Sid Freund has really stepped in it now.
Not only did he take the town’s finance board to the woodshed Thursday night for short-changing the schools, he did it by questioning our temple of fiscal temperance – Greenwich’s miniscule mill rate. Imagine the calls Freund must have gotten Friday morning from members of our obsequious school board.
“Have you lost your mind, Sid?”
“The last thing we need is a former Westchester superintendent to be calling for tax increases.”
“Hey Sid, let us tell you how things are done in Greenwich.”
Expect Freund to submit a letter-to-the-editor “clarifying” his comments in front of the BET.
Too late Sid. (Just for the record, Freund knew that Colin Gustafson, the Greenwich Time reporter was covering the meeting … What did he expect would happen after he dropped his bomb?)
Click here for article in the Greenwich Time
BTW, the decline in the Greenwich schools is not news to most of us. It’s apparently news to the BET though.
Here is another article that speaks to the subject which appeared in the local paper:
To talk about Greenwich’s low mill rate is irrelevant and absurd. The primary reason the mill rate is so low is because of the astronomical values of Greenwich real estate. Freund needs some remedial math education! As I recall, Greenwich pays its teachers the highest salaries in the state — and is certainly not stinting on providing funding for education; of course, at the present point in time (in the midst of the most significant economic downturn since the great depression), it s not exactly a great idea to increase spending on education in anything but a careful, moderated manner.
Comment by Scott — February 14th, 2010 @ 7:57 pm
Greenwich should have a higher mill rate, they should pay similar rates to other wealthy towns. If they have too much money maybe they should send some to Hartford who has to carry a mill rate around 72.
Comment by annie — April 28th, 2011 @ 7:31 pm
hey uconn.edu … i am uconn ’77 … what do u do at uconn? (go huskies!)
Comment by Lincoln Millstein — April 28th, 2011 @ 7:34 pm