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Thursday, June 29, 2017
Well now isn't this interesting .
Wednesday, June 28, 2017
Its lacking in more than no confidence
Well. I won't say were surprised about this "no confidence" report . However it should of stated "NOT PIONEER MATERIAL" . Bacon nor Perry had the least bit idea of this school and refused to hear anything brought forward on how to fit in.
Lets see, maybe we would believe the report if it wasn't for the fact that neither Perry nor Bacon thought for themselves, this has Millers hand-prints ALL over it and neither took the time to learn about PVRS or its students.
Kids prior to this starting in Jr High knew what was expected of them and they knew they had to earn it . From day one they were taught, RESPECT, SELF DETERMINATION, INTEGRITY, KINDNESS, AND THE ABILITY TO ACHIEVE AND BELIEVE IN THEMSELVES!They also had a VP/Principal/and Dean of Students, who knew each and every one of their names by the end of the school year. These two come in and suddenly the 10th, 11th,and 12th/ grades were thrown back to middle school!
Hall Passes, lack of respect, being treated like criminals,being walked to a bathroom and watched ! Not to mention parents pulling their kids from the school and one being a racial incident!Also, lets not forget the privacy issues of searching cars... and The Prom!!!! This years Prom has to go down in the records as the biggest disaster in history! The excuse for this,we didn't search early enough and so the kids ended up in BRATTLEBORO and in a small area where they hold the strolling of the heifers sweating like pigs in a blanket and the food and entertainment was just horrible! It was a disgrace to our school and to the kids whose families sunk alot of money into it.The Prom comes every year at the same time, how can you not plan this? Disgrace and Perry was part of it.No excuse!
We remember a time walking into that school as parents and the VP/Principal knew us or introduced themselves, the halls were alive with singing and laughter, the teachers always had a smile on their faces and the receptionists in the main office would be happy and chat and smile.. YOU SEE NONE OF THIS NOW!. You, see people going thru the motions and you can cut the tension in these halls with a knife, no longer do you see the smiles and feel the spirit or do they talk like they use to, all you see is fear, sadness, and just going thru the motions .
As for Perry and Bacon being able to do Cathy HH job, Impossible! How can these two do a job when they can't even do their own? Not to mention these kids have NO respect for them, and they respected Cathy HH which is why she did such a great job with them. She was far from easy on them she was actually hard on them but when she spoke they listened and respected her and they knew what was expected of them.
Listen its no secret that we do not respect Bacon nor Perry and we all know why they were hired , Especially Perry. So lets make this real clear, we gave you a chance and you blew it within a month! You are not nor will you ever be PVRS material and NOTHING is gonna change that .You will always be outsiders. You would not be losing so many kids if you were PVRS material. . PVRS has been the school of choice for many for YEARS including school choice. Since Miller came here no parent wants to willingly send their children to this school and school choice has basically turned its back on PVRS and many are now as we speak looking elsewhere to send their children and have written letters of complaints to the Dept Of ED. This is not just your fault, the School Committee has alot to do with it as well and it started when they pushed Dayle Dorion out! Its been downhill since! Their lack of support for students and teachers is appalling.
Our suggestion to PVRS is remove Miller, Bacon, and Perry and get in faculty that is worthy of our school . I would suggest contacting Duprey but he was so sadden by what he saw here chances are he would not come back and that hurts many deeply. I would also suggest keeping the teachers and Cathy HH to help run the school because if they don't stay and you don't do something NOW, come fall you won't have students enough to attend school.
We have warned you since last year to stop the downward spiral you were on. You took a high spirited school with a happy environment and turned it into a damn prison camp. Now its up to you to fix it while you still can.
Trust us we are not going away and will report on everything till you make this right again.
WE ARE PIONEER PANTHERS AND WE DO NOT BACK DOWN!
NORTHFIELD — Pioneer Valley Regional School’s faculty and support staff overwhelmingly voted “no confidence” in Principal Jean Bacon and Assistant Principal Jennifer Albert Perry following their first year at Pioneer.
“By advisement from our regional (Massachusetts Teachers Association) representative (Brad Brousseau), given the climate and record of leadership this year at PVRS, PVREA held an anonymous paper ballot vote to gather data from the faculty and support staff regarding their confidence in the current administration,” Ariel LaReau, president-elect of the Pioneer Valley Regional Education Association (PVREA), said in a statement to the School Committee at its most recent meeting. That statement from the union outlined the “no confidence” vote in the two administrators taken June 15.
According to LaReau, the MTA requires 80 percent of the entire faculty to vote negative before a general “no confidence” vote can be determined. In reference to Bacon, 95.5 percent of faculty voted “no confidence” along with 95.83 percent of support staff. In reference to Albert Perry, 84.4 percent voted “no confidence” along with 87.5 percent of support staff.
LaReau said four faculty members didn’t vote, and those votes were counted as votes of confidence.
LaReau said Brousseau suggested taking vote due to several complaints. These included “general mismanagement and lack of communication this year,” layoffs that are said to have affected some veteran teachers and “a lack of real response and authentic action taken” after the faculty presented a survey outlining concerns about the school atmosphere. Also, LaReau, said, most educator evaluations conducted by Bacon and Albert Perry came back “extremely negative and resulting in a rating for many teachers as ‘Needs Improvement.’” Some such teachers, she explained, have been teaching anywhere from five to 20 years without receiving bad evaluations.
“Though we may be required to work under changed conditions, we
cannot currently express our confidence that the best interest of
students or the integrity of our school is being served,” LaReau said
during the meeting.
According to Superintendent Ruth Miller and Recorder archives, a search committee composed of teachers, School Committee members, students, community members and Assistant Superintendent Gail Healy reviewed 19 applications for principal and narrowed the pool down to three, including Bacon. Taking the committee’s recommendation of Bacon into account, Miller selected her. Bacon in turn had the final say in selecting Albert Perry.
Similar concerns were expressed to the School Committee, with Karen O’Neil, a retired Pioneer science teacher and Leyden resident, saying actions taken by administrators “have lacked protocol, transparency and inclusion of professional partners.”
Support for administration Pioneer parents Deborah Potee and Ruth Potee spoke in support of Bacon.
“I understand change is hard,” Deborah Potee said in reference to the layoffs. “But I feel very committed to the students. I feel very strongly the principal wants what’s best for Pioneer.”
In her conversations with Bacon, Deborah Potee said she found her to be open, authentic and upfront about the budget’s limitations, while supportive of moving Pioneer forward academically. She asked that community members focus on moving the school forward.
“It’s not going to be helpful to hang someone out to dry,” she said.
Ruth Potee said she was “both stunned and devastated by the 90 percent vote of ‘no confidence’ in the administration.”
“That feels awful,” she said .
She agreed Bacon is committed to expanding the curriculum and improving student education, and noted how Pioneer hasn’t had gradual layoffs as enrollment has declined like the elementary schools, making this year’s layoffs more severe.
Hearing from both sides, the School Committee did not take any action or indicate what future steps it might take.
In response to the “no confidence” vote, Bacon was understanding of faculty’s frustrations.
“I feel that it represents a divide at the moment between most faculty and the administration,” she said. “I think it’s coming from the difficult year we’ve had, the fact that we’ve been facing these difficult layoffs and I can totally empathize with faculty feeling frustrated.”
