Whatever you say guys. I wonder if there was a reason that the guy that always tapes the board…Read More meetings didn't tape Meet the Candidates night? Then we wouldn't need to bicker about this...
I agree new blood can be used and some new thinking and the way to accomplish that is to vote new…Read More faces in. Does having more people create a larger bureaucracy thought. Having served on a number of private, charity and corporate boards I can tell you more is not always the answer. I think term limits would be a better approach. This way you don't have the same though process year after year. Two terms six years seems reasonably to me.
Since past precedence for a number of years has been to send out literature informing ALL residents…Read More (including those with no children in the schools) of candidates bios, does the omission of the bios raise a legal issue? ??? We all pay school taxes and district has the obligation to provide us with this info. Shame on them!!!!
Teacher's union is also "encouraging" votes for Egan & Behar and against adding two additional seats to the board. People with a vested interest "encouraging" you to vote a particular way should raise flags!!! Hopefully people will think for themselves and make an informed vote for the candidate they feel will best represent the students & residents of Commack.
IT does raise a red flag! I think it IS definitely time to vote for some new folks. I am going to…Read More check out Hartman and Tampellini's bios. If I like what I see, I am voting for change
there seems to be a strang pattern of coincidences. The minutes from the board meeting that…Read More approved his secretary dissappear, Bios left out when they used to always be sent, misleading announcements about the nursing cuts when addtional money was recieved by the state implying that they retained nurses when infact the cuts remained in the budget. I think that the people running the school district are being abusive of thier power in pushing this budget and ensuring that the administrators work with a board that they are comfortable with. Just look at the lengths that they went to ensure that the supreintendent had a secretary that he was "comfortable working with". Its a good thing that he's not comfortable working from a mansion because the school board would probably give that to him as well!!
Hey, PTA, BOE/// try lending a hand///don't criticize things you don't understand///the community is…Read More clearly beyond your command///your 100 year road is rapidly aging///and, the times, they are changing.
CUFSD has experienced a decline in total enrollment from a peak of 7830 in 2008-09 to 6934 (projected) in 2013-14, a decrease of 11.4%. During that period, spending per pupil increased from $19,759 to $25,871 - an increase of 30.9%. This performance does not reflect well on the financial management capabilities of the BOE. And, is it a surprise that NYSUT is an advocate for the status quo? A more democratic approach to decision-making via a vote for Prop 2 should be helpful.
Vote yes for the additional members of the board. Save our schools. Save our schools with fair…Read More representation.
Join a new taxpayers representation committee at the Commack community assoc effective September 2013.
Our next meeting is May 30 at 7pm at the Bristol assisted living community room( next to sears)
Do not let this civic group wither away as it would be a victory for the school board that monitors any opposition to the way the district operates.