Quincy has spent five and a half million preparing for school amid COVID-19 pandemic

From Chromebooks to masks, expenses add up.  A Greg Derr/Patriot Ledger image.

– News covered by Quincy Quarry News with commentary added.

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Quincy has spent five and a half million preparing for school amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

In the latest puff press release from the Koch Maladministration then pimped by the South Shore broadsheet, the Koch Machine has yet again so promulgated a creative favorable accounting of its spendings.

For example, four million was spent mostly during last year’s school year on notebooks for students and support services needed to conduct remote learning given pandemic-fueled school closures.

Of the remaining million and a half, roughly $400,000 was spent on personal protective equipment and cleaning materiel and thus but a million is slated to be spend on upgrading the ventilation systems of the twenty local public school facilities.

Always – ALWAYS – follow the money!
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In other words, basically little more than fans for classrooms which will not be of much help come the cold time of most of the school year and replacing existing HVAC filters.

Conversely, and as reported previously by Quincy Quarry, the similar-sized Worcester School District is planning to spend $15 million on just air filtration system upgrades on its schools, fifteenth times more than Quincy is currently planning to spend on its schools.

The only good news for local taxpayers is that the whole of the $5.5 million is expected to be reimbursed by the federal COVID-19 pandemic grant funding as opposed to funded via local property taxes.

On the other hand, the Quarry most only properly note that such federal funding will ultimately be funded by locals via their federal tax payments.

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