells them to do. This board of education declined more than $1 million in state aid by not addressing wastesful budgets year after year. Yet they continue to tell you Trenton is holding back on them. This administration is punishing parents by extracting $240,000 in parent-pay fees as critical to a bare-bones budget. Yet, they awarded $227,000, in one year, to just 20 administrators who have nothing to do with educating students. This board of education refuses to deal with the public openly, transparently and honestly. Yet they have staff members surripticiously attacking anyone who questions them. Perhaps if Ms Glassen was a parent, she would understand that the kind of role models that children need are ones that can gather the facts, think for themselves and make informed judgments. Perhaps if Ms. Glassen had a direct investment in at least her own future, she would be able to see that she is being used as a rube to perpetuate the myth that this board and administration are accountable to anyone but their own egos and greed. GET THE FACTS, then judge for yourself. And stay tuned, there are ten more of these 'planted' editorial letters that were timed to be published in the final two weeks before the election. (Now if the administration would just put this much energy into actually doing their jobs . . . . . .. )