AUBURN — Early returns Tuesday showed strong support for the $43.69 million school budget. Preliminary results showed voters were in favor of the proposed spending plan by a 3-to-1 margin. With ballot results not yet official Tuesday night, City Clerk Susan Clements-Dallaire said 2,944 residents had voted yes and 936 no. The budget for 2018-19 […]
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R. Smith: Who should be embarrassed?
Referring to the article about the Auburn school budget (Sun Journal, March 27), there were two School Committee members, Tracey Levesque and Laurie Tannenbaum, who said they are embarrassed that Auburn does not spend the minimum on education as recommended by the state. They were referring to Essential Programs and Services. Levesque also stated that […]
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B. Mennealy: Too many assistants
I am writing to clarify the comments attributed to me (Sun Journal, Oct. 25) about the number of assistant principals at Edward Little. Rather than saying that “times have changed,” I specifically stated that my high school graduating class numbered more than 400 graduates. We had one principal plus one assistant principal, and that was […]
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J. Keenan: School budget still needs trimming
It is outrageous that the Auburn School Department will spend $37 million for 11 schools to produce 190 seniors. Simply outrageous. Auburn has only 23,000 residents. All anyone has to do is drive past Lake Auburn to see a line of “For Sale” signs up the Route 4 corridor. In school officials’ own words, more […]
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B. Robinson: A need for strong public schools
Citizens of Auburn have now twice rejected the School Committee’s proposed budgets. Do we forget that a stable, let alone vibrant democracy requires investment in strong public schools? I have no children, but the Auburn schools serve me by educating future employees and citizens, by supporting families, by increasing property values, by providing centers of […]