Schools send out an SOS
These are tough financial times for all of us. It’s so bad most New Yorker’s are too poor to retire. They must keep on working. Here’s a link to what one school district is doing to get members...
View ArticleMay 15 matters
It’s 15 weeks before voters in most school districts across the state vote on school budgets. Voters in this state overwhelmingly support their public schools. (This is just one of the many positive...
View ArticleDates that matter before May 15
It’s 14 weeks before voters in most school districts across the state vote on school budgets. May 15 will be here in the blink of an eye. Heck my backyard already looks like spring with daffodil up 3...
View ArticleA taxing Tuesday
Today marks 13 weeks before most school districts across the state put their budgets up for a vote. You may recall this post about the importance of setting up a committee to spread around the GOTV...
View ArticleFight Back Friday: Tax Cap
I’m fighting with myself to not type the line that start with “We” and end with “so.” We knew the tax cap was bad for schools and communities. We knew it back on June 30. Now districts across the state...
View ArticleTaxing Tuesday: May 15 matters
Unions across the state are telling us about the budget cuts their districts are facing. Hearing about cuts makes me think of cards. Hearing about just the three cases I dealt with yesterday makes me...
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The faces of loss; fears for future
If you want to see the weary face of what ongoing state budget cuts to schools looks like, then look no further than Rebecca Horwitz. Photo by Tim Raab An English as a Second Language teacher in...
View ArticleTaxing Tuesday: May 15 matters
Most school districts draft their budgets this month. (I have yet to hear of a single district that is not cutting something: from clerical and food service positions to Advanced Placement programs, to...
View ArticleTaxing Tuesday: Cap under 0? Now what?
That’s the question at least 12 school districts are asking as they prepare school budgets for the May 15 vote. Especially considering that the tax cap was highly touted as a way to provide relief for...
View ArticleMay 15 matters: ‘Do me a favor’ (updated)
“Do me a favor” is actually the phrase a number of locals use when they send postcards to their members asking for help on campaigns. We are now three weeks away from when most voters across the state...
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