Terry Cowgill

Bloggin Live on the Scene

April 14, 2008 on 6:33 pm | In Local |

I’m sitting here at Falls Village Town Hall where the Board of Finance is meeting. I’m not sure whose network is showing up on my laptop. They don’t have a wireless router in Town Hall, so maybe I am surfing the web courtesy of Sweet William’s Bakery next door or thanks to someone named “kris,” who is also showing up on my Airport menu.

About 15 minutes ago, the board appeared satisfied with the Board of Education’s revised budget. This is after the finance board would not endorse a proposed 2008-09 Kellogg budget that called for the additional full-time teacher. The board directed school officials to make unspecified cuts to get the increase below the proposed 5 percent.

Now the finance board is pleased that the Kellogg crew has gotten the budget increase down to 2.2%. That’s because school officials made a variety of cuts in computers, equipment and supplies, and decided to increase the hours of a part-time teacher to rectify a perceived shortcoming in a multi-age grouping (rather than hire a new full-timer).

P.S. Not earth-shaking news, but it’s an example of how this medium can be used. Have a good night.