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John Sonedecker, the former District Superintendent, left the employ of the Three Village Central School District in 2003. He left under an apparent cloud of "very quiet" controversy the Board of Education at the time would have preferred not be made public. Sadly for them and certainly for Herr Sonedecker, not everyone follows the preferred direction of "Shhhhhhdom" leaders.
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On June 20th, for the second time in six years the opportunity for serious change in the balance of political power in school district management failed to materialize. Sixteen hundred stalwart citizens, deserving of all the accolades one can bestow upon them, did their level best. It was not enough. But why? |
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Recently, the school board publicly struggled with the revised budget proposal.
In preface, they announced that the inclusion of self-sustaining programs on the May 16th failing budget's revenue list had not been a good idea. That "It had made comprehension difficult, contributed to voter frustration and defeated the budget." So, they rewrote history. The budget "formerly known as" a 12 1/2% increase shall henceforth be remembered as the one of a mere 11.4%.
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So, have you caught your breath yet? I hope so, for the battle is not yet over. An announcement from the administration to the Waking Bear the evening of May17th had the following to say:
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Written by Edward J. Shea
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Government: its agencies, elected officials and their appointees exist to serve us. We breathe life into the arrangement at the ballot box. Those we elect then nominate, approve, hire and direct the activities of public administrators. |
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Public School Teaching - The World's Greatest Waste of a Doctorate Degree
At 24, Burton Martell, possessing a mix of social wit, reasonable athletic prowess and an outstanding academic record, had applied months before to attend the University he knew to be the threshold to all he wanted to achieve in life. He'd arrived in town the night before and slept little in anticipation of meeting Dr. Lugar Schmidt, chairman of the University's Graduate School of Mathematics. Though nervous, Martell was confident beyond his years. The meeting had thus far gone very well.
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The following issues are what you will be asked to vote upon: (1) extending the maximum distance buses will transport children, (2) electing three candidates for the school board, as well as approving (3) the budget and (4) a six million dollar bond issue.
Getting more than a hundred e-mail inquiries, The Waking Bear will address the issues as follows: |
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In our last editorial, it was explained that a great deal of change has occurred in the way TVCSD, New York State and the nation's educational environments are more recently perceiving "things." The state, for example, has rocked the very foundations of the K-12 system. Standardized tests, a greater mandated number of Regents credits required for graduation, core curriculums, direct instruction, the failures of whole language and progressive education in general, academic requirements for schools of education, more stringent standards for the acquisition of teacher credentials, charter schools: all these things and more have, it seems almost overnight, leaped from the pages of best sellers and an increasing flood of newspaper articles of recent years into reality.
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No, we'll not be folding our tent.
For some weeks, the editors of the Waking Bear© have been discussing amongst themselves the merits of continuing our efforts amidst a community of supposedly intelligent - because their educated and presumed therefore to be involved - braindead and sadly uninvolved citizenry. Our e-mail exchanges had been fast, furious and inconclusive until we began hearing from our cyberspace readership that had not seen an amended Waking Bear© page since August 25th. It was their comments, support and suggestions that we provide the ONLY consistently vigorous voice representing financial sanity in the Three Village School District, the ONLY voice to take exception to the senselessness of the School Board as well as to the greed and hubris of the teachers that helped us to unanimously agree to continue. |
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V O T E !!! - On May 20th -V O T E!!!
Here in the Three Village area, we have what appears to be a reasonable budget increase that requires a bit of scrutiny, and we have four candidates running for two seats on the Board of Education. |
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The Three Village "Crisis" is the TVTA
Children's Village is a residential child-care agency in Dobbs Ferry, New York. Some years ago, Greenburgh 11 School District was establish solely to serve the Village and address the educational needs of poor and troubled New York City youths, aged 5 to 16. The city and the state share the $82,000 annual per child cost. |
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