Hoping to move forward, Bacon said she reached out to next year’s faculty to put together what she calls a Transition Team to figure out what faculty need to feel more supported by administrators. Ten faculty members have joined the team, she said.
One focus, Bacon said, will be revising the faculty guidebook. She said the guidebook was last written in 2004.
“I’m really very hopeful that we can put this difficult year behind us and move forward in a positive direction,” she said.
JUST A FRIENDLY REMINDER OF WHAT YOU'VE DONE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Lets see, maybe we would believe the report if it wasn't for the fact that neither Perry nor Bacon thought for themselves, this has Millers hand-prints ALL over it and neither took the time to learn about PVRS or its students.
Kids prior to this starting in Jr High knew what was expected of them and they knew they had to earn it . From day one they were taught, RESPECT, SELF DETERMINATION, INTEGRITY, KINDNESS, AND THE ABILITY TO ACHIEVE AND BELIEVE IN THEMSELVES!They also had a VP/Principal/and Dean of Students, who knew each and every one of their names by the end of the school year. These two come in and suddenly the 10th, 11th,and 12th/ grades were thrown back to middle school!
Hall Passes, lack of respect, being treated like criminals,being walked to a bathroom and watched ! Not to mention parents pulling their kids from the school and one being a racial incident!Also, lets not forget the privacy issues of searching cars... and The Prom!!!! This years Prom has to go down in the records as the biggest disaster in history! The excuse for this,we didn't search early enough and so the kids ended up in BRATTLEBORO and in a small area where they hold the strolling of the heifers sweating like pigs in a blanket and the food and entertainment was just horrible! It was a disgrace to our school and to the kids whose families sunk alot of money into it.The Prom comes every year at the same time, how can you not plan this? Disgrace and Perry was part of it.No excuse!
We remember a time walking into that school as parents and the VP/Principal knew us or introduced themselves, the halls were alive with singing and laughter, the teachers always had a smile on their faces and the receptionists in the main office would be happy and chat and smile.. YOU SEE NONE OF THIS NOW!. You, see people going thru the motions and you can cut the tension in these halls with a knife, no longer do you see the smiles and feel the spirit or do they talk like they use to, all you see is fear, sadness, and just going thru the motions .
As for Perry and Bacon being able to do Cathy HH job, Impossible! How can these two do a job when they can't even do their own? Not to mention these kids have NO respect for them, and they respected Cathy HH which is why she did such a great job with them. She was far from easy on them she was actually hard on them but when she spoke they listened and respected her and they knew what was expected of them.
Listen its no secret that we do not respect Bacon nor Perry and we all know why they were hired , Especially Perry. So lets make this real clear, we gave you a chance and you blew it within a month! You are not nor will you ever be PVRS material and NOTHING is gonna change that .You will always be outsiders. You would not be losing so many kids if you were PVRS material. . PVRS has been the school of choice for many for YEARS including school choice. Since Miller came here no parent wants to willingly send their children to this school and school choice has basically turned its back on PVRS and many are now as we speak looking elsewhere to send their children and have written letters of complaints to the Dept Of ED. This is not just your fault, the School Committee has alot to do with it as well and it started when they pushed Dayle Dorion out! Its been downhill since! Their lack of support for students and teachers is appalling.
Our suggestion to PVRS is remove Miller, Bacon, and Perry and get in faculty that is worthy of our school . I would suggest contacting Duprey but he was so sadden by what he saw here chances are he would not come back and that hurts many deeply. I would also suggest keeping the teachers and Cathy HH to help run the school because if they don't stay and you don't do something NOW, come fall you won't have students enough to attend school.
We have warned you since last year to stop the downward spiral you were on. You took a high spirited school with a happy environment and turned it into a damn prison camp. Now its up to you to fix it while you still can.
Trust us we are not going away and will report on everything till you make this right again.
WE ARE PIONEER PANTHERS AND WE DO NOT BACK DOWN!
NORTHFIELD — Pioneer Valley Regional School’s faculty and support staff overwhelmingly voted “no confidence” in Principal Jean Bacon and Assistant Principal Jennifer Albert Perry following their first year at Pioneer.
“By advisement from our regional (Massachusetts Teachers Association) representative (Brad Brousseau), given the climate and record of leadership this year at PVRS, PVREA held an anonymous paper ballot vote to gather data from the faculty and support staff regarding their confidence in the current administration,” Ariel LaReau, president-elect of the Pioneer Valley Regional Education Association (PVREA), said in a statement to the School Committee at its most recent meeting. That statement from the union outlined the “no confidence” vote in the two administrators taken June 15.
According to LaReau, the MTA requires 80 percent of the entire faculty to vote negative before a general “no confidence” vote can be determined. In reference to Bacon, 95.5 percent of faculty voted “no confidence” along with 95.83 percent of support staff. In reference to Albert Perry, 84.4 percent voted “no confidence” along with 87.5 percent of support staff.
LaReau said four faculty members didn’t vote, and those votes were counted as votes of confidence.
LaReau said Brousseau suggested taking vote due to several complaints. These included “general mismanagement and lack of communication this year,” layoffs that are said to have affected some veteran teachers and “a lack of real response and authentic action taken” after the faculty presented a survey outlining concerns about the school atmosphere. Also, LaReau, said, most educator evaluations conducted by Bacon and Albert Perry came back “extremely negative and resulting in a rating for many teachers as ‘Needs Improvement.’” Some such teachers, she explained, have been teaching anywhere from five to 20 years without receiving bad evaluations.
According to Superintendent Ruth Miller and Recorder archives, a search committee composed of teachers, School Committee members, students, community members and Assistant Superintendent Gail Healy reviewed 19 applications for principal and narrowed the pool down to three, including Bacon. Taking the committee’s recommendation of Bacon into account, Miller selected her. Bacon in turn had the final say in selecting Albert Perry.
Similar concerns were expressed to the School Committee, with Karen O’Neil, a retired Pioneer science teacher and Leyden resident, saying actions taken by administrators “have lacked protocol, transparency and inclusion of professional partners.”
Support for administration Pioneer parents Deborah Potee and Ruth Potee spoke in support of Bacon.
“I understand change is hard,” Deborah Potee said in reference to the layoffs. “But I feel very committed to the students. I feel very strongly the principal wants what’s best for Pioneer.”
In her conversations with Bacon, Deborah Potee said she found her to be open, authentic and upfront about the budget’s limitations, while supportive of moving Pioneer forward academically. She asked that community members focus on moving the school forward.
“It’s not going to be helpful to hang someone out to dry,” she said.
Ruth Potee said she was “both stunned and devastated by the 90 percent vote of ‘no confidence’ in the administration.”
“That feels awful,” she said .
She agreed Bacon is committed to expanding the curriculum and improving student education, and noted how Pioneer hasn’t had gradual layoffs as enrollment has declined like the elementary schools, making this year’s layoffs more severe.
Hearing from both sides, the School Committee did not take any action or indicate what future steps it might take.
In response to the “no confidence” vote, Bacon was understanding of faculty’s frustrations.
“I feel that it represents a divide at the moment between most faculty and the administration,” she said. “I think it’s coming from the difficult year we’ve had, the fact that we’ve been facing these difficult layoffs and I can totally empathize with faculty feeling frustrated.”
Hoping to move forward, Bacon said she reached out to next year’s faculty to put together what she calls a Transition Team to figure out what faculty need to feel more supported by administrators. Ten faculty members have joined the team, she said.
