I read with interest the article concerning the GUSD bus
contract rejection. It seems to me, when we are in a budget crunch,
that it would be prudent for the Hollister School District to save
$18,000 per year. Add this to the monies that could have been saved
in raises for administrators ($26,000 plus for Dr. Barranti alone)
and that puts us at a 25 percent savings ($44,000 of a $165,000
deficit) if the contract had been accepted and no raises were
given.
Editor,
I read with interest the article concerning the GUSD bus contract rejection. It seems to me, when we are in a budget crunch, that it would be prudent for the Hollister School District to save $18,000 per year. Add this to the monies that could have been saved in raises for administrators ($26,000 plus for Dr. Barranti alone) and that puts us at a 25 percent savings ($44,000 of a $165,000 deficit) if the contract had been accepted and no raises were given.
Don’t the students come first? Why is the Board granting raises when they knew we have budget problems? Why don’t we accept the lowest bid? Don’t our students come first? We need more fiscal responsibility here.
Carolyn Challenger, Hollister
