WPCNR SCHOOL DAYS. March 21, 2005: Tonight the Board of Education is holding the first Public Hearing on the preliminary 2005-2006 Board of Education budget ($154.8 Million) at 7:30 at Education House, 5 Homeside Lane. However, the City Assessor, Eyde McCarthy, who was scheduled to address the Board of Education of the matter of certriorari trends and PILOT payments relating to the City Center, will not appear as scheduled. 

 A total of $5.8 Million in certriorari refunds have been surrendered by the Board of Education the first three months of 2005.  

Ms. McCarthy will not be making the report because she has not recovered from recent medical treatment, according to Clerk to the Board of Education, Michele Schoenfeld. Terrance Schreurs, Assistant Superintendent for Business for the School District, reported through a spokesperson that no pinch hitter for Ms. McCarthy was expected, and the information on certriorari trends and PILOT trends involving the city's new development had been requested three weeks ago. His office did not know if the city was going to send over a written report prior to the Board of Education Public Hearing this evening.