Each year, an auditor reviews the district’s accounting practices to see if they comply with the state’s standards and procedures. They analyzed the 2005-2006 budget year.
Act 48 of 2003 says the district may not have more than eight percent of the budget in fund balance.
The auditor found the district exceeded the regulation by $741,000.
The board claimed they knew nothing of Act 48.
The code clearly states on the Pennsylvania Department of Education website,
"For the 2005-2006 school year and each school year thereafter, no school district shall approve an increase in real property taxes unless it has adopted a budget that includes an estimated ending unreserved, undesignated fund balance less than the percentages set forth as follows:
Total Budget Expenditures equal to or greater than $19,000,000, then the “Fund Balance Limit %, Less Than or equal to 8%.”
The Oley Valley 2005-2006 Total Budget Expenditures were $25,678,823.
Furthermore, the law states,
“By August 15, 2005 and August 15 of each year thereafter, each school district that approves an increase in real property taxes shall provide the Department of Education with information certifying compliance with this section.”
The certification form requires the School Board President, the Secretary of the Board, and the Chief School Administrator signatures.
The board hastily voted to assign the $741,000 into a “designated fund balance”.
The Pennsylvania Department of Education says however, “You are required to formally reopen the budget to account for additional local revenue.”
The directors may create another problem when they “designate” this surplus. It may not belong to the district as they contend, but rather to the taxpayers as part of the tax relief package under House Bill 1.
If there were proper oversight, there would not be these problems. The tax dollars in question could have lowered the 2005-2006 school property taxes, as well.
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Well, I guess that answers the questions about who will or won't be running for school board again in May. The less people invited into Executive Sessions, the better.
It is very sad that the people who are so highly paid to ensure that all things are done in compliance with the public school laws and codes have, once again, failed to the detriment of the taxpayers. Does anyone on the board or administration feel any shame or embarrassment over this? Thank God our auditors are honest.
If our administrators were taking care of their first areas of responsibility, instead of gallavanting all over the county and state for meetings and dinners, and across the globe for language related junkets, pesky little nuisances like $700,000+ errors probably wouldn't be happening.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: If these people worked in the private sector, they'd be fired. Instead, our illustrious board rewards failure with pay raises and extended contracts. And this fiasco is probably only the tip of the iceberg.
How DO they justify all they have done to harm the District and the taxpayers.
Since many taxpayers of our fine Valley are able to listen to WEEU's FEEDBACK program, I think it would be a fine idea to make certain that someone notify the general public on that program, stating the new addition to our school board meetings. Just to be fair, we can ask Mike Faust to inquire about other schools.
Right on Linda, I am still waiting for an answer that I wrote about this morning in the below blog that this money belongs to the taxpayers and we want it. We did not need a tax increase and BB and the rest of them increased us anyway. She said if we did not increase us in June 06 the increase for next year would even be bigger. Instead of talking on the radio everyday for her job why don't she do what is right for the Oley citizens? She was elected by people that she claimed were like her in the way they thought and their concerns, now look at her record.
who's paying for the boards video guy? We the taxpayers are paying. The board is trying to intimidate us again. NOT WORKING!!!!!
who's paying for the boards video guy? We the taxpayers are paying. The board is trying to intimidate us again. NOT WORKING!!!!!
who's paying for the boards video guy? We the taxpayers are paying. The board is trying to intimidate us again. NOT WORKING!!!!!
Hey 4:04 Got a studderning problem?
Ahh, I can can smell the synthetic laytex rubberized track already.
Smells so good.
I'd like an order of artificial turf with that.
Go Oley Footabll!!
I can smell something, too. But it's not synthetic. It's 100% pure bull.
spell check...:
footabll?
You must be typing really fast so your wife does not catch you.
But it's only a sport, so who cares if anyone can spell?
OK GRAMMAR POLICE
Mary Swartz wrote - "Instead of talking on the radio everyday for her job why don't she do what is right for the Oley citizens?"
Why don't the friends of Mary tutor her a little with her use of the word DON'T. You can tell when her children aren't proof reading her rants.
See posting at 5:12
Leave Mary's children out of your conversations. In fact, good sense could point to leaving all children out of these conversations. Mary would not pick on your children, if you have any. The way some bloggers pick on her shows THEIR TRUE COLORS, NOT HERS. She's a parent that cares about how her children get educated. She often volunteers at the school. KIDS LOVE HER. I guess you don't like that either? Too bad.
TO 5:20...I hope you're not a teacher. I also hope you're not a parent. You are not a shining example of anything good, kind, or pleasant. But you do get your free speech on here, so while utilizing this feature of the blog, please refrain from involving THE CHILDREN in your writing.
So, then, will the taped board meetings show as reruns this summer?
A new camera man at the meeting...
the Board's creativity is fleeting
run that tape from the rear
OCC will stand clear
alas, he's taped the board cheating!
And for their next act....
IF THE FACTS ARE RANTS FOR BE IT!!!!
SO NOT FOR
Hey Dale, since your retired come teach me some grammar! You have alot of nerve commenting continually about my family and I. My kids are smarter then me and definitely are smarter then you. They also tell me everything that is going on in this district. They know what is right with this district and what is wrong. Thank goodness we have an open line of communitation, not like half the kids and their parents. They are proud of my efforts in making this school district accountable. I am a busy mother and I do not have time for 100% correct grammar. If you have a problem with that you live with it. Good Night Sweet Dreams!!!!!!
"I do not have time for 100% correct grammar."
Well put Mrs. Swartz.
But you have time to let Al Jacobs tell you what you think.
You should find time to think for yourself.
I would think that the school board should video tape meetings so they can document what really takes place and also use it if the Oley concerned citizens video is altered or used out of context.
Kinda like insurance.
I was involved in this school district with Barb Bieber way before I even met Al Jacobs. She even agreed with him, now she has changed her tune. Also I might not have good grammar but I do think for myself. Al's statements of this blog are not taken from anyone but the board from the meetings and from the administration files and the court house files. Are you telling me they are all wrong?
"I would think that the school board should video tape meetings so they can document what really takes place and also use it if the Oley concerned citizens video is altered or used out of context."
The district spent millions on a recording studio. My guess is they have the ability to create an entire tale full of characters.
