Wall of silence

Shawn's on a role lately with news! Today he picked up on the Lowell Sun piece that confirmed his weekend report that the schools are down an additional $400,000. The piece is pretty boiler plate but Shawn highlights this now very common line: "Superintendent of Schools Spencer Mullin did not return calls for comment."

The Sun, according to the article, had to file a Freedom of Information request just to get some information on the school budget and layoffs! Welcome to Dracut, Bridget. I had to do the same thing when I wanted to get copies of contracts. Dr. Mullin is a horrible communicator and will not respond to anyone, including parents. From what I heard, when I e-mailed him and Business Manager Tom Rose for budget information they didn't reply because "they didn't know who I was." Um, it doesn't matter "who I am", I am a Dracut taxpayer and that should be enough.

Shawn thinks that Mullin will get no support from the public when his contract is up next year. Furthermore, he thinks Mullin may want out too.

Somewhere Elaine Espindle is smiling.