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Tony Nobaloney May 20, 2013 at 10:02 am
What a shame!
The Dirtbags of society just keep proliferating.
nora maresca May 16, 2013 at 09:13 pm
Many companies and municipalities are doing the same, as was predicted when the ACA was debated.…Read More Logical business decision.
beentheredonethat May 20, 2013 at 01:17 pm
Problem is Janet you can't have it both ways. When you want to explain away our poor showing on AP…Read More and SAT, you look to demographics and state that parents in Jericho spend so much more privately on their children. When you want to explain the budget mess you look to the state and say that we are being penalized for being a wealthy district.
Janet Shainis Cisario May 20, 2013 at 11:43 am
I think the problem there is the costs associated with State and even federal mandates, but mostly…Read More state. There are so many requirements on paperwork and recording and reporting everything from attendance and testing to transportation to special ed, to health and nutrition. Are the personnel this amount of paperwork demands all required for successful education, absolutely not, are they required for state funding, unfortunately yes, maybe not every hour of every one, but that is not where we will find much fat unfortunately I don't think, they don't make much and I'm not sure what kind of benefits those jobs get. definitely something to look at in this job market, I am sure it would be easy enough to keep them filled even without great benefits. Another huge problem is that then we don't get close to our fair share from the state because we are considered rich here on long island. This is why our capital improvements are sooooo expensive, because the state construction matches are different in "wealthier" districts, so it is so much easier to do capital projects in freeport or in small towns upstate than it is here. I really believe Skelos knows the problems and fights for us as much as he can on this, but Long Island and Westchester are going to have to rise up against Albany on educational matters....they think of us as a cash cow...it is ridiculous.
JustWondering May 20, 2013 at 11:01 am
Well said Janet. And I hope your husband's prediction about who will be left standing do not come…Read More true! As far as dealing with all employee costs through attrition - I'm not sure we can wait that long. I agree ENTIRELY that we should not be laying off teachers. GREAT teachers are priceless. But with every employee there is a salary cost, pension, healthcare, unemployment insurance, disability insurance, social security, medicare taxes and on and on and on. To be clear I am not talking about teachers at all. Let's take them out of the mix. Can we really say that every single employee in the School District is vital to educational success. I am not at all sure we can say that. Again, these are hard choices. No one said it is going to be easy. But we need to start somewhere.
Fred Stapleman May 17, 2013 at 10:44 am
Hey Matt Hogan, While I don't buy into posts that you are Johnson's press secretary and him having…Read More a hand in running this publication, I do believe myself and many other readers here would appreciate an in depth, unbiased and objective interview w/ him asking the tuff questions your readers asked here. He always seems available to comment on and inflate the slightest bit of positive news, perhaps he would like the opportunity to comment on and explain his take on the latest rankings, etc. Have you or any member of your staff ever directly interviewed him or requested and interview w/ him and would you consider requesting such an interview?
Fred Stapleman May 17, 2013 at 09:57 am
It is nothing short of amazing that people are still rushing to the defense of Johnson/Burris and…Read More their minions at the PTA. What's wrong w/ you people? When the rankings come out positive they do everything they can to publicise them from plaques on the wall to streaming video on the district website and everything in between. Yet not a peep on the latest rankings. 500+ ranking in NYS, people thats based solely on test scores not the # of kids taking the test and how many free lunches the district provides. Do any of you wonder at all why Johnson encouraged kids to "opt out" of NYS testing? If so let me help you out...The scores are going to be awful and would have been worse had all the kids participated. The quality of life in this town and its education system is circling the bowl, we need positive change not the same old go along to get along mentality. Pls think about voting for Ms Rubino, we need some balance and accountability on that board not a bunch of Johnson puppets. Not sure when Johnson's contract is up but he too has got to go, he is slowly destroying this district. We might try to hire Baldwin's superintendant as he really seems to know what he is doing when it comes to AP.
mb May 15, 2013 at 03:33 pm
This is the funniest blog post ever. Someone thinks Patch is run by Johnson, another should have…Read More used the more appropriate pseudonym "know it all" and the most recent thinks the PTA is ruining our neighborhood. Go to a meeting, get involved, educate yourself. If you can't go to a meeting watch the local government and school channel. Then perhaps you would know that the bulk of the school budget is dictated by NY state.
Allison Ramirez May 8, 2013 at 03:56 pm
Beautiful flowers and plants at a great price! Delicious baked goodies and much more!