Analyze costs and cost-drivers first

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   Name: Ken Dufort on Feb 28, 2007

   Affiliation: member, Grafton School Board

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   Name: Thomas P. Cecere on Mar 1, 2007

   Affiliation: Chair, Strafford Board of School Directors

   Comments: The examination should include local board members as equal partners. I volunteer.

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   Name: Anonymous on Mar 1, 2007

   Affiliation: Randolph

   Comments: This is critical

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   Name: Anonymous on Mar 1, 2007

   Affiliation: Randolph

   Comments: We need thoughtful policy that will address the real cost dirvers

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   Name: Laura Soares on Mar 1, 2007

   Affiliation: Randolph

   Comments: First steps must come first!

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   Name: Hugh Kemper on Mar 1, 2007

   Affiliation: Flood Brook Union School

   Comments: The accelerating pace of Vermont's education spending requires an immediate 'break'. Once the brake is applied the cost issues can be addressed within a framework of affordability. Thus, I strongly support the Governor's desire to implement a 'cap' on education spending tied to an appropriate 'benchmark' with respect to Vermonters' capacity to pay for education, e.g. the growth of personal income.

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   Name: Linda E.W. Runnion on Mar 1, 2007

   Affiliation: Chair, Brookfield Elementary School Board

   Comments: I urge you to carefully examine the cost drivers of school budgets. Until there is a clear understanding on the part of the legislature, it is not productive to simply tell school boards to cap their spending. There are many other methods of funding schools without relying solely on the property tax. For example, a simple "wage tax" levied on everyone would raise a considerable amount of money, while making sure that people are equitably charged. Property taxes on second and third homes should remain in place. Thank you for your attention.

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   Name: Ann Howard on Mar 1, 2007

   Affiliation:

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   Name: Jeff Morrill on Mar 1, 2007

   Affiliation: Saint Albans City School Board member

   Comments: This is very important. We have to know what is driving our costs and develop new, innovative ways to control them.

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    Name: Brent Kay on Mar 1, 2007

    Affiliation: School Admnistrator

    Comments: I agree. We need to fully understand what the cost drivers of education are, then take steps to bring those cost-drivers into check.

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    Name: Linda P. Keating on Mar 1, 2007

    Affiliation: St. Albans City School Board

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    Name: Adrienne Raymond on Mar 1, 2007

    Affiliation: Shrewsbury Schoolboard, Chair

    Comments: I agree completely. You can't fix a problem effectively unless you understand what it is. Please do not change what is not broken just for the sake of change!!

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    Name: Matthew R. Poirier on Mar 1, 2007

    Affiliation: Randolph School Board

    Comments: The cost drivers must be understood fully before meaningful cost control can be implemented.

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    Name: Michael Fiorillo on Mar 1, 2007

    Affiliation: Brookfield School Board

    Comments:

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    Name: L. Brooke Dingledine on Mar 1, 2007

    Affiliation: Randolph School Board

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    Name: Richard Miller on Mar 1, 2007

    Affiliation: Westminster School Board

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    Name: Peter Herman on Mar 1, 2007

    Affiliation: Thetford Academy

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18. 18
    Name: Doug Ficken on Mar 1, 2007

    Affiliation: Les/RWSU Board Member

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19. 19
    Name: Jonni Spaulding on Mar 1, 2007

    Affiliation: Vice Chair, Tunbridge Central School Board of School Directors

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20. 20
    Name: Douglas Stout on Mar 1, 2007

    Affiliation: Milton School Board Chair

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    Name: Robert Cargill on Mar 1, 2007

    Affiliation:

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    Name: Katharine "Kalee" Roberts on Mar 1, 2007

    Affiliation: Hyde Pak Elem, Lamoille Union HS, GMTCC, Second Vice President VSBA

    Comments: Thank you Athens/Grafton

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    Name: Richard Klovdahl on Mar 2, 2007

    Affiliation: OSSU board member

    Comments: I agree that the issue of cost drivers regarding school expenses is not thoroughly understood by our legislators and the governor.

