Now that the budget has passed -- apparently with two of the resolutions -- Mayor Street calls in to respond. "I just can't see how the SRC can go forward with a budget" that has proved so disruptive, he says. "These people care so much about the system," he says about parents and other concerned citizens, and declares their voices should be "adequately heard." He urges the committee to adopt two of his proposed resolutions, "setting the record straight and getting the public involved." He praises the SRC and says he'll keep working with them as well as with City Council to obtain more money. Ultimately, the tone is one of cooperation more than disagreement or pressure.
Commissioner Glenn proposes the Mayor's resolution gets extended an extra week, to June 11, for compiling "comparative financial data for the budget year 2004-2005." The resolution also calls for the commission to "make available to the public a list of those schools that are proposed for closure, along with an explanation of how the educational needs of students in these schools would be addressed in the event of such closures."
The paragraph about school closures isn't needed, since no school could be closed without a year's notice and public hearings, Superintendent Paul Vallas explains.
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