Attention: 7:56
I can't help but notice the growing number of bloggers that appear to be intimidated by the very presence of Al Jacobs. It's quite noticeable. I should not speak for Al, as he's quite capable of doing so himself. But I will take this brief opportunity to state that for all intents and purposes, Al's information is able to be documented, and he does not hide his sources. If only ALL of our Board were as open and up-front as Al, we would be sipping a Starbucks right now, and watching Bill Mauer, ON DEMAND, instead of blogging.
Does anyone know how many hours a week the recording studio is utilized? What percentage of the student body actually takes part in the use of this equipment? Just wondering how well our tax dollars were spent, and whose relative sold them the equipment.
Or slamming down a Yoo-hoo and playing street hockey!
How would the cost of the recording studio have compared to refurbishing the existing track. Nobody's getting "fit" in a recording studio.
This is amazing. We are losing American Soldiers every day in Iraq. People are losing jobs in our country, left and right. There's still no real cure for cancer. We're feeding young children "lunchables". We have to fight to say, "Merry Christmas". And thanks to "Capitol One" credit card applications, there's hardly any trees left....
AND THE HOT TOPIC IN OLEY IS AL JACOB'S CAMERA AND THE GRAMMAR POLICE?
Please pray for the safety of our soldiers, and be ever so thankful for all of our real blessings.
No, the hot topic is the board's camera. You see, Al Jacob's camera is fine because he is a "blogger." It is the board's camera that people are complaining about. Double standard? Of course not...not here in open-minded Oley!
Has anyone heard the story about the turmoil Daniel Boone School District went through years ago? There was much fighting among the board and the taxpayers and nothing was accomplished. The school district as a whole suffered greatly. I hear there was a man who started it all... let's see, what was his name? ...AJ maybe. Well, to make a long story short, AJ has moved away from Daniel Boone, and the district is working together MUCH more peacefully...even the taxpayers groups and the board. Now AJ is up to his anger filled shananigans elsewhere. Hmmm....sound familiar? Go ahead, anger-filled bloggers dish it out to me... I can take it all!!!! :) :) wink winky
So, you think all this turmoil is from one dissatisfied tax payer? Well, Winkie-doodle-dandy, maybe YOU better have a pickle. Try a Vlasic Half-Sour, it's got your name all over it.
According to your ramblings, Al Jacobs (unless there's another AJ you're referring to) must be so very powerful! Turning entire communities against each other. And then, moving to another district to wreak havoc and stir discontent merely by pointing out documentable facts to an otherwise uninformed general public. Imagine that? Well, Winkie-Doodle-Dandy, There's a lot of townfolk that are very busy trying to survive around here. Most are not apathetic to the shEnanigans of this school board. They are too darned tired to attend the meetings, or still working, or tending to their families. Unlike the majority of the school employees, the balance of this community work ALL YEAR LONG. Maybe one or two weeks total vacation time. No SUMMERS OFF. No healthcare benefits akin to the union's demanded package. No assistants to "help" them through their busy days.
Ring-a-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding! There you go, Winkie-Doodle-Dandy.....there's that wake up call you've been needing.
"Has anyone heard the story about the turmoil Daniel Boone School District went through years ago? There was much fighting among the board and the taxpayers and nothing was accomplished. The school district as a whole suffered greatly. I hear there was a man who started it all... let's see, what was his name? ...AJ maybe. Well, to make a long story short, AJ has moved away from Daniel Boone, and the district is working together MUCH more peacefully...even the taxpayers groups and the board. Now AJ is up to his anger filled shananigans elsewhere. Hmmm....sound familiar? Go ahead, anger-filled bloggers dish it out to me... I can take it all!!!! :) :) wink winky"
This sounds like the diatribe of a person who works as an administrator in another district when he confronted me in the high school parking lot.
He did not like the idea of accountability then and I guess he does not like it now.
Oley Concerned Citizens is not an isolated organization, which worries about keeping their homes or having enough money for the basics in life.
Laws are now in place, which are consistent with the concept of our group that education should be fiscally and educationally accountable.
These laws came into existence not just because of citizens in Oley, but were the result of many taxpayers throughout Pennsylvania banding together and getting involved.
These new standards infuriate the special interests.
They can attack the messenger all they want, but at some point in time, they will get the message times have changed, no more blank check budgets and no more free passes on poor academic performance.
These individuals who use children as hostages to their outrageous demands will resist change by whatever means necessary.
They will attempt to bully, intimidate, and denigrate in an effort to silence and prevent discussions about issues, which will bring about change.
However, the bottom line is that families “suffered” from their greedy agenda long enough.
Someday maybe, Oley will have no millage increase budgets and improving test scores that occurred in another district not too long ago.
Whoever it is that is infactuated with MS...She's married, BACK OFF! And get a McLife!
Hey winkie, I have not been on this blog since early last evening. I do not know who you are talking about me critizing someone. The facts that Al put on this blog this morning tells it all. BB knows what I am talking about.
Whoever wrote to MS used the word "don't" 1,000 pardons, what is the pennnnnnnnnnnance.
Does anyone find it interesting that the board did not have the Budget Committee meeting videotaped?
How convenient that the board didn't tape the conversations relating to the $741,000 and when it is spoken about on the blog, then want to dimiss that this occurred?
I challenge the school board to videotape EACH AND EVERY MEETING, and put this on the school district website for all to see, and not conveniently leaving out all the juicy parts of their ineptness at running a school district and continually having issues with their bookkeeping that are being addressed by the auditor and the State.
Folks, this is not the firs time that this school district has had issues with their record keeping.
Oley has been cited numerous times regarding this issue.
They won't tape and show and tell, because they know what goes on at these meetings, and keeping it as far away from the public's eyes is exactly how they like things.
If they could get away with it, they would not have any public meetings at all. Everything public is REHEARSED, everything.
Some more fortune cookie wisdom:
You can't please all of the people all of the time.
No one is always right, only a few are always wrong.
You learn more by listning than by talking.
Its like taking poison yourself while trying to seek revenege on another.
To Al Jacobs who wrote "Oley Concerned Citizens is not an isolated organization"
Does your organization have meetings or do you all only exist in this virtual on-line world?
Do you have officers? How are you organized?
I'd like to attend a meeting and hear what your agenda is, what your goals are.
When and where? Would you post times and dates here please?
Sincerely interested.
Did everyone else miss it?
In the post of 11/13/06, in big flashing color, was the amount of $16,455,594
I know you all saw it, but let me refresh your memory.