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24. 24
    Name: Anne Black Cone on Mar 2, 2007

    Affiliation: Randolph Elementary Board Member

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25. 25
    Name: Beverly Major on Mar 2, 2007

    Affiliation: Chair, Westminster School Board

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    Name: Peter Shoemaker on Mar 3, 2007

    Affiliation: Woodstock Elementary School Board Director

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27. 27
    Name: Joseph Bent Sr on Mar 4, 2007

    Affiliation: Braintree School Board Chair

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    Name: Angelo Odato on Mar 4, 2007

    Affiliation: OSSU/RUHS boards

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    Name: Sarah Quattrocci on Mar 5, 2007

    Affiliation: chair, Lincoln Community School board

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    Name: David A. Bernoudy, Jr. on Mar 6, 2007

    Affiliation: Lincoln Communicty School

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    Name: Virginia Burley on Mar 30, 2007

    Affiliation: U-32 middle/high school

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    Name: Diana Chimbolo on Mar 30, 2007

    Affiliation: U39 School Board

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    Name: Mary T. Cannizzaro-Barton on Mar 30, 2007

    Affiliation: Saint Albans City School

    Comments: Our land-bound city does not have the taxing capacity to increase the school budet 500 to 600k per year. Many of these increases are mandates handed down from the state and federal government. Please assist us in keeping ducation meaningful and affordable for all. Thank You.

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    Name: Mary T. Cannizzaro-Barton on Mar 30, 2007

    Affiliation: Saint Albans City School

    Comments: Our land-bound city does not have the taxing capacity to increase the school budet 500 to 600k per year. Many of these increases are mandates handed down from the state and federal government. Please assist us in keeping ducation meaningful and affordable for all. Thank You.

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    Name: Randy Bixby on Mar 30, 2007

    Affiliation: U39 and Mount Holly school board

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    Name: Randy Bixby on Mar 30, 2007

    Affiliation: U39 and Mount Holly school board

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    Name: Jed Graef on Mar 30, 2007

    Affiliation: Shelburne + CSSU Boards

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    Name: Jan Young on Mar 30, 2007

    Affiliation: St. Albans City School

    Comments: Please REALLY take the time to look at this issue. Our city in particular is about 80% poverty and this would effect us greatly.

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    Name: Roy Eckler on Mar 30, 2007

    Affiliation: Swanton School Board

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    Name: Carey Callaghan on Mar 30, 2007

    Affiliation: Norwich School Board Member

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    Name: David Harrington on Mar 30, 2007

    Affiliation: Chair, Barre Town School Board

    Comments: The legislature MUST set aside the partisan posturing and address unsustainable education funding in Vermont. Moreover, it is time to collectively stand up to the VT-NEA and reexamine the need for teacher strikes. Why are they the only public servants allowed to take such an extreme position It only serves to divide communities and hurt children. Give teachers the exact same legal remedy as state/municipal employees and take a giant step forward to contain costs!

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    Name: Jane Low on Mar 30, 2007

    Affiliation: Mt. Abraham UHS Board

    Comments: School boards are not spending dollars on silly, frivolous items. It is insulting and discouraging to see our legislators trying to punish us for many costs that are beyond our control. Please stop and first analyze what the cost drivers are.

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    Name: Angelo Odato on Mar 30, 2007

    Affiliation: RUHS, OSSU boards

    Comments: We all think education costs too much. "Cost-containment" often forces boards to make undesirable cuts. Shouldn't we all be working in collaboration

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    Name: Wendy McArdle on Mar 30, 2007

    Affiliation: Starksboro School Board

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    Name: Steven L. Mason on Mar 30, 2007

    Affiliation: Chair, Lowell School Board and member of the Orleans Essex North Supervisory Union Executive Board

    Comments: Too many Vermonters have lost track of the issue of what the cost drivers are - if we ever knew - and it has had a negative impact on the way the public views its schools. Thank you in advance for paying especially close attention to the issues raised in this petition.

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    Name: Elizabeth W. Christensen on Mar 30, 2007

    Affiliation:

    Comments: Holding to caps while health insurance alone can drive significant sections of budgets up by 8.5-14% or even more... This one small driver beyond local control. I urge you to give Item 5 attention and put voting on hold for now. We must know what is broken before we can fix it.

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    Name: Peg Stewart,Board Chair on Mar 30, 2007

    Affiliation: BFA

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    Name: Tom Cecere on Mar 30, 2007

    Affiliation: Chair, Strafford School Board

    Comments: We are offended at your attitude...you should know very well that local towns are much more parsimonious than the central state bureaucracy. Stop pretending that you can micro-manage our schools from Montpelier!

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    Name: Peter Herman on Mar 30, 2007

    Affiliation: Thetford Academy

    Comments: Be aware that the drivers in one district may not be the same as the drivers in all districts.

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    Name: Linda J. Waite-Simpson on Mar 30, 2007

    Affiliation: Essex Junction Prudential Committee

    Comments:

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