Jay Weitlauf

Board member, Groton School District. Heard at 6 board meetings; spoke longest on Jun 10, 2026: at least 7 minutes.

6 of 7board meetings heard, of those held while seated; plus 5 with no confirmed date
3.5minutes speaking per meeting, at least (the speech named so far)
5clips
1.0questions asked per meeting, at least (10 in 10 meetings)

Present at the roll call of 2 dated board meetings.

Clips

What Jay Weitlauf said

To, uh, to match what the town has given us. And I think it is perfect to use this one-time grant from the state for a one-time curriculum upgrade.Jay WeitlaufBoard member · Groton School District Board of Education · Jun 10, 2026Watch the full meeting from 2:19:10
  • I think we need to make these big cuts to get our budget in, in compliance with what the town is going to fund us. …Jay WeitlaufBoard member · Groton School District Board of Education · Jun 10, 2026Watch the full meeting from 2:07:31
  • I think we just need to take the cuts that we've been handed and vote. …Jay WeitlaufBoard member · Groton School District Board of Education · Jun 10, 2026Watch the full meeting from 1:36:01
  • You know, there's an old saying that you can't look a gift horse in the mouth, but it's our responsibility since we're dealing with taxpayer money to make sure we can feed the gift horse, whether it's the manufacturing grant or whether it's the early childhood.Jay WeitlaufBoard member · Groton School District Board of EducationWatch the full meeting from 1:25:20
  • Ackerman are saying, once again, we are not so much increasing as going back to the way things used to be in some of these schools before there were some really deep cuts a few years ago. …Jay WeitlaufBoard member · Groton School District Board of EducationWatch the full meeting from 2:55:43