"This year, they have $16,455,594 sitting in funds. This represents approximately 25.3 mills of taxes! The board's yearly assertion they must raise taxes needs testing against documented, enormous, tax dollar, balances available for use."
Then on 11/16/06 there was another post that made reference to Act 48 and how "The auditor found the district exceeded the regulation by $741,000."
Excuse me, but did that say "regulation"?
Hmmmmmm, then that must mean the remaining $15,714,594 is being held in the "funds" in accordance with the law.
Tell me then, why did the OCC not provide details of act 48 in the post of 11/13/06, instead of allowing the inflammatory comments to rage on? If all that is necessary is to not have more than eight percent of the budget in the fund balance (and I'm sure the OCC knew this on 11/13), then why was everyone lead to believe we need to be up in arms about the entire $16 mil?
Anyone?
Good question. Don't worry, I'm sure Al is working on his reply right now. Checking to make sure his "facts" are right. He does have a talent for omitting what doesn't help his cause.
11:43
Anyone?
?
Instead of aiming your confusing issues in the direction of just "anyone," how about emailing Al, directly? He's quite capable of answering your questions. If there's anything you feel he's omitted, tell him. I think he's a bit more open minded than you're giving him credit for.
Some people do not understand the difference between "balance" and "regulation".
Because they are uninformed they try to create an equation between the two.
This type of math does not work,ask an auditor.
They should take the time to become knowledgable and at least read the blog because the term "balance" was explained to another poster.
Apparently, a $741,000 error is of no concern to the detractors. A good thing the state thinks otherwise.
The state not only put controls on spending, but also on a board tucking away money in an off-budget fund.
These are the laws to the dismay of those who prefer to keep the public in the dark.
local Cookie Wisdom
You may belong to a group where strange customs prevail.
Once you begin seeing things more clearly, please keep your eyes open.
The greatest danger could be your own stupidity.
A woman who seeks to be equal with men, lacks ambition.
Avoid taking unnecessary gambles with my money.
You want egg roll?
Fry rice?
Chop stick?
I'd be interested in joining Al's OCC group. I probably do not fit the profile though.
I don't have a dark cloud over my head and I do not wear a pointy aluminum foil hat.
Forgive me for using the common sense approach, but a balance is a balance, whether or not the amount is legally what it is supposed to be.
As for a regulation, if only the $741,000 was above what was regulated then the remaining $15 mil must be allowed to be in those funds.
If I am wrong, please give me the particulars on where the above doesn't make sense.
As for the recent OCC posting, that sounds like a political response. It in no way answered the original question.
Okay, so the fund balances are designated for certains uses. That still doesn't explain why OCC...okay, why Al wanted everyone to get upset over the full $16 mil
Yes, I agree we should be upset over the $741,000 if that is in excess of the regulation, but lets keep the facts straight..shall we?
Simple question...
Why did AJ want everyone to get upset over the full $16,455,594?
One more time, for the stuborn ones...
Why did AJ want everyone to get upset over the full $16,455,594
"Does your organization have meetings or do you all only exist in this virtual on-line world?
Do you have officers? How are you organized?
I'd like to attend a meeting and hear what your agenda is, what your goals are.
When and where? Would you post times and dates here please?..
I'd be interested in joining Al's OCC group. I probably do not fit the profile though...
I don't have a dark cloud over my head and I do not wear a pointy aluminum foil hat."
Gentlemen, please e-mail me (oleytaxpayers@hotmail.com)the following:
Name, address, phone#, and e-mail address.
This is the same information requested of the supporters.
You will be notified of current events as well as our next meeting(s).
You will receive the same privacy protections from those who seek to know you name.
I will be looking forward to your response
What a mighty, awsome burden AJ carries around all the time - if I thought everyone was expecting me to always be correct about everything, I'd find that an unberable responsibility. How do you do it Al?
"Forgive me for using the common sense approach, but a balance is a balance, whether or not the amount is legally what it is supposed to be."
You are correct. A balance is a balance. Nobody said otherwise.
Once again, read the response to a poster regarding "surplus" and "balance".
Nobody said the $16,000,000 was illegal.
Please read the post more closely.
"As for a regulation, if only the $741,000 was above what was regulated then the remaining $15 mil must be allowed to be in those funds."
Only $741,000! The state does not agree with your assessment.
The board had to "designate" the funds because of the error.
Nobody said $15,000,000 was illegal either.
"If I am wrong, please give me the particulars on where the above doesn't make sense."
Your interpretation of the post exceeds its meaning.
Please read the post again.
Al has asked for your e-mail address so he could talk to you and you have not sent it yet. The information that Al puts on this blog is information that the district gives him. It is no secret. Stop twisting the facts. Drop Al an e-mail if you really care about the district.
Instead of attacking why don't you stick with the facts. We are talking about $741,000 error.
Respond to the error and stop trying to intimidate people.
MS
PS: e-mail Al he wants to talk to you.
Al, you still didn't give us the courtesy of a reply to the question of why you wanted everyone to get upset over the full $16 million
Al has responded to the $16 million in the below blog. Re-read it. That is alot of money and yes we should be upset. Stop twisting and start really reading the facts.
"Al, you still didn't give us the courtesy of a reply to the question of why you wanted everyone to get upset over the full $16 million"
Do me the courtesy of reading the blog and the implication of $16,000,000 in off-budget funds.
First of all, did you know about off-budget funds?
Do you know their impact on budgets?
Oooops...there I go, doing your homework.
your a good politician Al - no answers, just a lot of BS
Al,
You didn't answer someone's question about where and when your concerned citizens meet?
I'd like to know also.
Thanks
Sorry forgot to add...
Why can't or won't you answer meeting location here on the blog?
It's come to the public's attention today that there have been a record number
of ignorant
today
And some that can't complete one sentence in a single post.
e-mail Al he will give you all the information you need.
"Al,
You didn't answer someone's question about where and when your concerned citizens meet?
I'd like to know also.
Thanks..
Sorry forgot to add...
Why can't or won't you answer meeting location here on the blog?"
Again,
Gentlemen, please e-mail me (oleytaxpayers@hotmail.com)the following:
Name, address, phone#, and e-mail address.
This is the same information requested of the supporters.
You will be notified of current events as well as our next Meeting(s).
You will receive the same privacy protections from those who seek to know you name.
I will be looking forward to your response
So far no responses.
