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If Manchester taxpayers needed more evidence of why they should not change the city charter regarding the school district’s purse strings, the school board has provided it.
The vote was 9-4 in favor, with Mayor Joyce Craig among those opposed.
âIn my view, it is unconscionable for the school board to give 5% and 2.1% increases to our highest-paid executives while we are facing a potential $9 million shortfall in the coming budget year, with the real possibility of program reduction, school closures and teacher layoffs,â board member Jim OâConnell said Wednesday of the Nov. 23 vote.
Copies of the contracts were not provided by the school district until Dec. 8.
Board of School Committee members extended the contracts and approved raises for Manchester Superintendent John Goldhardt, assistant superintendents Amy Allen and Jennifer Gillis and Chief Financial Officer Karen DeFrancis.