Christopher Andriski

This bill will not only destroy local control, but it will also add stress, responsibilities and additional work loads to our local school boards and principals. Serving as a superintendent in a large SAU that already has 6 towns, 8 boards and over 150 million dollars of budgets to manage, the thought of having a county superintendent giving our school system as much support as needed is unthinkable. Our boards already have the decision making power for curriculum in our schools. With 1100 employees at our schools the hiring process is non-stop and is managed by a team of people. I would urge that this bill not move forward as it is currently constructed and that the financial burden and timeliness to decision making processes needs further studies before this bill can be brought back for discussion.