So what you are in fact saying is that the OCC meetings (Al's own executive sessions)are private or by invitation only.
Where is the light of public scrutiny, the transparency for your little mob?
What hypocrites!
Are these underground meetings video taped?
"bottom line is that families “suffered” from their greedy agenda long enough"
The REAL bottom line, Al Jacobs, is that you have done nothing positive for the Oley Valley School District! All you've done is incite hate and anger. There have been no improvements in taxes or in the relationship between the people and the board. You did much more damage in the Daniel Boone School District WITHOUT any positive improvements for taxpayers or citizens. We can only hope the same doesn't happen here in the peaceful Oley Valley! Stop the hate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Somebody sure does have a complex! Is it beneath you to just email Al and get on the actual mailing list? Al's agenda is crisp, clear, and there are no blue cards to be filled out IN FRONT OF ANY AND ALL FELLOW TAXPAYING CITIZENS. No board member will hold up your card in the front of the meeting, look over the top of their glasses, and then mispronounce your name---every single time. Should you question whether they understand your inquiry, don't coun't on eye contact. The board does not look at YOU. Their faces look like they just saw Bigfoot. Once they figure out what your question is, you've got strict limits of time allowed per person. Try accusing Al of that, we'll all laugh like crazy!
For my two cents, which I'm lucky to still have, you're not giving Al or the OCC a fair shake. If you wonder why so many bloggers remain anonymous, you should be answering your own question. How many people want to be laid into the way everyone gets it on here? Your recent badgering is pathetic. Exactly what sort of a diversion are you attempting to cast? What ever it is, try a little harder, or just give up. It's not working.
to 4:51
You're wrong. I, and many, are very happy that Al Jacobs has started this blog. Some of us have no other way of getting the information, and if that bothers some of you, that's pretty sad.
Step up to the plate, Mr. Thorozine. Stand next to the Superintendant or the Board President. Ask THEM if they think it's appropriate to toss drug lingo around as you've most recently done. It's not alright with this blogger. Why's that? Because if you are the person you suggested that you were as you signed your initials to the drug joke, then you have little in common with a position which directly deals with the concerns of this community's children.
If a different blogger mistakenly used the incorrect initials, then I extend my apologies, but I offer no apologies for my feeling on joking around about ANY drugs. Even doctors should know better than that.
That wasn't Rob Cappa. That was a blogger posing as him.
Who Says?
And I was born yesterday. Sorry I do not believe that was not Rob Cappa, no way on earth was it anyone but the old Dr. himself. That is his way of trashing the messenger. Take it out on someone that supports his efforts. It will not work and I can live with vitamins only. I am of sound mind, you are not!!! Did you ever meet the Dr. in person? HAHA if you did you would believe he is capable of writing anything. He is the one that needs a check up from the neck up! Stick with the error of $741,000. We want to know why we can not have that money given back to the taxpayers! Answer that will you.
"I am of sound mind, you are not!!!"
Are you referring to me, the writer who said that it was not Rob Cappa? How can you say such a thing? Did I say anything negative to you or about you? I merely speculated that the writer was not Rob Cappa! Such statements make you appear to be over the edge!
Glad to see the good ole grumpy taxpayers are making such positive changes in the Oley Valley! You've done nothing but babble and make yourselves angry. You've also done a great job of attracting the attention of those of us who ARE willing to pay a little more to improve our schools. This website highlights your foolish thinking and narrowmindedness. Good job!! ...and thank you!
...oh, and "Go Oley football!"
Discussions about sensitive topics generate candid discussions.
The right of free speech gives the participants a wide berth for expressing their views.
Unfortunately, some anonymous posters zeroed in on some women and/or their family members with personal attacks totally unrelated to the issues.
These posts will be deleted.
Personal information about bloggers, school board members, etc. not relevant to topics will also be deleted.
The blog is open to views from anybody, but let's keep the dialogue pertinent.
I agree with Mr. Jacobs.
Why is it liberals demand "tolerance," but only for those with whom they agree?
As to "those who are willing to pay a little more to improve our schools...."
If we actually saw any improvements over the past 25 years of out of control spending, we might view this differently. But the more we spend, the test scores get worse, and the accountability of the administration and board continue to diminish.
Tell the truth, this is not about merely spending a "little" more for improvement, it's about "demanding" that everyone else fulfills personal and unreasonable wish lists, and then treating those people with a complete lack of respect. Should anyone wonder why so many taxpayers are grumpy at these prospects. Some people simply need to grow up, face the facts, and PAY THEIR OWN WAY.
Thanks, Al. You are showing good sense with your above notations. It's no secret that there are personality conflicts within this neighborhood. They are in every neighborhood. But, we all need to know where to draw the line. And nobody should have needed a reminder about involving anyone's children in a blog. Thanks for making this area perfectly clear.
another concerned mom
I was refering to RC not of sound mind. For him to have written about someone needing a certain drug he mentioned in this blog site. He is the one needing something. I can live on vitamins and love from my family.
I am glad everyone is being civil today. Let us all try to stay that way! Have a great weekend, and remember to pray for our country and especially the troops in the middle east and all over the world. They are the best ever!
all is quiet on a Saturday night!
The criteria for school district’s success vary according to who does the measuring. Some think symbols such as grandiose buildings, state of the art athletic facilities, or public relations are the standards of achievement.
Others however, raise questions whether these symbols are an accurate measurement of success.
If a quality of education at an affordable price is the goal of such a review, then the performance of the district has not been “positive”.
The mere act of presenting public information to the contrary is considered “hate”?
The idea that the community should know about this data is equally upsetting to a few.
The opposition to financial and academic analysis suggests that appearances holds higher value than actual results.
The cost of education is far exceeding its performance. Independent test scores today are not much different than they were six years ago, yet we spent millions for an improvement.
Along the way, hard working families lost their homes. Seniors took less medicine and ate less food. Others are preparing to leave because they project their inability to pay school property taxes.
A number of people throughout the state think that accountability plays an important role in making education better. They think a full review of how tax dollars are spent needs to be part of the solution.
The efforts of those groups must have validity. There are laws recently enacted that now hold school districts responsible for their performance, fiscally and educationally.
A school district can only spend up to an inflation index. They must improve their state assessment test results each year. They can only tuck a certain percentage of tax dollars into a fund balance. In other words, the school districts will have to spend more time being accountable and less time on public relations.
