Wicked Local
CARVER – A former superintendent of schools has been named as the new chief operations and finance officer for the Carver schools.
The Carver School Committee was introduced Monday night to Ron Griffin, the former superintendent in Scituate, as the replacement for Brad Brothers after he accepted a job in the Plymouth schools.
Griffin was superintendent in Scituate for three years before moving on when his contract expired at the end of the last school year. Previous to that he was deputy director at the Foxborough Regional Charter School, where he had been for about eight years.
Superintendent Scott Knief said Griffin was one of two finalists from a list of five candidates who were interviewed by a team that consisted of administrators, staff and two School Committee members. He is scheduled to start Feb. 1, with Brothers offering to help Carver through the budget process.
Wicked Local
CARVER – The proposed fiscal 2022 school budget of $24.9 million as of Monday had been reduced by approximately $255,000 from the proposed level-service budget of $25.2 million in December.
Chief Operations and Finance Officer Brad Brothers said that leaves a shortfall of $298,736 during Monday night’s School Committee meeting.
The town is recommending a 1.5 percent increase of $367,188 in anticipation of a full in-person return. The budget includes an additional nurse and two custodian positions for $180,000 including salary and benefits.
No increase in health insurance costs is projected, but the deadline for enrollment and setting of rates is in February.
A plan is in place to fully fund qualified health expenses for employees out of free cash for the next two years that Brothers said would put the town in a good position going forward.