Until recently the Wachusett Regional School District had not posted its 2023-2024 total student enrollment numbers, so a few weeks ago your correspondent emailed the Mass. Dept. of Elementary and Secondary education and asked where the hell were they? VOILA! The figures are now posted—
And you guessed it—total enrollment is flat, down 10% since Fiscal Year 2015. BUT that has not stopped the tax-fattened hyenas constituting the WRSD Administration, or the Gutless Grifters constituting the WRSD Committee, from bloating the WRSD budget MORE THAN 30% DURING THE SAME PERIOD. Last year the Town of Sterling’s WRSD tax assessment increased more than 4% over the previous year. AND, OH YEAH—the previous Fiscal Year outside audit report made the WRSD look like the FRAUDGHANISTAN it is. The then-Superintendent, McCall, WAAAAY overspent the WRSD’s authorized budget; there were 65 OPEN BANK ACCOUNTS PURPORTEDLY FOR THE WRSD; AND THERE WAS NO CHECK-WRITING/SPENDING OVERSIGHT. CAN YOU SAY “RECIPE FOR OUTRIGHT EMBEZZLEMENT”???
Moreover, the WRSD Committee’s Gutless Grifters have demonstrated a total lack of fiscal responsibility and accountability in failing to cut the WRSD payroll by 10%, as authorized by statute, to reflect the 10% enrollment drop since FY 2015. They are virtue-signaling preening clowns screwing WRSD taxpayers across the board year after year. The WRSD’s posted employee roster, single-spaced, runs to 22-23 pages. Check it out—
https://www.wrsdonline.net/district_directory/
YEAH, YEAH, YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK!
SO, with the flat 2023-2024 WRSD total enrollment figures out let’s see what the respective 5-District-Town Finance Committees have to say about the WRSD’s ongoing massive bloat and fiscal irresponsibility.
I’m watching…AND you can be sure that I’ll be sending the WRSD yet another pertinent Public Records Request in or about March 2024.
Stay Tuned.
J.G.
STERLING, MASSACHUSETTS, OVERWATCH 