One focus, Bacon said, will be revising the faculty guidebook. She said the guidebook was last written in 2004.
“I’m really very hopeful that we can put this difficult year behind us and move forward in a positive direction,” she said.
JUST A FRIENDLY REMINDER OF WHAT YOU'VE DONE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Wednesday, June 21, 2017
PVRS suffers another loss
Its sad to know Mr H will also be gone from PVRS. For many years he has taught kid so much and sent them on to better things with more knowledge and talent .
It has now come to a point when your getting past the sadness and hurt and just getting more angry.
Word has it he wanted to move on because of the atompshire.
PVRS has a black cloud hanging over her and until something is done to change it nothing will ever be the same.
We have now loss more
Mr Wherli
Mike Duprey
Sharon Jones
Cathy HH
Mr H
and to many teachers to count who children depended on and they supported.
We like to thank the SC , Miller, Bacon and Jenn for taking a strong independent school with spirit and in two years destroying it.
Please contact the school union and Dept of ED with letters of concern.
It has now come to a point when your getting past the sadness and hurt and just getting more angry.
Word has it he wanted to move on because of the atompshire.
PVRS has a black cloud hanging over her and until something is done to change it nothing will ever be the same.
We have now loss more
Mr Wherli
Mike Duprey
Sharon Jones
Cathy HH
Mr H
and to many teachers to count who children depended on and they supported.
We like to thank the SC , Miller, Bacon and Jenn for taking a strong independent school with spirit and in two years destroying it.
Please contact the school union and Dept of ED with letters of concern.
It just keeps getting better
Well, I have info sent out to various places to see how much of this is fact and what is not .Due to the fact that previous years budgets have been removed since Miller came ( we had them 6 years back prior to her coming) we have no way of tracing the truth and so we are searching other areas.
I find it hard to believe that a lunch program is costing us this kind of money.
Fact - If you do NOT pay you don't eat .
Fact - Low income students lunches and breakfasts are paid by the state .
Fact- In all previous positions at different schools this same scenario has paid out, with over spent budgets.
Fact - Templeton is still trying to recover from her and it won't be for years before they are actually bailed out. We were also warned to watch the budget when she came . These comment stands out the best .So lets look at them facts ::::
( They were catching on. She left Templeton knowing this +seems our SC did not do again its due diligence)
Julie Farrell
Yes, the town of Templeton lost their emergency services and were only on duty if one was called in. Many people lost their weekly incomes as well,this is no joke it actually happened.Kids also suffered with no pool that summer as well.
WE HAVE AN UPDATE WITH NEWS JUST IN FROM TEMPLETON 6/21/17
NORTHFIELD — Though Pioneer Valley Regional School District’s school lunch deficit has been climbing for years, it’s not the only problem the district is facing. An overspent general fund is also hanging over the administrators’ heads.
According to documents produced by Superintendent Ruth Miller for the School Committee, the general fund deficit at the end of last fiscal year was $86,517.
Miller said the news came as a bit of a surprise while talking to Terry Williams of the Department of Revenue in April about the district’s school lunch fund deficit, which was $210,544 at the end of last fiscal year and has continued to grow.
“He said ‘Well, Ruth, it’s not just the food account that’s in deficit,’” Miller said. Williams sent Miller several years of reports outlining leftover money or deficits in the budget, with dismal figures.
The documents showed how Pioneer’s general fund budget, plagued by as many as eight overspent accounts a year, went from having $136,461 left over after fiscal year 2012, to $68,347 after FY13 and to a mere $296 after FY14. Beginning in FY15, the general fund budget went into the red for the first time, leaving the district with a deficit of $165,711.
Miller took over as superintendent from Dayle Doiron before the
2015-2016 school year, making the FY16 budget the first she was
involved in arranging. With a positive general fund budget after last
fiscal year, the deficit was reduced to $86,517.
“In that first year, we were able to cut the deficit down, but we’re still in significant trouble from a financial perspective,” Miller explained during a School Committee meeting last month.
“We reduced all deficits except for food lunch,” she later told The Recorder. “We’re actually in a better spot, even though it doesn’t feel that way,”
The fund for capital projects was also overspent by $85,000 in FY15, but Miller said it’s since been paid off.
Miller hopes at the end of the current fiscal year to have enough left in the general fund to pay off the $86,517. With the four towns having already approved next year’s budget, money has not been set aside for the debts, though Miller hopes the budget subcommittee will meet to discuss how to possibly reallocate funds.
Meanwhile, Assistant Superintendent Gail Healy, who is also the district’s food service director, is working to reconfigure the school lunch system to make it more financially sustainable. However, her ideas thus far — which have involved cooking all meals at Pioneer and transporting them to the four elementary schools — have faced criticism from residents during School Committee meetings, so no plan has been enacted.
“At the end of FY17, we’re still going to have that school lunch deficit,” Miller said during last month’s School Committee meeting. “The (Department of Revenue) says to reallocate funds, but we don’t have any … One of the reasons we have to lay teachers off is we don’t have a handle on the money.”
Getting a handle on the budget, Miller continued, will require “a longer conversation and a bigger plan.”
I find it hard to believe that a lunch program is costing us this kind of money.
Fact - If you do NOT pay you don't eat .
Fact - Low income students lunches and breakfasts are paid by the state .
Fact- In all previous positions at different schools this same scenario has paid out, with over spent budgets.
Fact - Templeton is still trying to recover from her and it won't be for years before they are actually bailed out. We were also warned to watch the budget when she came . These comment stands out the best .So lets look at them facts ::::
Bev.Bart.April 26, 2015 at 9:01 AM ( Learning of Miller leaving)
Oh
yes, but clean up the back parking lot before you go ! Take the apple
trees you want to plant with you. They will cost more to maintain than
they will be worth. Take any other half ass ideas with you, and lets
hope the School Committee where you are going is a strong one, so the
community still has money to run the town when you are through. My
opinion, Bev.
From: mark
To:
Cc:
, 'Joel Thompson'
, 'Mary Lang'
, 'Darren Elwell'
, 'Joseph Boyd'
, 'Town Coordinator'
Date: Sunday, April 28 2013 12:02 PM
Subject: Request for clarification & information about NRSD Finances
Dear Ruth Miller,
I am a new member on the Templeton
Advisory Board, and I am putting together some history, attempting to graph the
increase/decrease in the budget of NRSD over the past 10-15 years.
This information will assist the
Templeton Advisory Board in gaining an understanding of Narragansett School
District finances. We request the following information:
FY 2004 – School Dept. report in Annual Town Report is
incomplete. Missing information, including total expenditures,
Administration expense, Instruction expense etc. Is this info available?
FY 2012 – A large jump in debt service, $4.26 million, $2.5
million increase over the 2 years immediately prior, which were each about $1.7
million. Can you explain why? ( Miller was in charge this year)
FY 2013 budget submitted for annual report shows only
$630,343 for debt service principle. It shows nothing budgeted for
interest. Quite a drop from the previous year. Can you offer any
clarification or explanation? ( and this one )
Can you provide a record of NRSD E&D, Stabilization or
any other such funds available to the District? We would be especially
interested in seeing a history of these funds over the past 10-15 years.
