December
19, 2016
Mr.
Capizzi, Mr. Quatrone, and Board Trustees:
It
is very inappropriate that you placed a Resolution for the Lincoln School
project on the December 21st agenda.
It is shocking that you would even consider awarding a bid in the amount
of $6,053,500 two weeks before new board trustees are sworn in. There was an election on November 8th. There is a reorganization meeting on January
4th. No vote on the Lincoln
School project should have taken place between the two.
Incoming
trustees will be dealing with your rushed $7.5 million decision, not outgoing
ones. You currently have one vacant
seat. You have a lame duck trustee that
was soundly defeated in the November 8th election. You have another trustee that rarely attends
meetings. A deficient board should not be taking up this matter four days
before Christmas.
Regardless
of whether you admit it or not, your decision will lead to future tax
increases. It will drain resources from necessary
school repairs. It will affect the
upcoming budget and teacher contracts.
You
are aware that your project lacks any public support and that is why you
refused to place it on the ballot as a nonbinding referendum.
The
voters of Lodi elected me to represent their interests. It is time to put Lodi first and not whatever
special interest you committed to.
You
have shown us over the last year that there is no urgency to rush this
project. I respectfully ask that you
table all matters pertaining to the Lincoln School project until after the January
4th Re-organization meeting.
Sincerely,
Ryan
Curioni
Board
of Education Trustee Elect
