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Friday, September 8, 2017

Hidden Money





Hidden Money:  When the levy was being pushed for passage the board was talking all about the "shame" of the facilities and how they didn't have the money to even fix the sprinkling system  for the safety of the children.

Now we discover that they had an enormous pile of money hidden away for a new board office.  Shame, Shame, Shame!!

To the Editor:

I am writing in regards to the Pocahontas Board of Education’s plans to purchase and renovate property in order to relocate the Board offices to new quarters. Although I can sympathize with the desire of the Board and Central Office to upgrade their working environment, I don’t think this is the highest priority facing the school system at this time.

The Board currently has a $180,000 fund, accumulated from past flood insurance claims on the Board office, which it intends to use for this purpose. 

Although members of the Central Office have claimed that this money is “restricted,” and can only be used to renovate the current Board office or purchase a new one, they have not cited the particular law or rule that would make it so.

 If the Board does indeed have legal authority to spend the money on other priorities, I would urge them to engage the community in an open and honest discussion on what the greatest needs of the school system are and to act accordingly. 

Ron Hall, Maintenance Supervisor for the school system, will be reporting on the status of repairs to the sprinkler systems at GBE/MS and MES at the next School Board meeting on September 11.

 It would be good to hear from him what further repairs to the sprinkler, fire alarm, or other systems at these schools are needed in order to ensure the safety and health of the students.

Sue Groves
Hillsboro

2 comments:

  1. they found $ 180,000 that they said they didn`t know they had and then you add the $ 100,000 they gave to an architect and pissed away trying to convince people they needed to vote for a levy ...I imagine we could have done quite a lot with almost 300 grand and I am sure that if they start looking around they can find some more cash .....it really is time that some of these people either get fired or resign

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  2. hey why don`t we get a couple of old fema trailers and double wides and set them up as B.O.E. offices nothing fancy and to beat the flood zone restrictions we equip them with canoe paddles so the staff can ride them down the river in case of flooding...be a lot cheaper than a new building

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