Tag: Board Of Education

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Don Lowe Was Never the Man for the Job. It's Time for Someone New.

Thursday, August 27, 2026

For nearly a decade, Sherman’s chief executive cultivated the image of a meticulous fiscal steward to mask a staggering trail of administrative incompetence. From a concealed personal bankruptcy and a 78% salary surge to a chilling internal protocol designed to evade public records, Town Hall has quietly devolved into a retaliatory fiefdom run by a desperate politician clinging to his only financial lifeline.

A Mayor’s Election, a Board’s Incompetence, and an Auditor’s License: The Standoff in Sherman

Saturday, July 25, 2026

A staggering amount of money, approximately $281,000 in sole-source capital construction costs, has been improperly buried within a routine Board of Education maintenance account.

Resident Flags $318,000 in Capital Construction Expenses Charged to Routine School Maintenance Account

Saturday, July 25, 2026

Formal requests urge the town auditor to intervene as hundreds of thousands of dollars in school construction costs are charged to a routine Board of Education maintenance account, while financial records disappear from the newly redesigned website.

Sherman BOE Faces $302,907 Maintenance Deficit Following Retroactive Capital Approvals

Friday, June 5, 2026

The Sherman Board of Education is operating with a $302,907.15 deficit in its routine Repairs and Maintenance account following a series of retroactive, sole-source approvals for capital construction costs related to the $50 million school renovation project.

Video Transcripts Expose Haphazard Procurements Masking a Complete Lack of Financial Oversight

Friday, June 5, 2026

Surfaced video evidence reveals something significantly more disturbing regarding the $300 local school project budget short fall. It is not a calculated strategy; it's administrative laziness.

The $300,000 Deception: Inside Sherman's Municipal Shell Game

Monday, May 18, 2026

How do you overspend a $14,000 routine maintenance budget by 2,000 percent? By quietly turning it into a slush fund to hide the escalating costs and delays of a $50 million school renovation bond.

The Architecture of Oversight: When the Auditor Works for the Architect

Thursday, May 7, 2026

A forensic review of Sherman’s public records reveals a closed-loop financial ecosystem where the Board of Education Chairman is privately employing the Selectman tasked with auditing his $50 million school project.

Taxpayers Are Not ATMs: Why a $42.8 Million Community Investment Demands Respect

Wednesday, March 4, 2026

Sherman taxpayers understand the value of a good school, whether we have children enrolled or not. We are all on the same side. But when we ask to see the ledgers for a historic $42.8 million bill, the administration treats us like outsiders whose only job is to write the check.