Sincerely,
Mark Barrieau
Advisory Board Member( This was after her second year in Templeton)( They were catching on. She left Templeton knowing this +seems our SC did not do again its due diligence)
Ruth Miller Superintendent NRSD Templeton, MA Re: Massachusetts Public Records Request Dear Ms Miller: This is a request under the Massachusetts Public Records Law (M. G. L. Chapter 66,
Section 10). I am requesting that I be provided a copy of the following records: The FY 2013 NRSD Budget (itemized)and the proposed FY14 NRDS Budget itemized.
Also information on the proposed override money itemized where it will go. I recognize that you may charge reasonable costs for copies, as well as for personnel
time needed to comply with this request. If you expect costs to exceed $10.00,
please provide a detailed fee estimate. The Public Records Law requires you to provide me with a written response within
10 calendar days. If you cannot comply with my request, you are statutorily
required to provide an explanation in writing. Sincerely, Paul H. Cosentino, Sr 978-808-3386 POB 177 Templeton, MA 01468YOU'LL LOVE THIS ONE DUE TO T WAS ALSO HER SECOND YEAR AT TEMPLETON AND YES THEY LOST TOWN SERVICES FOR A SUMMER WHICH RAN ON EMERGENCY ONLY. ANYTHING LOOK FAMILIAR YET?
Friday, May 3, 2013
Say Bye-Bye!!
New
developments at pre-town meeting last night -
The school
department held a meeting last night while Supt. Ruth Miller and John Columbus
attended pre-town. Supt. Ruth Miller and School Committee Chair John Columbus
insisted they had submitted different figures for the school budget article.
After a call to Town Coordinator Ritter, he explained the figures via
speakerphone and Advisory Board proceeded to follow through on
their recommendations. Ruth was insisting on a higher number that included
the override figure. The Advisory Board looked at her and said they would have
to cut $691,000 from town charges. NO WAY!!
A few
articles later, Selectman Wilder comes in from the emergency parent meeting. Was
the parent meeting a coincidence? No! The big revelation from selectman Wilder
was that the school department was going to pack town meeting and vote the town
budget down line item by line item so they could get the $691,000 shortfall/override
from town charges. They may be able to pull it off!
In a sick
weird way, I hope they succeed. Say bye-bye to the police department. Say
bye-bye to the highway department. Say bye-bye to the fire department. Say
bye-bye to the treasurer, the assessor, the accountant, the BOS office,
conservation, BOH, cemetery and recreation. Say BYE-BYE!
Instead of
town offices being CLOSED on Friday; town offices will be OPEN
ONE day per week. I will vote to ensure that that ONE DAY per
week opening will be on a rotating basis. Think of the money we'll
save on heating costs! It will take MONTHS to process a slimmer and
trimmer payroll, saving even more money!
Oh dear, your
house is burning down? Call the superintendent of schools and the chairman of
the school committee! Oh, your home was broken into? Call the superintendent of
schools and the chairman of the school committee! Oh, you can't get to work
because the roads are impassable and aren't plowed? Call
the superintendent of schools and the chairman of the school committee! Oh
dear, your child was bitten by a rabid animal? Call the superintendent of
schools and the chairman of the school committee! Oh dear, is that chest pain
you are experiencing? Start walking! I'd say "Call the superintendent of
schools and the chairman of the school committee! ", but those lines
are busy.
Build an
elementary school in Templeton? Say BYE-BYE!
Thank you to the Advisory Board for a job well
done!
My opinions…supported by FACTS ! ! !
Yes, the town of Templeton lost their emergency services and were only on duty if one was called in. Many people lost their weekly incomes as well,this is no joke it actually happened.Kids also suffered with no pool that summer as well.
WE HAVE AN UPDATE WITH NEWS JUST IN FROM TEMPLETON 6/21/17
When the school committee would do nothing about her the answer was they
never had a budget explained so good!
Has the E+D fund gone dry yet or do the balances have room to wiggle?
Here they use the E+D fund to back fill any hole in the budget and call it
a level funded budget.
This year it took 400k from the E+D to do the trick/balancing act to get
it done.
Next year will be a struggle for us and this approach of kick the can has
a obtuse way of working for the S.C.
I think when I started with my advise it was BUDGET BUDGET BUDGET.
They can play games and hide funds all the while they know the outcome will
hurt. Then they pull the wildcard out and ask for a over ride to pay a shortfall they knew about earlier .
This is Miller textbook work and rest assured what is still hidden are more
problems before it all comes out.
Find out what the E+D fund balances were for the last 4 years and see if
the budget has eaten it all up.
When they want to use it, it just means they can’t figure a way to fund what
they want to keep.
They will never say the new office costs were to blame or the salaries but
they get funded.
Are the lunch funds reimbursed by a grant of some type?
When a administrator over spend a budget or a department head does the same
it is illegal and a violation of Mass General Laws.
The superintendent is the department head and has the responsibility for
budget and funds or lack of and use.
Now that you have a idea of what is going wrong the actual budget can shed
light on how she manipulated the amounts to get to this point.
Did you ever get a copy of the budget?
Request another one to compare to your copy and see if the shell game happened
after the SC Budget committee approved it.
They are most likely taking Miller for her word and like in the beginning
thinks she’s doing a great job it’s not her fault.
It’s
a bunch of hooey. They are as wrong as her and can’t cross her now as
it will make them look bad and those who they wouldn’t listen to look
good. You should look good and were correct all along. Dig the facts up
and have that info when you ask questions.
Use
the FOIA request and don’t take no for an answer. If the “E+D” excess
and deficiency fund is depleted and unable to support the budget ask
why they were counting on it to help. It sounds like the next year was
going to help cover up the mismanagement issues till DOR picked up on
it. She didn’t have to deal with the DOR here
as the audits and annual filings were not done for years. We just
completed the 4 years of Audits last month and are in shock with the
management report we were given. Laws and procedures all points thought
of were in trouble and it will be years before our town can
look up and say it’s fixed.
Hope this helped.
Dave
I have given you alot to think about here , but more to come when I hear from the others. Now I hear were losing Mr H. It seems it just gets worst by the day .
NORTHFIELD — Though Pioneer Valley Regional School District’s school lunch deficit has been climbing for years, it’s not the only problem the district is facing. An overspent general fund is also hanging over the administrators’ heads.
According to documents produced by Superintendent Ruth Miller for the School Committee, the general fund deficit at the end of last fiscal year was $86,517.
Miller said the news came as a bit of a surprise while talking to Terry Williams of the Department of Revenue in April about the district’s school lunch fund deficit, which was $210,544 at the end of last fiscal year and has continued to grow.
“He said ‘Well, Ruth, it’s not just the food account that’s in deficit,’” Miller said. Williams sent Miller several years of reports outlining leftover money or deficits in the budget, with dismal figures.
The documents showed how Pioneer’s general fund budget, plagued by as many as eight overspent accounts a year, went from having $136,461 left over after fiscal year 2012, to $68,347 after FY13 and to a mere $296 after FY14. Beginning in FY15, the general fund budget went into the red for the first time, leaving the district with a deficit of $165,711.
“In that first year, we were able to cut the deficit down, but we’re still in significant trouble from a financial perspective,” Miller explained during a School Committee meeting last month.
“We reduced all deficits except for food lunch,” she later told The Recorder. “We’re actually in a better spot, even though it doesn’t feel that way,”
The fund for capital projects was also overspent by $85,000 in FY15, but Miller said it’s since been paid off.
