The School Board held a work session tonight on the FY08 Budget, and the potential impacts of proposed changes in State and local funding.<\/p>\n
The Governor has put forth BEP 2.0, but the cigarette tax has not yet passed, and there are several possible plans for phasing in the formula change (all of which are positive for Oak Ridge). It was an exceedingly productive hour — just an hour — for which two of the three candidates for school board were present.<\/p>\n
The challenger, I suppose, already knows everything he needs to know about the budget and the impact of changes. Funny, since even those of us who live and breathe it learned a few things. As I drove to RealtorChick’s for a quick visit afterward, I realized why the young candidate wasn’t at the meeting; it seems he was taking his evening constitutional along Briarcliff Avenue.<\/p>\n
I waved. He waved.<\/p>\n
I thought about the meetings I attended when I was running for this office, and how lost and uninformed I would have been without having done so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The School Board held a work session tonight on the FY08 Budget, and the potential impacts of proposed changes in State and local funding. The Governor has put forth BEP 2.0, but the cigarette tax has not yet passed, and … Continue reading