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Letter to the Editor: Spending on athletics a cause of Marlington issues The Alliance Review To the Editor: The members of the Marlington board majority are being wrongly labeled as the creators of problems in the district. History shows otherwise. The financial missteps of boards and administrations before them shouldn’t be labeled as their fault. Spending patterns created before their time led to the beginning of a steady decrease in the cash carryover balance. Yes, a lot of money is bei...

Letter to the Editor: Marlington Forward ad incorrect on NEXUS fund info The Alliance Review To the Editor: Recently, a group opposed to keeping Marlington’s current elementary buildings placed a paid ad in the newspaper. As a regular observer of the Board of Education’s online meetings, I was shocked at the many inaccuracies contained in the ad.   One of those inaccuracies was the claim that “the board majority continues to count on 100% (of NEXUS funds) to pay back loans (for buildin...

Letter to the Editor: Careful study statistics cited in Marlington Forward ad The Alliance Review To the Editor: Once again, the group that still favors consolidating Marlington’s elementary schools is creating confusion and discord in the district. I am concerned with many of the statements in the recent full-page newspaper ad. I noticed that Superintendent Mike Shreffler recognized that the ad contained “skewed” and “flatly inaccurate” information. One of several problems that I saw...

That was 18 years ago. It has been renewed by voters three times and currently generates $3.13 million a year for the school system. But much has changed since 2003, and Marlington officials say there is a dire need for more money. The situation is dividing the community. A political action committee called Marlington Forward recently purchased advertising space in the Alliance Review criticizing three of the five Board of Education members. Marlington Forward takes a critical view of s...