Don’t Shrink from this Challenge – Demonstrate Leadership

Four Greenfield Town Council members have decided that threatening the School Committee (and our community) with receivership will somehow be productive or “prudent”. How is that possibly fiscally responsible? It’s a cop out (…we can’t make it on our own so let’s move back in with our parents?). It’s a continuation of the same old joke of a process. It’s not communication, and receivership is not even a realistic option and they know it. It’s an empty threat. Communicating via threats in a crisis like this is just irresponsible. Threatening receivership is a lazy petty mean-spirited response in times that call for heroic effort and intellect. Get off your ass people. Talk to each other. Work with the School Committee. Work with the Mayor. Work with the people of Greenfield and stick your petty political bantering where the sun don’t shine for a while. We are sick of it. It’s embarrassing. The Town Council also has responsibility for this mess. You have failed us too. We are all accountable – okay!? Your job / opportunity, right now, is to provide some leadership and make this work out best for our CHILDREN – not to make some political point. Running home to mama-Massachusetts is not an option. The people of Greenfield expect a lot more creativity and maturity from our Council. I don’t think Greenfield is ready to give up control of our schools (and our town by the way) to an even more detached bureaucracy. Please people… talk to each other. TODAY! Please.