The school board will now have to prioritize their spending. The examination and reflection of that process is not only the right of the community, it is the law.
Thank you for keeping the citizens of Oley informed. Those who chose to ingore the facts, are ignorant in many ways. Those who chose to igore these words, "It's The Law," will not get my vote for another "tour of duty."
OUT WITH THE OLD!
I think that will make some of them very happy! Go for it!
"The mere act of presenting public information to the contrary is considered “hate”?"
Presenting information is one thing. Sponsoring a blog that seeks not to work with the board in a positive manner, but to ridicule, condemn, and try to intimidate anyone who disagrees with the small number of "concerned" citizens. ...that is hate.
Uh oh,
Here we go again.
Watch for a new "hate crime" policy introduced by the OV board.
mature - immature
intelligent - challenged
polite - rude
request - demand
optimist - pessimist
sincere - phoney
budget minded - spendthrift
honest question - no answer
There you have the ping-pong match experienced by attending school board meetings.
With all due respect, please explain why it is permissible for board members to speak out of turn, but inexcusable if a person attending a meeting does so.
With all due respect, please explain why board members have been premitted to direct flippant comments to taxpayers attending board meetings. It's been witnessed
on several occasions over the past several years.
With all due respect, please explain the reasoning behind the NEW CAMERA MAN. Please inform the taxpaying public when this decision was reached, who is paying for the equipment, and notify all taxpayers if this is a service being donated by the operator of the equipment.
With all due respect, many would like to know if the suggestion came from the ORIGINAL person to begin taping at the meetings
With all due respect, please take note to the fact that Mr. Jacobs was not the first person to tape segments of board meetings.
Didn't Dr. Cappa start taping meetings last March at a particular meeting in the elementary school library? Wow a board member started the taping process before Mr. Jacobs! This cannot be! I thought from what the board has been saying on this blog that Mr. Jacobs is of fault on everything? I guess not! I never thought so in the first place.
Hey what is going on with the $741,000 of found fortune? The taxpayers want to know? We want a rebate for all the years of tax increases that we did not need to get!
Christmas and next years county tax bill is coming sure could use my money that you took and did not need to take!
Tax rebate? When did the board secure a comedy writer?
Don't forget the old saying....
It is more blessed to give, than receive. Wait, maybe that's lost something in the translation. All I recall is the line about giving, and giving, and giving, and giving.
Hey the taxpayers will receive a rebate and can give to the less fortunate or maybe they can finally have a nice holiday season and meal.
Imagine this....
The Board acknowledges their own error and saves face by crediting the senior citizens with a contribution towards their taxes....AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORK FOR IT!
GO BOARD GO!
That'll be the day.
With all due respect, it's never too late to honor our elders. Where would we be, were it not for the love, care, and devotion our parents and grandparents have shown to us their whole lives?
I'm embarrassed every time I look a teacher in the eye, because we ask them to do so much for so little.
Phil McGraw
I'm embarrassed every time I have to look senior citizens and struggling young families in the eye, because we ask them to PAY so much, and they get so little.
The seniors are proud and would like less of a burdon with taxes, but most will not proclaim their hardships, they're still trying to make it on their own.
The young couples figure this is the way it is, and pay dearly to have their children educated in the country.
The teachers...just keep on taking from all of us, and are not satisfied. They want more all the time.
I'll pray for you tonight, since you have such trouble looking the "gimme-gimme" crew in the eye.
I'll light a candle for you, too. You're quite distanced from reality.
I have no trouble with the 12 inches between my elbow and my palm.It's the 7 inches between my ears that's bent.
Tug McGraw.
Thanks for that snippet, Dr. Phil. I had a tough day, but you gave me a really good chuckle!
I'm down to my last dime, and coming apart at the seams.
Tim McGraw
"We're not in New York City. You can always find three or four miles to run in this district," he added.
Authur: Unknown
Author, whatever, the facts area the same. Wishy Washy.
I remember Dr. Cappa saying that we have miles in this district to run and we do not need a track. Now what? He changed his mind? When the Reading Eagle wrote that quote from the Dr. The price of the track that the board was talking was $350,000. How did it get up to $1.4 million now? What does the board want besides a track in the fields at the HS?
Happy GOBBLE, GOBBLE! Let us all hope the people in this district have enough money to enjoy a nice Thanksgiving Dinner with their loved ones. Is anyone working to hand out food to the less fortunate this holiday season? I know my daughters scout troop found a needy family and we have donated a whole Thanksgiving Dinner to them. God Bless the people in the Valley and around the country.
Have A Happy and Safe Thanksgiving..
Make sure you check for the proper internal temperature, don't undercook!
Hello what happened to everyone? My pro-board friends are not visiting us anymore! Dale, Rob what ever happened to you. Russ, Linda, Cindy, Al you are taking a well deserved break. See you after Thanksgiving. We have alot of issues to still deal with. Enjoy your holiday with your families.
Giving thanks to our magnificent Lord for all that He continues to do to bless us. Happy thanksgiving to everyone who reads the blog.
God bless you and keep you in His care.
Giving thanks to the Lord for all of my blessings. God bless our troops!
Over the river and through the woods
to the school board meetings we go
The board knows a way
to tax your new sleigh
our millage, they say, is too low..
(oh no)
Who in the world would want to increase your earned income to get a one time only peanut property tax rebate. We need true tax reform. We should have passed Sam Rohrer's package. The board will continue to increase us to the max allowed. Happy Turkey Day! Do not get indigestion.
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Taxing income and property for schools is not the answer. Did they ever hear of cutting costs?
Said it before and will say it again. The problem isn't not enough taxes ... it's out of control spending.
Cutting costs is a great idea. Any suggestions?
Have the high paid employees follow the same budget principles which the "common man" has to follow, and you'd see plenty of new ideas for cutting costs. The bloated paychecks do nothing to encourage "saving" in any areas.
Look at it this way. If a family (same as a business) has, say, $600 budgeted each month for food store items, and the total monthly cost for the necessities is closer to $725, we, "the common man" have to figure out how to get what we actually "need" with the amount of money we've included in our monthly budget. You can say goodbye to alot of extras to keep your bill close to the $600. Coupons and sale items can help. We do what we have to do.
Why is it so difficult for our "budget department" to do this at the school? It's surprising to see how much you can trim down your "wish list" WHEN YOU HAVE TO.
