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A Modest Proposal for Meetings of the North East School Board

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If you attend any meetings of the North East School Board, you’ll likely notice something right away, it’s the atmosphere. It’s hard to put your finger on it, but the board appears distant, members of the public appear to be viewed as a necessary nuisance, you might almost say the feeling is adversarial. Why is […]

North East School Board Meetings Hide Big Spending in Plain Sight

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If you have never attended a board meeting for the North East School District, you owe it to yourself to show up at least once. Very few members of the public appear at any meetings and when board members become used to operating relatively unseen and unheard, it’s easy for their behavior and procedures to […]

North East School District Proposes 23-24 Budget with a 3.97 Percent Tax Increase

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The proposed North East School District final budget for the 2023-2024 school year is available now for public review. It includes a proposed 3.97% property tax increase – ($57.00 per $100,000 assessed value). The proposed budget was adopted at the April 20th board meeting with final action scheduled for the meeting to be held Thursday, […]

Do You Care About What Happens in Our North East Community?

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It was highly encouraging to see the turnout for the meetings when the marina was discussed, followed closely by the meeting regarding the possible housing of illegal immigrants at Granite Ridge, however, without a hot button issue on the agenda, turnout for township meetings is often sparse, to the point where I’ve been the only […]

Disposal Sale of North East School District Used Furniture

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Here’s something that popped up on the North East School District bids and proposal page, a notice for the sale of surplus furniture. How long was this out there? Did the school district advertise this sale? There was no public notice of this sale that I am aware of, so how many offers for this […]