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A Lakeland school board member quit after the majority of the board voted to give the superintendent a $24,000 raise.

Brian Mitten resigned from the board to protest the pay raise given to Lakeland School Superintendent Kenneth Connolly. Connolly's first year on the job has been tumultuous. Last fall, a $3 million budget deficit was discovered. Also, cuts in next year's budget are costing about 40 district employees their jobs.

School Board President Carol Ann Dobson contends if Connolly took another, higher paying job, finding a replacement would cost more than the amount of the raise. Connelly?s raise also comes with strings attached. He will be paying a greater share of his health insurance. And, if he quits before his contract is over, he will be hit with thousands of dollars in damages.

A Lakeland school board member quit after the majority of the board voted to give the superintendent a $24,000 raise.  Brian Mitten resigned from the board to protest the pay raise given to Lakeland School

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We have a really steady rain all day today. You don't need me to tell you, but it's gross out there. But how long does it last? That's where I come in tonight. Some scattered showers. It's not as widespread for the later half of the afternoon. The clouds will still be around until Monday morning. But hey, the good news is that the work week looks good. We're dry. We have a few clouds but we're getting colder as we move past Monday. So get ready to need the winter jacket. Here's what the rest of this morning shapes up. Like, see, you know, as we move closer to noon time, the showers do at times get a little bit on the heavier side. This is noon. You see, holding steady temperatures, mid forties, just like they were when you woke up by noon time, just like you woke up near 50 in Yonkers, you're near 50 at noon. So no change with the temperature. If anything, you might actually drop in temperature a little bit. This afternoon, we catch a break after two o'clock. It's still light showers. It's still really gloomy. It's still really cloudy, but at least the rain isn't as widespread for the later half of the afternoon. It's not great though, at any point today, you should at least have the rain jacket. I don't know if you necessarily need to go with the umbrella all day, but Monday problem fare, check this out. You're about 40 degrees for the Upper Hudson Valley. Low to mid forties for the morning commute for the lower Hudson Valley and we are dry and we actually have sunshine early Monday, but then the clouds roll in Monday afternoon and we're gonna do that again on Tuesday and on Wednesday it looks like morning sunshine, afternoon clouds. Now, the difference is, it is much colder as we move into the middle of the week. Monday feels like 51. Tuesday feels like 41 and Wednesday feels like 36. Welcome back. Winter. Here we are. It looks pretty chilly too for the first night of Hanukkah. But we warm up again next weekend. So snow lovers just be patient because it's not looking like the odds are good quite yet.

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Lakeland school board member quits in protest of superintendent's raise