Cost cutting suggestions. Yeah, I got some suggestions:
Get rid of all of the assistants; and make the
building principals and superintendent work a productive day like all of those "they work for."
It's just amazing that the people who say they CAN'T Cut Costs, expect the taxpayers to continually live on LESS. If we can do it, so can they. Maybe if they had to get 2nd jobs to make ends meet, they'd understand what we're talking about. How about the teachers and administrators learn to LIVE ON LESS for a change.
How about that? Get rid of all of those assistants. Come to think of it, I have been a homemaker for decades now, and the family works together. I don't hire an assistant. I'd rather work as a team.
Hiring assistants is not teamwork, it's more like tossing your own responsibilities onto the next guy.
Did ya see in today's paper Daniel Boone School Board is considering refunding the taxpayers a half a mil because they received about $535,000 more state funds than they expected.
Do ya think Oley will do that for us with the $700,000+?
Well we can always hope can't we?
Question:
Did the taxpayers in Boone have to get on bended knee and beg for this rebate? Or, was the Board at D.B. decent enough to know the difference between greed and doing what is right? Hopefully, it was the latter.
Second Question:
Can you imagine how our Administration would act if "we the people" treated them the way they treat us? Going on a blog and blowing off steam is truly our only way to get any of this off of our chests. Going to Board meetings is no different than going into court. You know before you walk in the room, how things will go. The only noticible change the Board has made in the last several years, is to add their camera. We wonder how this is being financed, although no "Peabody Hat" is needed.
WE WANT OUR MONEY BACK!! $741,000 BELONGS TO THE TAXPAYERS!! DO WHAT IS RIGHT, FOLLOW AL'S OLD STOMPING GROUND "DB" AND GIVE US A REBATE CHECK!! AL'S GOOD FRIEND ON DB KNOWS WHAT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
I can't believe the district and the board did not know they had the $741,000.
If you can't believe that, you'd better rest up and chill out with a nice, tall, Long Island Iced tea, before you find out any more of their secrets.
Sure is quiet in the Valley lately.
Everyone must have gotten the evil eye.....
Did everyone's computer lock up?
WANTED:
missing smiley bloggers
Hello people, are you not understanding this kind of money that the school board say they did not know about and the state auditor found it. Mr. Moser was in charge of the business dept. as interim Business Manager. Did this kind of screw up happen when he was the Business Manager in Boyertown for approx. 35 years? We want to know how $741,000 could not been seen in our budget? We did not need last years tax increase. Do what is right and give the taxpayers of this district a rebate check. This is our money.
you hoooo
where's the uni-pickle????
What is wrong with the pro-boarders? Out spending our $741,000. Come on people we need to talk!! Do not be afraid we do not bite. Just want to know how you feel about this found money.
I've noticed that this blog has run out of gas in the last week.
Sure, some people are away but it has become redundant and boring.
Real change will not come from some on line thing. You have to work in the 3-dimentional world (go to meetings). I've been to Oley school board meetings and I know that no one goes to them except for Al, Cindy, maybe 2 other alternating regulars, and a few others for the occasional hot issue for one meeting. None of the concerned citizens wants to put in the time to really commit and run for the board.
I have a great amount of respect for board members, especially the newer ones like Mr. Maloney, Mr. Hannum, and Mrs. Bieber (even the lifers like Heckman and Richards) because they have committed to the job, they commit a great amount of time and have subjected themselves to the abuse of people on this blog.
I know all the predictable replies my comment will get from the truth knowers et al.
But keep in mind this bit of truth, unless you actually are elected to school board you will never, never know the truth or understand the underlying factors for school board decisions, or understand why you can't always comment on every issue.
I encourage every one to run for school board. Flood the ballot. Have so many candidates that you increase the odds of new faces winning this time around. You anti-school board people have to think in terms of elections to have impact. You can blog your brains out till dooms day and nothing will happen. It all happens on election day.
But I've read your comments... you will find excuses not to run and then you will comfortably bash the board with ease from your home computer without even having to go to a meeting. How nice for you.
At the very least the current board members took action, got in the game and put their names on the line and committed to doing the job.
Will you?
Of course they will not run. They are too lazy and full of BS.
You run you are retired and are doing nothing. Your family has grown up and do not need you as much as a young family. You put your money were your mouth is and run!! At least I volunteer at the schools. I do not see you there.
It's easy to tell someone else to run for office. But, unless you know their own circumstances, it's best to keep your two cents out of it. Everyone knows that board members are there for one purpose. Their kids. 90% of the time, that's the story. Where's the mystery?
Are you forbidden to speak about school district matters unless you are on a school board?
Since when do you have to be a board member to get the board to spend lots of money?
Reply to 11:21PM
You are exactly correct and the replies you received proove it.
The tunnelvisioned Concerned Citizen drones have no clue how a school district functions and they are too comfortable as you say, to actually give the effort to gain access to the true workings of the school board. It seems to me that they just enjoy their little chat room here where they can endlessly abuse the school district. It would be much too large of a sacrifice to give up the comfort of the home PC where they can roll their lumpy rear ends to the fridge anytime they need a carb injection. God forbid they spent four or 5 evenings a month at a meeting until 9 or 10PM.
The Concerned drones don't get it that you have to get on the board to have any influence. You may influence the board if you are a reasonable person who presents issues in a sensible manor more than once. Oh sure now they will say that every board member is hostile and the make faces at you etc etc. I know a few of these board members personally and I've been to meetings and they allways are pleasant and respectful of those attending.
My point is that you are correct, you must be on the board to have the greatest influence on the school district.
Either give us a rebate check or apply it to the 07-08 budget. That would mean no increase in the budget for next year.
If the board spends the $741,000 on a special interest wish list item then they are trying to buy off potential candidates from running for school board. Dale is used to this tactic and so is Heckman. The money will be going to the football, pool or whoever is a concern with the current board who want to re-run. DB is giving the money back to their taxpayers we need to do the same.
DB is Daniel Boone!
Dale is calling in the troops to scare off any potential citizens from taking away Heckmans spot on the board.
Do not use our money for buy outs! We want it back in a form of a rebate check or put it towards the 07-08 budget so we do not get hit again for the 8th. year in a row.
Smile, pickle what's happening?
Drones the pro-boarders are calling the concern citizen's HOW NASTY is that!! Name calling is not allowed and will be removed from this blog. KNOCK IT OFF!!
