Representative Town Meeting Annual Budget Meeting Materials - Day 4 (linked)

David Campo
From: cheryl morosky <cherylmo@live.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2020 8:55 AM
To: David Campo
Subject: Cut to the BOE budget
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Déar Mr. Campo,
My name is Cheryl Morosky. | have been a resident of Waterford for over 20 years. My youngest of three is
currently a senior at WHS and | have been a teacher here in Waterford for 25 years.
| am writing to ask you to please reconsider the proposal to cut nearly a half million dollars to the BOE
budget. Yes, | have a vested interest as a teacher in this district, but ! would like to point out that my
perspective as a teacher is a valuable one. Teachers have a unique perspective on how this pandemic has
affected the children and families of our town. We are in crisis. There is no other way to say it. Teachers are
working harder than ever to adjust to a new type of learning and support students who are struggling in
enormous ways right now, as you can imagine.
We have no way of predicting the future and now more than ever we need to preserve personnel and
programming. We need as much support as possible right now. | am a teacher. | am also a taxpayer. My
husband lost his job when the pandemic began. | am cognizant of the financial strain on the many families
who are struggling right now. Yet we need to pay our taxes to protect and preserve the necessary services to
the children of our community.
Thank you for your consideration,
Cheryl Morosky