ZCREED

Good ridance!  That’s what I say to Charlestown’s latest effort to leave Chariho.

Seriously, we complain about how unfair the tax equalization is between Charlestown and Richmond/Hopkinton.  With Charlestown gone, we won’t need to update our facilities to accommodate more students, we won’t have as big operating costs (I’m thinking of heating, etc on top of less teachers and so forth).  I’m sure the ratio of operating costs will be somewhat higher, but not high enough to warrant paying millions to build new structures.  The kicker is… Charlestown will get hammered with huge up-front costs to build their school system.  How’s that for tax equalization?

The one remaing factor to consider is a new name… Riho is just not right – I can think of too many jokes at our children’s expense.  What do you think the new bi-town school distract should be named?