Monadnock School Taxpayers Association News

Articles of Interest

From 2008...
• 03/12/2008: Report Shows MC2 Problem - Town of Surry NH Annual Town Report of 12/31/2007

• 03/01/2008: Report: Tax and Spenders Play 'Accreditation Card' - Richard E. Bauries

• 03/01/2008: Letter from Bellows Falls Guidance Counselor Re: Accreditation

• 02/26/2008: LTE: Enough arm-twisting - Bob Romano

• 02/26/2008: LTE: Contract is a giveaway to teachers - Neil Moriarty

• 02/20/2008: Evergreen clause source of dispute in past - Keene Sentinel

• 02/20/2008: Monadnock legal battle keeps going - Wording of vote is latest divisive issue - Keene Sentinel

• 02/20/2008: Reading, dropout rates show parallel Keene High School: Poor readers are seen as more likely to drop out - Keene Sentinel

• 02/17/2008: LTE: School accreditation is a scam - Warren Goddard

• 02/11/2008: Monadnock legal battle cease fire; 'things are better now' - Keene Sentinel

  Commentary by MSTA: The Teacher Union's refusal to let the Monadnock School District change insurance carriers has cost the taxpayers of the district $850,000 a year in savings. The new contract, if passed, again allows them to block a change in health insurance carriers should they decide to do so. The contract should be defeated.

• 02/01/2008: Conflicts dot Monadnock warrant Budget, contracts, 6th-graders' move up for discussion Saturday - Keene Sentinel

• 02/01/2008: State, local government workers enjoy major gains in compensation - USA Today

• 01/25/2008: Squeezed, retirees turn down the heat, skip restaurant meals - Keene Sentinel

• 01/16/2008: Governor urges $50 million in cuts - Keene Sentinel

• 01/16/2008: Fall Street - New York Post

• Surry - The majority of voters (of those that did vote) in the Monadnock Regional School District voted on November 6, 2007 to allow the Village of Surry to withdraw from the School District. This will take effect starting next year in September 2008. The Monadnock Regional School District will then be comprised of seven towns: Swanzey, Roxbury, Sullivan, Gilsum, Troy, Fitzwillam and Richmond.

  See the links on the left for articles from 2006 and 2007...