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MAKE SURE TO MAKE THESE MEETING AS A TAXPAYER THIS IS VITAL TO YOUR INPUT AND YOUR TAXES.

I have warned you over and over concerning Millers Budgets.. But you also now must be weary of Bacon . These two have done so much damage to PVRS and Pat Shearer is also a danger because she will try  to  push  to get this budget passed ( The meeting when they will vote on whether to approve the budget will be held on March 7 at 7 p.m., unless members feel comfortable voting on the budget immediately following the hearing, Chairwoman Patricia Shearer said.Which will be on March 2nd)

This is what they are pushing for to push this on March 2 and without your voices it will pass. This committee nor the Administration can be trusted to put the well being of PVRS students and teachers ahead of there own agenda . We have seen this over and over .

Take a stand for PVRS attend the meetings!!!!!!  

 





NORTHFIELD — After canceling twice due to inclement weather, Pioneer Valley Regional School District’s School Committee has picked a new date of March 2 for the budget hearing. It will be held at 7 p.m. in Pioneer Valley Regional School’s auditorium.
The hearing will allow administrators and school board members to explain the cutbacks and increases involved in Pioneer’s proposed fiscal year 2018 budget of approximately $14.1 million, and allow residents to ask questions and share their opinions.
During the committee’s meeting Tuesday, Superintendent Ruth Miller addressed committee members’ concerns that the regional agreement requires the committee to adopt a budget on or before Feb. 15. The regional agreement, which is different than state law on the deadline for a budget, is a document created by the four Pioneer towns — Leyden, Warwick, Bernardston and Northfield — outlining the rules under which the towns will operate by joining the school district together.
“No matter what the agreement says, we have to follow the law,” Miller said, relaying information provided to her by Christine Lynch, a consultant with the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, who oversees regional agreements.
According to Miller, to follow state law, the committee must adopt a budget by April 30 and 45 calendar days before any of the four towns have their annual meeting. The budget will not be finalized until it is approved by the School Committee and at least three of the four member towns.

Though the new schedule will put the committee in violation of the regional agreement, the committee plans to have the final budget subcommittee meeting on Feb. 28 at 7 p.m. and the hearing on March 2. The meeting when they will vote on whether to approve the budget will be held on March 7 at 7 p.m., unless members feel comfortable voting on the budget immediately following the hearing, Chairwoman Patricia Shearer said.