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Letter to Parents
The budget season is in full swing now and it is going to be a difficult process as we work towards the three separate budgets that we can afford. The most dramatic of the three budgets will be the Lakeville District. At this point, if the prediction of a 20% decrease from the FY09 budget becomes fact we will have to entertain the possibility of moving Lakeville 4th graders from Austin Intermediate back to Assawompset Elementary School. In the short term this may seem like the answer, as it will save Lakeville a considerable amount of operating costs. However, it will mean disruption in the education process and loss of use to the GRAIS building. There is not enough space at the Middle School to absorb the remaining 5th grade and so they would stay at the Intermediate School. The Region would have to absorb all the operating costs, which would mean fewer services for Region students. There is the possibility of renting space to outside organizations, but we would have to make a long-term commitment to them. The three budgets are now on the Freetown-Lakeville website with various scenarios and explanations given, line by line. Our public hearing on the budgets will be held on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. in the library of Apponequet High School. Our full regionalization committee is also meeting and reviewing questions and concerns relating to a full merger of the three districts. On April 2nd we met in the library of Apponequet High School. At that meeting Mr. Tobin, from NESDEC ( New England School Development Council), explained the funding formula used by the state to determine Chapter 70 and minimum contribution requirements. I hope with the posting of our budgets you will see a transparency in our operating costs that will help you understand where your tax dollars are being spent. State assistance is evaporating quickly and changes in education delivery will certainly be forthcoming. We are in a transition period of revenue contraction and reinvention. Sincerely, Louis E. Rodrigues Freetown Lakeville Achieve Motivate Excel |
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