Miller hopes at the end of the current fiscal year to have enough left in the general fund to pay off the $86,517. With the four towns having already approved next year’s budget, money has not been set aside for the debts, though Miller hopes the budget subcommittee will meet to discuss how to possibly reallocate funds.
Meanwhile, Assistant Superintendent Gail Healy, who is also the district’s food service director, is working to reconfigure the school lunch system to make it more financially sustainable. However, her ideas thus far — which have involved cooking all meals at Pioneer and transporting them to the four elementary schools — have faced criticism from residents during School Committee meetings, so no plan has been enacted.
“At the end of FY17, we’re still going to have that school lunch deficit,” Miller said during last month’s School Committee meeting. “The (Department of Revenue) says to reallocate funds, but we don’t have any … One of the reasons we have to lay teachers off is we don’t have a handle on the money.”
Getting a handle on the budget, Miller continued, will require “a longer conversation and a bigger plan.”
Saturday, June 17, 2017
At this point they receive an F -
I found this article on the opinion page of the reformer . No words could have spoken this better except I cannot agree about the SC..If you go over the past pages of this blog you will see a pattern here. Millers ability to lead in a positive manner falls short in every position we found her in .She is aggressive in a non positive way and a known "bully" and will be quick to throw anyone under the bus to excuse her poor leadership. .After spending the last eleven years at PVRS its hard to see what has become of our school. The last two years have been an experience that many will never forget . It also saddens many of us that it took this SC so long to see the light and the lengths that parents, students and teachers had to go to get them to listen. I do not see a good ending for PVRS.For many who made this school strong and supportive have been dismissed. From Dayle Dorion, Sharon Jones, Mr .Wherli , Mike Duprey and now Cathy HH , and so many more .. and this SC is the reason for this demise. They pushed out Dayle Dorion and the rest is history. I would like to agree with the integrity and intelligence of the School Committee
members but they have shown lack in leadership as well, by not listening to Teachers and Administration officials who came to them with concerns of Miller and were dismissed and left due to the lack of support they were given by the SC. Many changes need to be addressed and contracts bought out and begging to get our school officials back and in charge of fixing this damage if its at all possible. Miller , Bacon and the Vice Principal Jenn all must be removed . The negative impact they have had on this school is showing and school choice is now at zero and thats a big loss to PVRS as well as parents looking elsewhere to educate their children. If this SC wants to be back in good standing its time they take a stand and show the leadership they were chosen by the people to do. At this point they receive an F - .
Also why is the new Superintendent Evaluation not listed on site yet?
As a former Pioneer Valley Regional School teacher for 32 years, I am saddened to see the negative changes in the culture of the school due to the decisions and actions of the present administration. I find Superintendent Ruth Miller’s comments regarding her evaluation to be an insult to the integrity and intelligence of the School Committee members.
It’s interesting that last year when she received a “proficient” rating, she had no concerns about the evaluation tool nor the School Committee’s understanding of how to use it. Now that she received a “needs improvement” rating, she questions the process. Her comments directly relate to concerns expressed by committee members who stated that she “redirects the issues.” To suggest that the committee members are not using evidence is an unprofessional assumption on her part.
Merely reading the articles in the Recorder for the past two years has provided an abundance of public evidence of administrators’ weaknesses including the reporting of the results of a recent teacher survey, the teachers union filing of an unfair labor practice charge, and the multiple comments and concerns expressed by students, faculty, parents and community members at the monthly school committee meetings.
Going forward, I trust that the school committee will make decisions that have a positive impact on the students, faculty and public perception of PVRS.
Starr Pinkos
Montague
Also why is the new Superintendent Evaluation not listed on site yet?
As a former Pioneer Valley Regional School teacher for 32 years, I am saddened to see the negative changes in the culture of the school due to the decisions and actions of the present administration. I find Superintendent Ruth Miller’s comments regarding her evaluation to be an insult to the integrity and intelligence of the School Committee members.
It’s interesting that last year when she received a “proficient” rating, she had no concerns about the evaluation tool nor the School Committee’s understanding of how to use it. Now that she received a “needs improvement” rating, she questions the process. Her comments directly relate to concerns expressed by committee members who stated that she “redirects the issues.” To suggest that the committee members are not using evidence is an unprofessional assumption on her part.
Merely reading the articles in the Recorder for the past two years has provided an abundance of public evidence of administrators’ weaknesses including the reporting of the results of a recent teacher survey, the teachers union filing of an unfair labor practice charge, and the multiple comments and concerns expressed by students, faculty, parents and community members at the monthly school committee meetings.
Going forward, I trust that the school committee will make decisions that have a positive impact on the students, faculty and public perception of PVRS.
Starr Pinkos
Friday, June 16, 2017
Shes at it again.
Lets take a walk down memory lane YET AGAIN.. Last year we had a meeting concerning the modulators ( this too was another warning from Templeton she likes to build and move ) and here is a statement from that meeting .
Scott McKusick, a clerk of the works who examined the mold situation, said at the meeting that the mold was minor, and could have been easily remediated. He sees the administration’s decision as a poor use of taxpayer money.
Than we had this response from the committee.
However, members of the committee responded that it is a misconception that the office was moved because of the mold. Rather, the modulators that housed the old offices were not intended to be a permanent space and didn’t suit the needs of the administrators. ( yet they were in good shape and usable and repairable)
Excuse me? Dayle Dorion didn't feel the need to move her dept and she had just as many working for her. Also, it was equipped with air and other requirements without paying even more.
Now Miller
The 18-month lease includes monthly payments of $3,030 for an annual total of $36,360. Plus what it cost to move and hook up the machines. This costing well over the cost of what it would of cost to repair the modulators. Which are NOT in poor condition prior to Millers stunts.
Now moving again
During a February meeting, the subcommittee recommended that the School Committee move the office — currently in a leased space at 168 Main St. — to rooms 206, 207 and 208, thinking it would be least disruptive to students there. However, some School Committee members and administrators had second thoughts upon hearing the $37,000 price tag.
But after pursuing ideas of moving to Pioneer’s second floor or the guidance office, and being unable to find a solution suitable to the majority of the School Committee, administrators believe the move to the 200 wing could be done for just $16,000.Plus Healy said it’ll cost $500 to move the photocopier.
It’s difficult, Brandl continued, during a year that’s >>>> facing the loss of 18 staff members and reducing others to half-time, to approve spending on air conditioning. <<< ( WHAT THE HELL IS THAT!) Miller said she’s put $5,000 aside for the move, which has a deadline of mid-July, but it’s unclear where the additional $11,000 will come from.
Now due to her poor management its gonna cost even more to move her again!
I think they need to move back into the modulators and put the cost into that . Its a savings and not another disruption.
Another waste is the amount of money we are paying her , an Asst Superintendent, and first time Principal and VP. Its off the wall and I don't think we need an Asst Superintendent especially with the low student attendance, this could just as well be handled with Miller and a secretary . ( Student enrollment will be even lower if Miller, Bacon and the VP stay)
Scott McKusick, needs to be called in and reassess the cost of the modulators compared to the new disaster she has planned. Parents and Taxpayers need to come to this meeting and demand this . Enough of this woman's abuse of power and poor handling of funds.
The last one here is Miller getting guidance from the senior class .. ( I bet the 2017 class would find this amusing ) What a damn joke.
