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Gobsmacked by PWCS
by pwceducationreform
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| Completely dumbfounded, shocked. From the Irish word "gob" meaning "mouth". |
School board members Gil Trenum, Alyson Satterwhite, Lisa Bell and Steve Keen recently shook the foundations of the school division by having the audacity to form citizen budget committees to review and evaluate the school division’s budget. The school division is so offended by the thought that mere citizens are asking questions about their budget that they have refused to answer any questions provided by the committees. Questions have to be sent through Gil Trenum and Lisa Bell, the “budget liaisons” from the school board to the school division, to be answered.
I have the privilege of serving on the joint Satterwhite / Trenum committee and know several of the members of the Keen and Bell committees. The citizens on these committee are amazing. Many have been around the school division and / or county government for years and have insights into the organization and inner workings that astound me. These folks regularly spend hours pouring over the school division budgets for this year and prior years trying to
