- The Town of Thornton will hold it’s budget hearing on February 7 at 6.00 PM at the town hall.
- The Thornton School District (i.e. the Thornton Central School) will hold its budget hearing on February 7, 2024 at 6.00 PM at the Thornton Central School.
How and why are they holding their meetings at the same date and time? According to Kyla Welch the Superintendent of the SAU, they “first notified the town of our date back in Sept/Oct.” But according to the town their date has been set and posted back in October. The SAU did not post their date until about January 29, 2024 (it’s hard to determine exactly when they posted as they don’t include a date.) So, it’s clear that the town posted their date first, months before the school board posted theirs. It seems strange that the SAU, before posting their date would check the town’s date and vice versa. In our opinion, the first organization to post claims the date and the other should adjust their date accordingly.
If the SAU had chosen their date four months ago, why didn’t they post the date then? Why did they wait until barely a week before the meeting. In our opinion, this is another effort to keep the townspeople in the dark.