The Whitman-Hanson Regional School District Transparency Project

From: "Beth Stafford <beth.stafford@whrsd.org>" <beth.stafford@whrsd.org> To: Jeffrey Bcc: beth.stafford@whrsd.org Date: 2024-04-30 09:37 Subject: Fwd: Whitman FY25 Assessment Dawn sent this to Carl and Dan. Beth ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Dawn Byers <dawn.byers@whrsd.org> Date: Mon, Apr 29, 2024 at 8:31 PM Subject: Whitman FY25 Assessment To: Kowalski.Carl <ckowalski@whitman-ma.gov> CC: Beth Stafford <beth.stafford@whrsd.org>, <dsalvucci@whitman-ma.gov> Good Evening Chair Kowalski, I'd like to formally acknowledge that any agreement or conversation you had with Chair Stafford and Supt Szymaniak do not constitute an agreement on my part to a school override. I've listened to several recent BOS meetings where it was repeatedly stated "the school committee agreed to an override". This could not be further from the truth for me. On April 8th I voted on the FY25 WHRSD budget, an assessment amount to Hanson and an assessment amount of $19,153,687. to Whitman. I fully expect this assessment figure, pursuant to MGL and Regional School finance laws and regulations, will be presented as one amount to Whitman voters at town meeting on May 6th. At no time was a motion made at the school committee for the FY25 budget to be contingent on a school override. Regards, Dawn Byers Whitman-Hanson Regional School Committee Whitman Hanson Regional School District (WHRSD) has a commitment to maintaining a workplace and educational environment where discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, languages, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy and pregnancy-related medical conditions are not tolerated. WHRSD does not allow discrimination or harassment against students based on homelessness or limited English-speaking ability. The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has determined that email is a public record. This communication (including any attachments) is intended for the use of the intended recipient(s) only and may contain information that is confidential, privileged, or legally protected. Any unauthorized use or dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify the sender by return e-mail message and delete all copies of the original communication.