May will be here before you know it!
Drones might mean one thing but it is an insult coming from the pro-boarders.
Board members are on the board for one thing, their own kids. That do not care about the 99% of the other kids. And if you do not like to have questions being asked at meetings GET OFF!!!
Drone?
How do you know we play the bagpipes?
Why would we ever want to run for school board in this district? We get abused on this blog, we would not want to be abused in public at the polling locations. Dale has said alot of negative and false things about people that wanted to run for school board,myself and I know of a few others that would not tolerate Dale and his nasty habits.
We have been going to board meetings for over 5 years and when you see nothing getting done and mishandling of funds continue to happen and big raises are given for poor results, why would you want to keep coming to meetings? Change something for the better, be nicer to the citizens that do show up, start being held accountable for your voting records, use our money for education first, give the public a no tax increase for once, then maybe you would see more people coming to meetings. Anyway you enjoy not seeing us a the meetings! We bother you by our questioning and concerns of this district. Get the facts, and you can stop sitting at your PC and running for food in between your nasty comments. It takes two to tango!
There's no end to the nasty comments here and at meetings. If you go to meetings and don't hear them, you must be deaf.
At least on here when they are making nasty comments to the concerned citizens we cannot see the looks on their faces. They are terrible and very mean looking. Plus they use their pointer finger when they are talking to the concerned citizens, they get great joy in yelling at the people that pay the bills....
Often, people in elected positions feel the need to justify their newfound power. If it's something they're not used to, it can become uncomfortable for those participants which would like to keep things civil. Anyone who's been around the country and attended various types of school board meetings can understand the confusion and upset voiced by the taxpayers. This group is a good start. It needs a push to get more people involved. It needs more people that are not intimidated by the towering figures which abound in small towns. Pillars of the community often have cracks in their foundations. Watch them closely.
Excuse me. Am I to understand that calling people lazy drones with fat posterior anatomies spewing bs is to be construed as intelligent debate.
Oh my, all this pesky name calling.
The part I really don't understand is one of the anonymous's premises that board members have no responsibility to the tax payers. Is this like in Mexico when the president owns the national treasury until he leaves office (and then takes it with him). I think that kind of government is called a Banana Republic. Am I to understand that you think School Boards are little Banana Republics? Please do clarify. If you think this is a good form of government, kindly leave the United States at once for some place more suited to your government preferences like Cuba, let's say.
Smiley pickle is here and still smiling.....just took a little break from writing. Sometimes it's more interesting just to read! :)
Dear Mr. Vlasic,
Glad to see you're okey-dokey!
Fondly,
'lil Gerkin
Speaking of leftovers, when's the next meeting?
Dec 4th is a meeting with the tax study group and the board meeting is Dec 13th.
The state Right to Know and the Sunshine Act gives the citizens the right to oversee the activities of any governing body.
School boards are no exception.
In addition to the laws are standards each district must meet.
The idea that public comment about the board's stewardship is immune from scrutiny contradicts the legacy of our nation.
I heard it's o.k. to blog on here again. Any truth to that, or are the pro-boarders still under the spell?
I see that no pro-boarders have been own in a while. Did the $741,000 shut you up? Do you have another blog site your attacking the concern citizens on? We are still waiting on what you are planning on doing with our money that just became available from the auditor findings. Either put in towards 07-08 budget or give us a rebate check. Lets start talking now about this while the budget is in the beginning stages for 07-08. We are waiting for a reply. If we do not here from you we know what you are planning on doing with our money. This is just another situtation that gives the public great concern on how you board members are running our schools.
If you put it towards the 07-08 budget we the taxpayers would not get an increase. That would be a first in a very long time and it is overdue.
Don't hold your breath! ;)
Here's some ideas:
1. Give the money back to the people that forked it over in the first place.(like that will happen)
2. Sit on it, and proudly announce that you've figured out a great budget and there's no increase this coming year.(like that will happen)
3. Ignore all questions pertaining to the grandiose pile of dough and act as if nothing at all is wrong. (that will happen)
What does smile and pickle think of this new found money? He is retired now and has to watch that he does not over spend all of his big retirement package. You would think he would like a rebate check or a no increase budget for 07-08. Hey how about a respond to this new auditor finding? What does Mr. Moser think about this $741,000? He was running the shop during last years budget. How can money like this just show up when an auditor comes to visit? We should of known about this all along.
Good Night smile,pickle!
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How can money like this just show up when an auditor comes to visit? Who cares, invite the auditor a couple more times a year, maybe we can go tax free for a few years!
boing ...boing...boing....
It is fairly evident that the taxpayers of this community just do not care whether or not they get a tax increase, and it is also fairly evident that the school board does not care either, so tax away.
I would like to counter what some of the pro-board bloggers have commented on previously.
I believe they asked what some members of the community have found and what tasks need to be done to try and curb school spending, and one area that was commented on has been addressed.
It seems that the school district is now keeping track of the teacher's time off including their sick time, personal time, emergency time, etc. It is now computerized, and will be tracked.
This is a little scary, as evidently this has not been monitored in the past, which means that a good chunk of money has ignorantly been paid over the past eight or so years without regard to any time off being monitored and many subsitutes and floaters being called in with the taxpayers money being abused with a we don't care attitude.
I guess what the public doesn't know, can't hurt them.
On another front, it seems that some teachers who left the district, owe the district some tuition paid moneys back to the school district, per the terms of their contract, and now we have to go to court over this little item.
This also tells one that obviously the school district has just paid money out in the past, and if the teacher left, so be it.
Another issue that was brought to the attention of the district by a taxpayer.
Had this not been mentioned at a board meeting, these teachers would never have to give this money back.
It all adds up!
It does all add up. What does the board have to say about all this mishandling of our money!!
Everyone is holding the school board responsible for the fiscal mismanagement and that might be true. However, in the business world, the CEO would be held accountable and promptly fired by the board of directors. Dr. Zackon should be the one to explain what happened and be held responsible. The board could show leadership and courage by firing Dr. Zackon.
Boards come and go but the one common thread though years of mismanagement is the superintendent.
Why is he always smiling?
The board voted to assign the $741,000 into a "designated fund balance" for the announced purpose of covering any cash flow shortfall caused by House Bill 1.
However, if the community does not approve the local earned income increase referendum, then the $741,000 is for any purpose.
