Moultonborough taxes and schools

[mishman]

There is an important meeting tonight (Wednesday, Sept 9 at 6:30 p.m.) at the Moultonborough Academy (high school) cafeteria to hear a presentation on the changing demographics occurring throughout NH and in Moultonborough. The importance of this is that with a declining school population, towns are needing to think more creatively about staffing for the smaller school population. There is resistance from some (most especially parents with kids in the schools) to adjusting staffing to face this new reality. Not surprisingly, these parents turn out for the meetings. It is very important for other taxpayers to attend so that the school board does not feel pressure to cater to only parents of school age children and not take into account the needs of all taxpayers.

This is not to say one group is right and another is wrong, it's just that the reality of the situation of declining school age population forces a new reality on how to staff our schools. Please show up to learn more about this important trend so you can be well informed. After all, it is your tax dollars who pay for school staffing. Thanks