I received this email today. Good information to recall...
WEDNESDAY, MAY 28 7:30 PM
MORRISVILLE HIGH SCHOOL
BE THERE!
If you voted for the Stop the School candidates, and even if you didnt, you might want to pay attention to what they are doing! What they are doing right now is sure to affect hit YOUR wallet and even lower your property values considerably.
The board voted against funding special education services! This service is required by law for every child, so guess what happens if they don't pay for it. That's right, the parents of special ed kids have the right to sue, and probably win, pulling more money out of your pockets than the $100 the board promises to save you this year.
We tried to warn you, to protect you. We had hoped you would listen. This will hurt everyone, not just the people who use the public school.
If you utilize any of the special ed services at the Morrisville Schools, you have to go speak up. If you have a child in any charter school and live in the Morrisville School District, you have to speak up too, because they don't want to pay for that either, even though they are obligated.
And guess what else, if you didn't want a K-12 because you didn't want your kindergartner near a 12th grader in a building that was built for that purpose, then you certainly won't like the plan of them taking all the kids and putting them in the existing high school with no renovations. And with the cuts they plan for alternative schools, the kids with behavioral problems that are currently sent somewhere else to keep our schools safe will be brought back into the district!
You somehow thought a money saving school building was bad, but the worst is yet to come, and it won't even save you real tax dollars, but you will lose tens of thousands in the worth of your home.
Please come out on Wednesday, May 28th and make your voice be heard. The board refuses to listen to public, so MAKE THEM LISTEN. Don't let this board hurt our children. Don't let this board destroy our town. Because if they do, the state may step in, and we can only imagine how much that would cost the entire community.
Friday, May 23, 2008
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Those of us who read this blog are getting important information, and we need to get it out to those who don't. Many parents are not aware of the crisis we face, and we shouldn't judge them for that, but lay bare what is before us now . The cold facts of everyday impact will hit home more than a proposed building or tax break ever did.
Let's get as many detailed answers as possible - how exactly do those budget cuts translate to our children's education? For example, will class sizes increase? Will they have adequate numbers of classroom aides? How will curriculum and textbooks be updated? Who will attend to children who are struggling with social issues or behavioral challenges and therefore acting out in class, when there is no principal or administrator present? What staff reductions are happening, and how does that impact instruction? When alternative school is deemed in the best interest of a child, and the school refuses to provide it - what is the impact not only on the school community but for that child?
(There are many reasons for children to attend alternative schools, including safety of that child and others. A good alternative environment should be meeting the needs of the child so they may have a better future, and this is better for the community in the long run.)
Those of us who have been following the board decisions already can guess the very tragic answers to those questions. The facts will scream for themselves, but it will take work to reach the many parents out there before this budget is passed. And if it is passed, as it likely will be, it will be up to us to continue to advocate for all the children, including and maybe especially those who so desperately need the services that this board plans to tear away.
If I RECALL the comments of the state officials correctly, it may largely be up to us to sue, but the state has some authority to remove board members. How much more negligent they need to before the state steps in I can't imagine, but passing the present proposed budget in defiance of state requirements and professional advice seems to qualify.
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