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Teachers' Salary Schedule - School Year 1995-1996

Tuesday, 07 May 1996 12:07 Last Updated on Thursday, 08 March 2007 10:39 Written by The Editor

The following chart reflects:
most recent salary raise, longevity (STEP) increases for each year of completed service and proficiency pay for any additional education, and training presumed to improve a teacher's performance.

Kid-PAC's First Absolute Fiasco

Tuesday, 07 May 1996 08:59 Last Updated on Thursday, 15 March 2007 04:27 Written by The Editor

The widely advertised Kid-PAC met for its second public meeting at Minnesauke School, on May 2nd of 1996. Established by Mia Jacobs, Frank Navetta and Tom McDonald the group was organized "to create opportunities for children." With perhaps 100 people in attendance, the evening was to provide area residents with their second opportunity to meet all the Board of Education candidates. Sadly, that was the last intelligent act planned or occurring that evening. An evening that might have provided an excellent springboard for Kid-PAC to achieve real political influence in the community. That chance may have disappeared forever.

Newsday's 1996 Interview of The Waking Bear

Sunday, 07 April 1996 09:00 Last Updated on Thursday, 15 March 2007 05:26 Written by The Editor

On March 28, staff writer Jessica Kowal of Long Island's Newsday contacted us via the internet. An exchange continued through the 6th of April. On the following day, Newsday published the story behind the efforts of The Waking Bear. It is a story about some of the how and a big part of the why for the Bear's emergence.

he following is the verbatim account of that dialogue. Ms. Kowal's e-mail connection and phone number have been eliminated, nothing more. If truth bothers you, go back to watching television.

Tax-PACs - God Bless Them, Everyone

Sunday, 31 March 1996 11:53 Last Updated on Thursday, 22 March 2007 12:05 Written by The Editor

"Tax-PACkers!" she screamed with contempt, the veins at her temple clearly visible. "You think only of yourselves and of your need to slash-and-burn," she continued, "never of the children, never of education's importance, never of the positive influences teachers have in our children's lives. You stink!"

What is it that Tax-PACkers propose that causes so much fury?

Education 2000 - An Administrative Ruse

Sunday, 31 March 1996 09:26 Last Updated on Sunday, 07 November 2010 18:34 Written by The Editor

For two years, a committee for something entitled Education 2000 has met in frequent closed session and then held a number of open forums, hosting more than 1,000 Three Village residents. It has been the committee's intention to establish a consensus of community opinion about the direction of Three Village School District educational initiatives for some time to come. The process continues though its "near" final draft was completed on February 1st, 1996 and made public on March 12th at a regular Board of Education meeting. The finished product, called a "vision statement," will be a manifesto for the District's brave new world of 21st century education. With its completion and the Board's approval may go your last real chance to determine the direction of future administrative generations. With its completion and the Board of Education's likely imprimatur, it will be the teachers and unions and administrators again calling the tune, unless you scream for something to the contrary.