Monessen schools in need of help
How can the Monessen City School District solve it’s financial problems when the school board ignores the advice of the state auditor general concerning a bus contract?
The school board also provided no explanations or problem solving when questioned by Monessen taxpayers. It appears nothing will really change in the budget since they passed the preliminary budget minus two board members. They have to hope that Gov. Wolf will send a couple of suitcases full of money to bail them out. What is needed is for the school directors and teamMerge need to meet and discuss the entire budget. Explanations must be presented to teamMerge involving the expenditures. Also the Monessen taxpayers need to quit shouting remarks about good teachers and bad teachers and how they are over paid.
When my children were in school I would have wanted one teacher for every 10 students as it is now. That’s an ideal situation. We need to support teachers. They’re more than just babysitters. If there are some bad teachers, it is up to the school administration to address the problem. What is needed is a problem-solving school board and school administrators who are aware of problems and address them. We also need taxpayers/parents who lend a hand and support our school district.
Carmen Beneccio
Monessen