tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270815429299703055.post8886050510185653646..comments2023-09-29T06:32:16.005-04:00Comments on My School Committee Blog: How N.J. town, university came to termsCatherine A. Sandersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523667921190365891noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270815429299703055.post-79456969188895325482009-06-17T09:57:53.674-04:002009-06-17T09:57:53.674-04:00I remember reading about Williams College's fi...I remember reading about Williams College's financial support to its public schools. Could we have those numbers again?Just the factsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270815429299703055.post-65075195397560893692009-06-17T08:39:25.067-04:002009-06-17T08:39:25.067-04:00Ah, I love the race to the bottom.
It starts wit...Ah, I love the race to the bottom. <br /><br />It starts with "well, look at other towns and what they do!"<br /><br />But it's been clear for some time now: the residents here come here for and expect BETTER schools than the towns and cities around us.<br /><br />The administration at the University is going to have to decide: do they want to sit by and watch the schools deteriorate? If you want the best, you've got to pay for it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270815429299703055.post-59875157558435520622009-06-17T02:18:32.664-04:002009-06-17T02:18:32.664-04:00First, how about going after the Amherst Housing A...First, how about going after the Amherst Housing Authority for all the children THEY put into the schools? <br /><br />Second, Massachusetts is a Commonwealth and the difference between Rutgers and UMass is that Amherst SIMPLY CAN'T TAX UMASS. It could tax the other two colleges but it can no more tax UMass than Pelham can tax the MWRA for the half of Pelham that is under Quabbin.<br /><br />Third, if Amherst pressures UM to pay for the North Village kids, they will do the same thing they did a decade ago in Lincoln - kick out all the children. Then the town will have to absorb the costs of the social worker and other support staff that UMass is currently paying for. And the police costs and the rest.<br /><br />Fourth, as UMass continues to go up in cost - in part because of this sort of stuff - the number of students will drop and with that the Amherst Town budget.<br /><br />This is most important: Amherst is actually richer than Northamption but Hamp gets less state aid because of the UM students.Ednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270815429299703055.post-68081177386536766292009-06-15T23:17:02.366-04:002009-06-15T23:17:02.366-04:00My responses:
Anonymous 9:57 - all good ideas ......My responses:<br /><br />Anonymous 9:57 - all good ideas ... and again, many of these would be win-win for the schools and the town/kids. <br /><br />Anonymous 2:21 - I'm hearing this more and more!Catherine A. Sandersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523667921190365891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270815429299703055.post-59827035389193769242009-06-15T09:57:41.190-04:002009-06-15T09:57:41.190-04:00Other ideas:
--in addition to free courses for hig...Other ideas:<br />--in addition to free courses for high school students, reduction tution for Amherst residents to attend UMass for college<br />--free courses open to high school students at Hampshire College<br />--10% off all camps held at UMass and Amherst College for Amherst residents (does Hampshire offer summer camps for kids?)<br />--10% off ticket prices (athletics, arts performance, etc) for Amherst residents at all three institutions<br />--free use of playing fields for town sports teams at both Amherst College and Umass<br /><br />If we are really going to be partners with our resident institutions, they need to start benefitting AMHERST residents specifically, over and above what residents of other towns receive as benefit from them. Hadley residents, for example, are also right next to the Umass campus for handy employment and receive the shopping dollars of the three college students yet don't have to educate the UMass children for free or provide costing public safety covereage.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com