Lets also just be clear here:
IF THIS SCHOOL COMMITTEE PAID ATTENTION AND LISTENED TO BEGIN WITH WE WOULD NOT BE IN THIS MESS TO BEGIN WITH AND " IF THEY DIDN'T PUSH DAYLE DORION OUT" .. YES, YOU READ THAT CORRECTLY!!!!!!! PVRS WOULD HAVE THE SCHOOL WE KNEW AND LOVED AND PARENTS WANTED TO SEND KIDS TOO. THIS IS ALSO ON YOU PAT SHEARER AND YOUR LACK OF COMMITMENT TO PVRS TO ENSURE A PROPER REPLACEMENT OF THE ONE YOU AND YOUNG PUSHED OUT .. INSTEAD YOU CHOSE THE EASY WAY AND HIRED A SUPERINTENDENT THAT WAS NOT SUITABLE FOR PVRS AND LOOK AT THE DESTRUCTION IT HAS CAUSED NOT ONLY FOR YOU AND OUR SCHOOL BUT ITS TEACHERS AND STUDENTS.GREAT JOB BECAUSE YOU WERE WARNED BY A COMMITTEE YOU HAD INVESTIGATE HER AND US AND NOW OUR SCHOOL IS SO BEYOND REPAIR. THE STATE NEEDS TO STEP IN NOW AND SAVE IT.BE VERY AWARE PAT PARENTS AND OTHERS HAVE BEEN WRITING THEM AND THIS WILL NOT END WELL WITH THE STATE.
NORTHFIELD — The Pioneer Valley Regional School District’s building and grounds subcommittee is feeling a case of déjà vu after reverting to its original plan of moving the district’s central office to Pioneer’s 200 wing.
During a February meeting, the subcommittee recommended that the School Committee move the office — currently in a leased space at 168 Main St. — to rooms 206, 207 and 208, thinking it would be least disruptive to students there. However, some School Committee members and administrators had second thoughts upon hearing the $37,000 price tag.
But after pursuing ideas of moving to Pioneer’s second floor or the guidance office, and being unable to find a solution suitable to the majority of the School Committee, administrators believe the move to the 200 wing could be done for just $16,000.
Also the classrooms in the 200 wing are close to the school’s main office, but removed from more heavily trafficked hallways. They’re also next to an outside door.
“I don’t like the idea of having people go through the middle of the school, security-wise,” said Sharon Fontaine, a member of the building and grounds subcommittee.
Still, the subcommittee’s recommendation must pass before the full School Committee on Thursday, June 22, which hasn’t been successful in the past four months.
Original figures The $37,000 figure represented the cost to outfit the three rooms with air conditioning, install a doorbell, door release and camera at the nearest side door, install a plug for the photocopier, move the photocopier, construct a sidewalk and stairway to the side door, and purchase dividers to create cubicles within the rooms, as was explained previously by Assistant Superintendent Gail Healy. However, Facilities Director Tim Brandl said, after receiving a lower quote on air conditioning, simply focusing on air conditioning would cost about $16,000.
“That’s to me the biggest issue,” Brandl said of the lack of air conditioning. “Being a custodian, cleaning those rooms (in the summer) was awful.”
The figure would cover the cost of three mini-split units, one per room, and the electrical work necessary to use them and the photocopier, Brandl said.
What do students think? However, the building and grounds subcommittee’s 4-to-1 decision to recommend the 200 wing still ran into some hurdles. Before the vote, Superintendent Ruth Miller said she met with the junior class a few weeks ago, next year’s seniors, and asked where they’d like to see the central office.
“They said in a nanosecond ‘Upstairs,’” Miller said. “If the voice of the senior class means anything, they are adamant.”
That option would involve using five 400-level rooms, Healy said previously, excluding the science lab and JoAnn MacPherson’s classroom. Those rooms are already air conditioned.
Miller said the students didn’t want social studies teacher Aimee Brown to have to move from Room 206. Due to staff reductions, the teachers in 207 and 208 won’t be at Pioneer next year.
“I think that was pretty much, overall, the whole junior class’ suggestion,” Pioneer junior Alex Wahlstrom said. “I think that it’s a pretty good choice … Then the school doesn’t have to pay to install (air conditioning), it’s already up there.”
Brandl agreed that “as far as saving money,” moving upstairs is the best option. No matter what location the School Committee chooses, Healy said it’ll cost $500 to move the photocopier.
It’s difficult, Brandl continued, during a year that’s facing the loss of 18 staff members and reducing others to half-time, to approve spending on air conditioning. Miller said she’s put $5,000 aside for the move, which has a deadline of mid-July, but it’s unclear where the additional $11,000 will come from.
Scott McKusick, a clerk of the works who examined the mold situation, said at the meeting that the mold was minor, and could have been easily remediated. He sees the administration’s decision as a poor use of taxpayer money.
Than we had this response from the committee.
However, members of the committee responded that it is a misconception that the office was moved because of the mold. Rather, the modulators that housed the old offices were not intended to be a permanent space and didn’t suit the needs of the administrators. ( yet they were in good shape and usable and repairable)
Excuse me? Dayle Dorion didn't feel the need to move her dept and she had just as many working for her. Also, it was equipped with air and other requirements without paying even more.
Now Miller
The 18-month lease includes monthly payments of $3,030 for an annual total of $36,360. Plus what it cost to move and hook up the machines. This costing well over the cost of what it would of cost to repair the modulators. Which are NOT in poor condition prior to Millers stunts.
Now moving again
During a February meeting, the subcommittee recommended that the School Committee move the office — currently in a leased space at 168 Main St. — to rooms 206, 207 and 208, thinking it would be least disruptive to students there. However, some School Committee members and administrators had second thoughts upon hearing the $37,000 price tag.
But after pursuing ideas of moving to Pioneer’s second floor or the guidance office, and being unable to find a solution suitable to the majority of the School Committee, administrators believe the move to the 200 wing could be done for just $16,000.Plus Healy said it’ll cost $500 to move the photocopier.
It’s difficult, Brandl continued, during a year that’s >>>> facing the loss of 18 staff members and reducing others to half-time, to approve spending on air conditioning. <<< ( WHAT THE HELL IS THAT!) Miller said she’s put $5,000 aside for the move, which has a deadline of mid-July, but it’s unclear where the additional $11,000 will come from.
Now due to her poor management its gonna cost even more to move her again!
I think they need to move back into the modulators and put the cost into that . Its a savings and not another disruption.
Another waste is the amount of money we are paying her , an Asst Superintendent, and first time Principal and VP. Its off the wall and I don't think we need an Asst Superintendent especially with the low student attendance, this could just as well be handled with Miller and a secretary . ( Student enrollment will be even lower if Miller, Bacon and the VP stay)
Scott McKusick, needs to be called in and reassess the cost of the modulators compared to the new disaster she has planned. Parents and Taxpayers need to come to this meeting and demand this . Enough of this woman's abuse of power and poor handling of funds.
The last one here is Miller getting guidance from the senior class .. ( I bet the 2017 class would find this amusing ) What a damn joke.
