At a meeting with the PTA Council on 2/16/10 the Superintendent made several statements that may be (in his words) false and misleading.

At the meeting with the Stow-Munroe Falls Parent Teacher Association, the Superintendent stated, “put a gun to my head….(there is) no levy committee….. the levy committee treasurer files a report”.

Mr. Superintendent: If there is no levy committee, who is the group that filed allegations with the Ohio Election Commission against the Stow Citizens for Responsible Government?

Why did the non-existent levy committee sponsor (under cover of the PTA Council) a fundraiser golf outing?

Why did the PTA council issue a check for a donation of $8,072.67 to a non-existent levy committee?

Why does the non-existent levy committee have a treasurer and co-chairpersons?

Your statement at the meeting that they “..(did) not (do) something sneaky”, surely explains why the levy committee’s golf fundraiser was disguised as a function of the PTA Council. Are the businesses and individuals who purchased tickets and sponsored holes aware they were being snookered?

Would you have known that the contribution amount sent to the levy committee by the PTA Council was illegal (according to their by-laws) if the SCRG had not intervened?

The PTA Council representative at the meeting stated, (there has been) “a lot of communication with the state (Ohio PTA). Everything has been done legally and above board.”

It’s amazing what a little public exposure can do.

We really don’t care if the PTA Council sent funds to the levy committee.  We support the levy committee in their arduous duties.  We know that without levies school systems could not function.  We only care that the district be run corrrectly and legally.