The district estimates there will be a 4.1% millage increase in the 2006-2007 budget. This represents approximately $675,000 of additional tax dollars.
They could have the $741,000 to use towards the $675,000.
This $741,000 will be in addition to the millions stashed in off-budget funds.
Once again, we could have a no tax increase budget, and still have enormous sums of money for education.
Local property tax relief must be part of the board dialogue on the use of these surplus funds.
You could not have said it anymore to the point. You Mr. Jacobs are 100% correct, AGAIN! IT IS TIME TO GIVE THE TAXPAYERS A BREAK!! THE MONEY IS STASHED AWAY AND IS AVAILABLE FOR A NO TAX INCREASE.
IT'S TIME FOR ZACKON TO GO!
Since he has taken the helm, the district has been spiraling downward at an ever increasing rate!
hmmmmm, there's that word "surplus" again
In our house, if there's a surplus of money, we put it where it's most needed. But then, we're a family, and our budget is our business.
In situations like the school board gets into, the surplus is the business of all of the taxpayers, not just the ones sitting at that table.
The suspense is killing me...guess we have to wait until Dec 4th for the results from the tax study group....or perhaps they won't say anything until the board meeting on the 13th.
What will everyone find to talk about until then?
As a member of the tax study group I can tell you that we don't know the result and won't until we vote on December 4th. The voting will be done in open meeting (as all votes should been taken) so the result will be known at that time. The Tax Study Commission will formally give it's recommendation to the Board on the 13th. It will be up to the Board, then, to accept or reject that recommendation.
Whatever the recommendation is it will mean a tax increase for many taxpayers in the district. The legislature should be ashamed of itself for pushing this off on the local school districts. By the way, we invited Sen. O'Pake to the meeting on the 4th to give us some insight on the thinking behind Act 1 in Harrisburg but he declined.
Thank you rs for that update. Some of us do appreciate what you and, yes, even the board are faced with in dealing with these issues.
I was wondering....just how many of those screaming for a tax refund will overextend their spending this Christmas season?
Many of us who object to excessive taxation pay for our Christmas presents with cash -- not that it's any of your business at all. What on earth does "personal spending" at Christmas have to do with how much we object to the government's extortion of our private income?
Spoken like a true communist. I think you're in the wrong country, pal; if you think personal budgets and taxation are interchangeable.
Ahhhh, the Christmas spirt....Oley style
oooops....spirit
To the nosey Christmas budget blogger:
Why would one assume that all Christians support the idea behind what is, in fact, the greatest idea that businessmen ever cooked up?
Why would one assume that anyone is dumb enough to charge every item they want?
What does a tax refund have in common with a religious tradition?
You, the cocky blogger, are revealing your imaginary secret identity.
Broaden your horizons:
Many Christians exchange names with their entire family, they give one gift.
Many Christians make their own gifts, which are knows as "gifts from the heart." We hope you don't need an explanation for that one.
Many Christians donate time in hospitals, nursing homes, and at public schools, and they do it all year long.
You can't put a price tag on giving. With a little luck and a lot of prayer, the tax man won't figure out how to tax the joy that fills our hearts when we try to give to those less fortunate.
We're praying for you, oh secret blogger. We pray that you, and many, see the taxation of senior citizens becomming a thing of the past. We're praying that our school board, present and future, see the strain they are helping to place on young families. We're praying for the safety of our young students as they graduate and go out into a world that is, at once, wonderful... and frightening.
You can't stop us from trying to make a better world for our youth.
God bless you and have a blessed Christmas.
"It seems that the school district is now keeping track of the teacher's time off including their sick time, personal time, emergency time, etc. It is now computerized, and will be tracked.
...This is a little scary, as evidently this has not been monitored in the past"
This is something all school districts are doing now. Check and you will see that the BCIU now has computer tracking systems available for all districts. It just so happens that this is the year it was started. ....no other reason than the fact that it is now available. Check with other districts. You'll find that they are doing it the same way (as of just recently).
Oh, for goodness sake! Smile everyone! :) :)
Yes, I'm sure there's no other reason that this is being done. After all, the teachers all show up, every day, and never take a sick day unless they are truly ill. Sick days, personal time, emergency time...?
Well, in the "rest" of the working world, we get around 2 personal days a year, and if you call in sick, you'd better be just that. At the end of our careers, we don't get a big, fat check for not taking our sick days. We get the pat on the back, as a means of recognition, that we pretty much came to work, no matter what. And guess what, folks, that's the kind of work ethic our country was founded on. There's one heck of a lot of former Presidents that would cringe at the work ethics in effect today.
Ask not what your country can do for you....
ask how much the taxpayers will cough up... to... silence... your pansy butt.
Hey smiley, what's next?
"Honk if you love the school teacher's union?"
You wonder about how many screaming for tax rebates are spending for the holidays???
Why not ask this question:
How many very well paid teachers are racking up giant sized charge account bills, even though they earn better than average wages. Let's not forget the comments of the past...when we were told of teachers that need raises to keep up with the cost of living, etc. Oh those poor teachers...perhaps they should find work that lasts 12 months of the years, like the rest of us.
You cannot put Christmas and taxes on the same page. How stupid are you. If you teach your children the real meaning of Christmas, they would be screaming for presents. It is the time of the year to repent and be thankful for how forgiving a Lord we have. Jesus never asks us to fill out a tax form, he only asks us for our devotion.
PS: it should of read would not
Amen to that!
Gifts and hugs and love should be given this year to the less fortunate. If you have a roof, food, health and family what more do you need. Go out and help the people in need. God Bless us all of this holiday season.
SHOW ME THE MONEY SCHOOL BOARD IN A FORM OF A TAX REBATE OR A NO TAX INCREASE IN 07-08. THAT WOULD BE THE RIGHT THING TO DO FINALLY. IT IS OUR MONEY TO BEGIN WITH. WITH ALL THESE TOP DOLLAR POSITIONS IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT HOW COULD ALL THIS MONEY $741,000 NOT HAVE BEEN KNOWN ABOUT? WE HAD TO PAY ANOTHER PERSON THE AUDITOR TO FIND IT. THIS IS ANOTHER REASON WE NEED ACCOUNTABILITY AND CHANGE IN THIS DISTRICT.
"real reason why they want to spend large sums of money on a non-educational, non-state mandated expense."
What does this mean?
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