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Resident urges board to reject budget increases, citing student performance
Summary
Public commenter Matt Leggett told the MSAD 60 board he opposes any budget increase, arguing that student academic outcomes do not justify staff raises and urging the district to change curriculum or better measure graduate outcomes before increasing pay.
At the March 12 MSAD 60 budget workshop, public commenter Matt Leggett identified himself and urged the board to reject any budget increases, citing what he described as poor student academic performance.
"I'm opposed to pretty much any increase in the budget," Matt Leggett said during the public-input period, and he called on the board to either change curriculum or find ways to better track how graduates perform after leaving the district before approving raises.
Leggett criticized continuing salary increases for staff in a district where, he said, many students are not meeting grade-level expectations on standardized measures and that high-school graduates are not prepared for college or work. The speaker did not offer specific alternative budget figures. Board members thanked him for his comment; no formal response or staff rebuttal is recorded in the public portion of the transcript.
