Vet is also correct that I missed the humor in LMAO's post, if it was so intended. 

 

Yes, JSmith, it costs some money (not much) to set up sound and whatnot for the board meetings.  Would you rather we meet in private, like City Council?  No, board members are not reimbursed mileage for driving to and from meetings.  No, we don't have meals brought in for meetings, except in rare situations where we are meeting for an extended period of time including meal time. 

 

Yes, all non-union employees of the district will take the same pay cuts and increased benefits costs that the teachers agreed to.  That was announced at last night's board meeting.

 

Finally, while I will not rehash the issue of RIF'ing library managers (which I have posted about in another thread), I have never said that by cutting library managers we were "trimming the fat."  In fact, I have explained both publicly and privately that the board and administration believe that the cuts that were made this year were all cutting to the bone, cutting employees that were valuable to the district --any fat had already been cut in prior years.  Regardless, difficult decisions still had to be made, and the district will have to find ways to get the job done with the remaining staff --reorganizing job duties, restructuring the way things are done in the buildings, relying more on volunteers, etc.