John Fielding
At the latest count there are eight candidates running for five spots on the Antietam School Board. Incumbent Greg Burdan is not running for re-election. Myself, Judy Swartz, Julia Kleiman-Baer,and Bev Daniels are the incumbents running for re-election. Then there are four non-incumbents running. One of them is Christopher Faro.
Husband of Melissa Faro, a teacher in the Antietam School District, Mr. Faro is a teacher in the Twin Valley School District. More importantly, he is the head of the teacher's union at Twin Valley.
Antietam faces some tough choices. Already the highest taxed school district in the county, Antietam faces a $700,000 deficit in its budget even if it were to raise taxes by the .61 mils permitted under Act 1 without referendum. I will not vote to raise taxes. In fact the only budget for which I have ever voted was a zero tax increase budget proposal of 2009 for the 2009-2010 year. All of those years of spending and taxing, however, are about to come home to roost.
With labor costs comprising 60-70% of Antietam's budget, I'm not certain that having the head of the Twin Valley teacher's union on the Antietam School Board is going to help much.
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