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measures that could be implemented right now, and that these should be done first, resetting controls, monitoring thermostats.
That led to a chorus of support, and one remark from someone at the meeting that sort of summed up the country wisdom behind the opposition:
“You get a flat tire, do you buy a new car?”
What had begun with the performance contract then mutated into what was seen as costly, but ineffective, administration of the schools.
“This stuff has been going on for years,” said a man named Sam.
“Where’s the maintenance factor? Who’s following up with what we have?”
Getting by with less was generally seen as a primary value in these economic times, and people were wondering why the schools couldn’t do the same.
Both Hank Gorfein and Mills tried to explain the reasoning behind redoing the entire control systems and doing the improvements all at once, but to little effect.
Junk summed the audience sentiments in one word: Trust.
“This is a trust thing,” he said, and for many of the people in the audience, it’s just not there when it comes to the Board of Supervisors and the School Board.
Junk encouraged those in attendance to come to the public hearing tomorrow night on the county and school budgets at the high school to show the Board of Supervisors exactly how they feel.
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