County Commissioners and School Board Members - What Happened at the Joint Meeting This Morning

The joint meeting today between the Wake County Commissioners and the School Board was packed, and covered a lot of topics. Of course the BOE budget requests were discussed at length, with commissioners wanting to know how certain line items directly correlated with students' academic growth.

Things didn't really heat up until around 11:45 when the issue of lost tax revenues due to tardiness on the School Board's part (having to do with recouped sales tax revenue) was brought up. There was a lot of discussion (arguing on the part of some) over exact dates decided upon for deadlines, etc.. Lori Millberg kept focusing on what was in-writing, basically closing the door to validity of verbal agreements on the part of both boards.

The person sitting beside me kept commenting that it didn't matter - what's a few thousand tax dollars anyway. While I agree that they need to move on now and focus on the future, it IS important in my opinion that this and other "lapses" be brought up. The School Board needs to know that yes, someone can finally hold them accountable for their mistakes. They need to admit that they "goofed", apologize, and promise to be more diligent from now on. Did that happen? Three guesses - first two don't count!