To much coincidence ?????

Sometimes 2+2 does not add up especially in this case.  Young for one cannot be trusted. He is the one who always defends Miller ..
“I think this is unfortunate,” said School Committee member David Young of Warwick. “She’s doing a good job for us, I’ll be sorry to lose her.
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Secondly, its Millers boyfriend  John Graziano who is wanting to open a Charter School 
John Graziano came forward this week to talk about his concept for a brand new K-8 school that he has been privately working on for the past several months.
Saturday, June 24, 2017
FYI Graziano was also asked to leave Templeton, complaints from Teachers and parents. Jan 2017

Just after this article Miller announces she is leaving ??? 

To much coincidence ?????

Stay tuned we will find out.

 

WARWICK — At the request of Pioneer Valley Regional School District School Committee member David Young, community members have been asked to consider making Warwick Community School a Horace Mann charter school.
Young said his “motivation is the revenue side of the equation,” believing the switch could put Warwick Community School on a more financially sustainable path.
At the start of the 2016-2017 school year, Warwick Community School had 57 students, of which 23 choiced into the district. Whereas the district receives about $5,000 per choice student, he explained, it would receive significantly more if Warwick Community School became a Horace Mann charter school, which is still a public school and would remain part of the district.
For example, according to data updated in May by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, the Athol-Royalston Regional School District pays $11,169 per charter school student, and the Ralph C. Mahar Regional School District pays $13,798.

“It is, in every case I’ve looked at, more than twice what we get as a choice option,” Young said. “You can’t grow a school on $5,000 per student.”
Becoming a Horace Mann charter school According to the Department of Education’s website, in Massachusetts there are Commonwealth and Horace Mann charter schools. The two differ in the sense that a Horace Mann charter school must have its charter approved by the School Committee, and in some cases, the local teacher’s union, as well as the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.

http://www.doe.mass.edu/charter/new/2015-2016QandA.pdf

Existing schools that are converted to charter schools, as would be the case with Warwick Community School, are considered Horace Mann II charter schools, according to the website. Though the application process involves more information for a Horace Mann II charter school, a board decision on awarding a charter may occur four months after the application is submitted.
“I think, by virtue of its Level I standing, its handsome campus, its great staff, it has a very good chance of being granted a charter school,” Young said during June’s School Committee meeting, when he first announced his proposal.
According to the website, submission of a charter application also serves as an initial application for a federally-funded Charter Schools Program grant, when money is available, which would help support the school during its planning period and first two years of operation.
Changes in Warwick Money would continue to come from the school district, in accordance with an agreement the district would reach with the Horace Mann charter school, which Young said would also outline transporting lunch from Pioneer, as is done currently. The school could also apply for private grants and receive individual contributions, according to the website.
Young said the primary difference would be that, as a Horace Mann charter school, Warwick Community School would be governed by a five-member board of trustees.
Young stressed a relationship between the school and the Pioneer School Committee would continue, with Warwick children attending Pioneer once they reach seventh grade. Another possible change, he said, is teachers could be offered incentives based on performance.
Young said he sees becoming a Horace Mann charter school as a more financially sustainable path for Warwick Community School, and a more agreeable option than closing the school, consolidating and transporting children to other towns. In fact, he hopes it might be a way of growing attendance at a school that was built in 2000 to accommodate 150 students.
“This may not be the solution, but we have to start thinking about doing things differently,” Superintendent Ruth Miller said in support of the idea during June’s School Committee meeting. “We have to think about our kids, we have to think about our district’s kids, and right now, at Pioneer, I’m not sure we’re doing that.”
Next steps For now, Young and other members of the Pioneer community are continuing to study Horace Mann charter schools. With his proposal in the very early stages, Young believes the earliest Warwick Community School might be a Horace Mann charter school would be 2019.
“We’re nowhere at the point where we need to debate the merits of it,” he said. “There’s going to be a huge public process.”
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