Tort Fund....The School Board as it was in the 2003 knew they were on the wrong side of shady street when this accounting method was used. But the accountant at the time was using the old "but everbody else is doing it" rule. Somehow I don't remember learning that one in any of my accounting classes.

I recently posted on the School board's wreckless spending and wondered why they were spending this money and not setting aside for the eminent failure that was about to befall them. But know, they had to spend it before they even had it and now they need it and..you get the point. They borrowed $2.96 million dollars for a few projects and was going to pay it back with the 2007 levy...hmm guess where that money is going now.

I guess the Board will appeal this decision, they could not have been in a more favorable court, I am surprised that Slattery did not ask for this be heard in a court outside of Quincy.(maybe they can't) Nonetheless Judge Schuering did a courageous thing, and made a decision that will not set (or sit)well with some Quincy residents and officials.



Questions that I would like to know....Holly Wagner from the local paper reports that Slattery will recieve 1/3 of $70,000 dollars, that is about $23,000(so much for the school board telling the taxpayers that this guy is out to make a big chunk of change)

What the story did not say in the Whig or on any media outlet is how much the School District spent on attorney fees and who the attorney was that represented the district.



Holly Wagner also reports that all you have to do to get a cut of the 70 gs is to bring in your 2003 tax bill.



But I am left a bit confused with the whole issue and maybe you can help me out here. The School Board was spending money that was collected for another purpose. So they had this surplus of money piling up in the tort fund. When in fact what they should have done with this money was to realize that the residents were being overcharged and refunded the money. Instead they tried to cook the books or maybe I should say Koch the books and use the money to pay for some salaries of some of our teachers.

So the school board, that is trying to gain the trust of the public, just got a huge public flogging to it's image. It makes them look like they were trying to do something underhanded.

But we really don't have too much to worry about because the school board is hiring this firm that is going to tell them how to save a bunch of money on theur utility bills and that should make up for the 4 mil they can't use.

This is a painful lesson for the citizenry and the school district of Quincy......What now will we all see a lower tax bill next year or is this just a matter of wording things correctly so they can use the money for whatever they want. I feel the board's heart is in the right place, but man what a colosal screwup this is

I think the school board probably feels like this is a case when the right decision is wrong...

I always hear teachers complaining that they don't get paid what they are worth. Next we will tear in to a few of these teachers salaries and break it down in to hourly pay and we will see who is not being paid their due.
I can also count on one hand the truly interesting and engaging teachers that I had growing up in the QPS system.