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RVC School Improvement Bond Vote on Tuesday

March 19 vote to decide fate of $45.9 million school improvement bond.

Residents will have the opportunity to vote on the $45.9 million Rockville Centre School District improvement bond Tuesday.

The vote for the school improvement bond will take place from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the South Side High School gymnasium.

The bond will go toward structural improvements and enhancements at each of the five elementary schools, as well as South Side Middle School and High School and the administrative building.

A bulk of the total comes from spatial need improvements at the high school to the tune of $26.3 million.

"It will just literally be a much better place for our kids to be able to come to," Superintendent William Johnson said back in January in reference to the bond's pending approval. "It's going to be a safer set of buildings. They'll be able to run more efficiently and I think, quite frankly, the instructional program will be the beneficiary of all [the board] is doing."

RELATED: Inside the Numbers: An In-Depth Look at RVC's School Improvement Bond

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dpf May 17, 2013 at 10:27 pm
And many of them will leave because the job pays next to nothing. Proctoring will be turned into aRead More complete nightmare
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 19, 2013 at 07:03 pm
I would also like to note that there is no alarm among parents about the fact that our average APRead More score is 1.8 and Baldwin's is almost double that. I thought this was supposed to be about the students.
beentheredonethat May 19, 2013 at 06:58 pm
I don't know how many times I read during the bond discussion that we are a nationally ranked schoolRead More and deserve world class facilities. The #22 was a major talking point. All I'm saying is that we hang the plague in the hallway when the news is good but when the rankings decline there is not a word about it in the 2 weeks since they were published.
Matthew Hogan (Editor) May 19, 2013 at 06:21 pm
@beentheredonethat: Any accusatory posts will be deleted as per our terms of useRead More (http://rockvillecentre.patch.com/terms). Take the time to review the terms. Any further posts violating our terms of use from here on out will result in an automatic suspension. Thank you.
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 havingRead 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 andRead 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 haveRead 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.
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