Lets also just be clear here:
IF THIS SCHOOL COMMITTEE PAID ATTENTION AND LISTENED TO BEGIN WITH WE WOULD NOT BE IN THIS MESS TO BEGIN WITH AND " IF THEY DIDN'T PUSH DAYLE DORION OUT" .. YES, YOU READ THAT CORRECTLY!!!!!!! PVRS WOULD HAVE THE SCHOOL WE KNEW AND LOVED AND PARENTS WANTED TO SEND KIDS TOO. THIS IS ALSO ON YOU PAT SHEARER AND YOUR LACK OF COMMITMENT TO PVRS TO ENSURE A PROPER REPLACEMENT OF THE ONE YOU AND YOUNG PUSHED OUT .. INSTEAD YOU CHOSE THE EASY WAY AND HIRED A SUPERINTENDENT THAT WAS NOT SUITABLE FOR PVRS AND LOOK AT THE DESTRUCTION IT HAS CAUSED NOT ONLY FOR YOU AND OUR SCHOOL BUT ITS TEACHERS AND STUDENTS.GREAT JOB BECAUSE YOU WERE WARNED BY A COMMITTEE YOU HAD INVESTIGATE HER AND US AND NOW OUR SCHOOL IS SO BEYOND REPAIR. THE STATE NEEDS TO STEP IN NOW AND SAVE IT.BE VERY AWARE PAT PARENTS AND OTHERS HAVE BEEN WRITING THEM AND THIS WILL NOT END WELL WITH THE STATE.
NORTHFIELD — The Pioneer Valley Regional School District’s building and grounds subcommittee is feeling a case of déjà vu after reverting to its original plan of moving the district’s central office to Pioneer’s 200 wing.
During a February meeting, the subcommittee recommended that the School Committee move the office — currently in a leased space at 168 Main St. — to rooms 206, 207 and 208, thinking it would be least disruptive to students there. However, some School Committee members and administrators had second thoughts upon hearing the $37,000 price tag.
But after pursuing ideas of moving to Pioneer’s second floor or the guidance office, and being unable to find a solution suitable to the majority of the School Committee, administrators believe the move to the 200 wing could be done for just $16,000.
Also the classrooms in the 200 wing are close to the school’s main office, but removed from more heavily trafficked hallways. They’re also next to an outside door.
“I don’t like the idea of having people go through the middle of the school, security-wise,” said Sharon Fontaine, a member of the building and grounds subcommittee.
Still, the subcommittee’s recommendation must pass before the full School Committee on Thursday, June 22, which hasn’t been successful in the past four months.
Original figures The $37,000 figure represented the cost to outfit the three rooms with air conditioning, install a doorbell, door release and camera at the nearest side door, install a plug for the photocopier, move the photocopier, construct a sidewalk and stairway to the side door, and purchase dividers to create cubicles within the rooms, as was explained previously by Assistant Superintendent Gail Healy. However, Facilities Director Tim Brandl said, after receiving a lower quote on air conditioning, simply focusing on air conditioning would cost about $16,000.
“That’s to me the biggest issue,” Brandl said of the lack of air conditioning. “Being a custodian, cleaning those rooms (in the summer) was awful.”
The figure would cover the cost of three mini-split units, one per room, and the electrical work necessary to use them and the photocopier, Brandl said.
What do students think? However, the building and grounds subcommittee’s 4-to-1 decision to recommend the 200 wing still ran into some hurdles. Before the vote, Superintendent Ruth Miller said she met with the junior class a few weeks ago, next year’s seniors, and asked where they’d like to see the central office.
“They said in a nanosecond ‘Upstairs,’” Miller said. “If the voice of the senior class means anything, they are adamant.”
That option would involve using five 400-level rooms, Healy said previously, excluding the science lab and JoAnn MacPherson’s classroom. Those rooms are already air conditioned.
Miller said the students didn’t want social studies teacher Aimee Brown to have to move from Room 206. Due to staff reductions, the teachers in 207 and 208 won’t be at Pioneer next year.
“I think that was pretty much, overall, the whole junior class’ suggestion,” Pioneer junior Alex Wahlstrom said. “I think that it’s a pretty good choice … Then the school doesn’t have to pay to install (air conditioning), it’s already up there.”
Brandl agreed that “as far as saving money,” moving upstairs is the best option. No matter what location the School Committee chooses, Healy said it’ll cost $500 to move the photocopier.
It’s difficult, Brandl continued, during a year that’s facing the loss of 18 staff members and reducing others to half-time, to approve spending on air conditioning. Miller said she’s put $5,000 aside for the move, which has a deadline of mid-July, but it’s unclear where the additional $11,000 will come from.
Thursday, June 15, 2017
To little to late
Fair warning ,, I am not gonna be nice here.
For starters Miller you are a lying bitch. Look over the past blogs from the beginning .
1- You left Templeton because YOU KNEW YOUR CONTRACT WAS NOT BEING RENEWED.The destruction you did to those people and that town is something they are still trying to bail out from. Loss of revenue, loss of teachers, a memorial for kids.. oh the list is endless.
2-You came to our school and pulled your same dirty deeds here except we caught on thanks to the good people of Templeton who informed us. You took a school full of spirit and destroyed it and you took from it the heart which was Mike Duprey, Cathy HH, and some great teachers these kids depended on. You are no loss , we want you gone now!
Lets put out a few reminders
http://www.recorder.com/Sparks-fly-at-PVRSD-Committee-Meeting-Thursday-2425180
Maybe its time people know why he left .. we have 5 people who were in that room and heard your threats on the speaker phone.
http://www.recorder.com/Archives/2015/12/PioneerPrincipalQuits-GR-122215
Or how about this one when you said PVRS was in a dire financial situation only to find out IT WAS NOT and that you had no idea what you were doing concerning school choice and how districts paid.
Again you lied, PVRS was in better shape BEFORE you showed up and is now failing. But thats what you do destroy and move on. As a Principal you were fired and you also knew it was coming from Templeton as well.
http://www.recorder.com/Pioneer-superintendent-responds-to-public-s-questions-3862615
Or how you LIED about Mike Duprey and went to a Newspaper when he didn't show up as you DEMANDED on Pops Night. Little did you know we were outside watching you . Again more lies
http://www.recorder.com/Mike-Duprey-Leaving-2353087
Oh trust me this list could just keep going .. but most of it is in the back logs of this blog.
3- Take your principal and VP with you . Nobody here will ever accept them anymore than they did you.
You arrived at this decision 2 week ago , Who are you kidding! You lost your special building and you had to move into the school..( Templeton called this one lol.. ) Not to mention the School Union is after you .. Please, stop lying and as for your reputation, Honey you have NONE! Your known as Ruthless and you destroy every school you have stepped into. Please don't wait a year . we will be happy to help you pack.
I said ‘I think working out my contract makes the most sense,’” Miller continued, “and I wasn’t really interested in going beyond that.”
Again you lie or do I need to post how you were gonna stay at PVRS for a long time ? Your first statement was finishing out your career here. OURS was no your not.
Miller says
“My goal will be to help them get financially stable and continue to support the new principals,” she said. “I’ll be moving on and hopefully, I’ll have the district in a better place than when I got here, and somebody else can move it forward after that.”
For the love of GOD , YOU ,MILLER have destroyed our school , we were stable and high spirited! NO, you need to leave now not a year from now because I promise you every move you make, we will be watching you . As long as you are here this blog remains. It will take a miracle and years to undo the damage you have done. SC buy out this contract while we have a school left.
NORTHFIELD — Pioneer Valley Regional School District Superintendent Ruth Miller has announced that after next school year, she won’t be continuing in her role.
Miller said she first relayed the news in letters to School Committee members last week, saying she will not be looking to negotiate a new contract once her current three-year contract is up. If nothing changes, Miller’s last day as superintendent will be June 30, 2018.
