Special Board of Aldermen Public Hearing Page 40
Superintendent Brown
| would have to get the chart. | don’t have that standing here. | wasn’t prepared to answer that.
Paula Johnson
Then let me ask you another question here differently. | was reading the paper and this will probably
fall into next hope we'll see that 2 teachers were supposedly had moved on to pursue other
opportunities but now we find out that they’re employed and being paid. One is almost $3,000 a
month and on is almost $4,000 a month.
Superintendent Brown
I’m unaware of two teachers that you’re referring to.
Paula Johnson
| mean two Principals at Ledge Street they're still being paid — tax dollars. Why were we told that
they weren't and now that they are still employed by the city?
Superintendent Brown
I’m not sure how this pertains to the 2018 budget.
Paula Johnson
Okay never mind. In the 2018 budget, do we have enough books where we’re paying for all day
kindergarten because a friend of mine asked me to ask this question. There are kids that have no
textbooks in Algebra | and II and this | believe is the North school and none for Geometry, Spanish II
and Ill. We're implementing all-day kindergarten and I’ve heard this from teachers that were even
telling me that we’re lacking books in the classroom. So how do we justify putting in full day
kindergarten when we don’t have books for kids in the classroom?
Superintendent Brown
The all-day kindergarten is an expansion of the current program. It moves forward the Board’s goal
to have all students reading on grade level by the end of the third grade.
Paula Johnson
But that’s not the answer to my question. My question is how do we justify full day kindergarten —
maybe a Board member wants to answer... (inaudible) have kids in the classroom that | just read to
you no textbooks for Algebra | and II. None for Geometry. None for Spanish II and III.
Superintendent Brown
I’m not able to confirm that. That’s something | would need to research but again the Board voted to
move forward all-day kindergarten for all students here in Nashua based on the goal that it adopted to
have all students reading and doing mathematics on grade level by the end of grade three.
