Shotgun meeting?

As you know, for some time now, Common Council Minority Leader Tom Saadi has been very vocal in his concerns over the school administration's salary concessions as well as other matters related to the judgement of the board of education, the latest being the board's decision reject Base Technologies' copier machine contract offer, although their bid was $100,000 lower than the eventual winner.

With a little over 24 hours notice for the public, Council President Joe Cavo emailed this memo out to members of the council:

Dr. Pascarella has invited Council Members to attend a meet and greet with Dr. Robert Rossi, the new Danbury High School Principal. This will take place at the Beaver Brook School Administration building at 6:30 PM on Wednesday August 12th 2009.

For Council Members interested in attending as members of the public, there will be a Special Board of Education meeting to follow at 7:00 PM.

The Board of Education agenda will include a presentation of the copier bid as well as information regarding the Administrators furlough days.


Best Regards,

Joe Cavo
Council President

Now, not withstanding that NOT ONE MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC IS AWARE OF THIS "SPECIAL" MEETING (and notice of the meeting is not posted on the BOE's website, the notion that somehow a meeting that's as important to members of the public can be called with a little over 24 hours notice is disheartening to say the least. For Cavo, the council President, to go along with the BOE's scheduling of this meeting, in light of all the criticism and attention paid to the decision making of the BOE by members of the public, is inexcusible.