Miller said she arrived at the decision about three weeks ago.
“I think it’s a considerable struggle financially that I was not aware of when I came,” she said of the school district. “I didn’t come to Pioneer to have teachers lose their jobs and not have enough resources to provide for the students in the way I thought I’d be able to.”
“I said ‘I think working out my contract makes the most sense,’” Miller continued, “and I wasn’t really interested in going beyond that.”
Before coming to Pioneer in 2015, Miller was superintendent of
the Narragansett Regional School District for three years, and was
associate superintendent for three years before that.
Though Miller said she’s had some job offers, she plans to start thinking about her future in the fall. Meanwhile she will continue to focus on Pioneer.
“My goal will be to help them get financially stable and continue to support the new principals,” she said. “I’ll be moving on and hopefully, I’ll have the district in a better place than when I got here, and somebody else can move it forward after that.”
In particular, she hopes the district will have some money left over at the end of the fiscal year to begin paying down its school lunch fund deficit, which Assistant Superintendent Gail Healy said in April had reached $217,000.
Some members of the School Committee said they’ll be sad to see Miller leave the district.
“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.”
“Ruth has worked really hard to get us through the district’s progress,” said School Committee member Robin L’Etoile of Northfield. “I’m wishing her the best in her future endeavors.”
Young and School Committee member Peggy Kaeppel agreed the news wasn’t unexpected.
“I was surprised, but it wasn’t totally unexpected,” said Kaeppel of Leyden. “We’ve had more parents and staff concerned with how things have been going in the last year and a half, more than any time I can remember.”
Given complaints from parents, staff and community members regarding changes in staff and communication, to name a couple of topics, Young said he sees Miller withdrawing “so she doesn’t have her reputation trashed.” However, he believes the change represents the opportune time to push toward further regionalization, perhaps sharing a superintendent with another district.
“I think, making lemonade out of lemons, that this is the opportunity to regionalize central office,” he said. “At this point I wouldn’t be inclined to go out on a superintendent’s search.”
“I think we’re still all just kind of taking it in and coming up with a plan on how to move forward,” Kaeppel said, adding she’s anxious to discuss the district’s options during the next School Committee meeting on June 22 at 7 p.m. at Pioneer.
For starters Miller you are a lying bitch. Look over the past blogs from the beginning .
1- You left Templeton because YOU KNEW YOUR CONTRACT WAS NOT BEING RENEWED.The destruction you did to those people and that town is something they are still trying to bail out from. Loss of revenue, loss of teachers, a memorial for kids.. oh the list is endless.
2-You came to our school and pulled your same dirty deeds here except we caught on thanks to the good people of Templeton who informed us. You took a school full of spirit and destroyed it and you took from it the heart which was Mike Duprey, Cathy HH, and some great teachers these kids depended on. You are no loss , we want you gone now!
Lets put out a few reminders
http://www.recorder.com/Sparks-fly-at-PVRSD-Committee-Meeting-Thursday-2425180
Maybe its time people know why he left .. we have 5 people who were in that room and heard your threats on the speaker phone.
http://www.recorder.com/Archives/2015/12/PioneerPrincipalQuits-GR-122215
Or how about this one when you said PVRS was in a dire financial situation only to find out IT WAS NOT and that you had no idea what you were doing concerning school choice and how districts paid.
Again you lied, PVRS was in better shape BEFORE you showed up and is now failing. But thats what you do destroy and move on. As a Principal you were fired and you also knew it was coming from Templeton as well.
http://www.recorder.com/Pioneer-superintendent-responds-to-public-s-questions-3862615
Or how you LIED about Mike Duprey and went to a Newspaper when he didn't show up as you DEMANDED on Pops Night. Little did you know we were outside watching you . Again more lies
http://www.recorder.com/Mike-Duprey-Leaving-2353087
Oh trust me this list could just keep going .. but most of it is in the back logs of this blog.
3- Take your principal and VP with you . Nobody here will ever accept them anymore than they did you.
You arrived at this decision 2 week ago , Who are you kidding! You lost your special building and you had to move into the school..( Templeton called this one lol.. ) Not to mention the School Union is after you .. Please, stop lying and as for your reputation, Honey you have NONE! Your known as Ruthless and you destroy every school you have stepped into. Please don't wait a year . we will be happy to help you pack.
I said ‘I think working out my contract makes the most sense,’” Miller continued, “and I wasn’t really interested in going beyond that.”
Again you lie or do I need to post how you were gonna stay at PVRS for a long time ? Your first statement was finishing out your career here. OURS was no your not.
Miller says
“My goal will be to help them get financially stable and continue to support the new principals,” she said. “I’ll be moving on and hopefully, I’ll have the district in a better place than when I got here, and somebody else can move it forward after that.”
For the love of GOD , YOU ,MILLER have destroyed our school , we were stable and high spirited! NO, you need to leave now not a year from now because I promise you every move you make, we will be watching you . As long as you are here this blog remains. It will take a miracle and years to undo the damage you have done. SC buy out this contract while we have a school left.
NORTHFIELD — Pioneer Valley Regional School District Superintendent Ruth Miller has announced that after next school year, she won’t be continuing in her role.
Miller said she first relayed the news in letters to School Committee members last week, saying she will not be looking to negotiate a new contract once her current three-year contract is up. If nothing changes, Miller’s last day as superintendent will be June 30, 2018.
Miller said she arrived at the decision about three weeks ago.
“I think it’s a considerable struggle financially that I was not aware of when I came,” she said of the school district. “I didn’t come to Pioneer to have teachers lose their jobs and not have enough resources to provide for the students in the way I thought I’d be able to.”
“I said ‘I think working out my contract makes the most sense,’” Miller continued, “and I wasn’t really interested in going beyond that.”
Though Miller said she’s had some job offers, she plans to start thinking about her future in the fall. Meanwhile she will continue to focus on Pioneer.
“My goal will be to help them get financially stable and continue to support the new principals,” she said. “I’ll be moving on and hopefully, I’ll have the district in a better place than when I got here, and somebody else can move it forward after that.”
In particular, she hopes the district will have some money left over at the end of the fiscal year to begin paying down its school lunch fund deficit, which Assistant Superintendent Gail Healy said in April had reached $217,000.
Some members of the School Committee said they’ll be sad to see Miller leave the district.
“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.”
“Ruth has worked really hard to get us through the district’s progress,” said School Committee member Robin L’Etoile of Northfield. “I’m wishing her the best in her future endeavors.”
Young and School Committee member Peggy Kaeppel agreed the news wasn’t unexpected.
“I was surprised, but it wasn’t totally unexpected,” said Kaeppel of Leyden. “We’ve had more parents and staff concerned with how things have been going in the last year and a half, more than any time I can remember.”
Given complaints from parents, staff and community members regarding changes in staff and communication, to name a couple of topics, Young said he sees Miller withdrawing “so she doesn’t have her reputation trashed.” However, he believes the change represents the opportune time to push toward further regionalization, perhaps sharing a superintendent with another district.
“I think, making lemonade out of lemons, that this is the opportunity to regionalize central office,” he said. “At this point I wouldn’t be inclined to go out on a superintendent’s search.”
“I think we’re still all just kind of taking it in and coming up with a plan on how to move forward,” Kaeppel said, adding she’s anxious to discuss the district’s options during the next School Committee meeting on June 22 at 7 p.m. at Pioneer.
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