Now that the politics of the vote are behind us, there’s still much work to be done with the BOE budget. There’s an expediency to the philosophy of funding and then being done with the oversight process. I think last night, some Democrats proved they wanted to be “fund and done” with the BOE budget. Some Democrats did not seem to have that mindset. Tom Vetter again, brought his spreadsheet to the council, with updated numbers. That document should be posted here, and I have sent an email requesting it. Bruce Kimmel also seemed aware that the debate about the operations of the schools needs to be open and not in secret.

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