Board of Aldermen Page 4
November 9, 2016
By contrast, Nashua High School North is ranked #62 out of 82 high schools in the state for the 2015-2016
school, and Nashua High School South is ranked #59. Thus, the two high schools in the Nashua School
District are ranked with the bottom 25% of the high schools in New Hampshire.
Why would anyone vote against Ordinance O-16-11
The Nashua Teachers Union with its $89,000 loaded average cost per teacher per year would be much
against this. Same as the teachers unions who advertised against Question #2 in Massachusetts to lift the
cap on the number of charter schools permitted in this state.
So we need to examine, which aldermen received contributions from the Nashua Teachers Union (NTU)
for such contributions come with strings attached.
From the contributions reported for the 2015 Municipal election on reported the Nashua City Clerk’s website:
President McCarthy
Mr. Teeboom, | am going to stop you. If you want to address the merits of the bill, that’s fine. If you want to
read from the records about who accepted money from the Teacher’s Union, that’s fine. | know that had
nothing to do with my decision and | suspect that many of my colleagues around the horseshoe feel the
same way so please do not attribute motives to why members of this Board vote the way they do.
Mr. Teeboom
| am saying that the Teacher’s Union contributes and they don’t contribute because they expect nothing in
return.
Alderman Dowd and Alderman Caron never filed a report and | am going to find out tomorrow why.
There were seven Aldermen who voted yes and none of them accepted union contributions. You can accept
any motive you wish, I’m only laying this out as facts on the table.
NO--Voting to reject
NTU Contribution
1. McCarthy $500
2. O’Brien $500
3. Wilshire $500
4. Clemons $250
5. Melizzi-Golja $250
6. Lopez 0
7. Dowd not posted (not filed?)
8. Caron not posted (not filed?)
YES —Voting to pass
NTU Contribution
Deane
Cookson
Moriarty
McGuinness
Schoneman
LeBrun
Siegel
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