Community Action Team Update

Here's a letter I received about the Tuesday night Community Action Team meeting.

Once again, thank you VERY much to the people who provide updates on the meetings and goings on in town.

This letter was also copied to an employee of the BCCT. I am grateful for being copied when these letters go to board members, the media, or state and local officials. It's good to know that the word is getting out. People are beginning to understand that our educational system has been hijacked and is being dismantled piece by piece. I'm sure that many, many more letters are received by these people that are not provided to me. It's all good. We need everyone to get the word out: There are good, hardworking people in Morrisville who don't want to pay high taxes AND do not want to dismantle the system. They are ready and willing to work together for the common good, just like the Stop the School people pledged to do.

So much for that...another broken campaign promise.


17 members of the community and 3 members of the school board met last night with executive facilitator Ms. Perotti. The group's consensus reached in three independent smaller groups was that the school board needs a long-term engineering or facilities plan with short-term goals and a time-line. Three things struck me as important at this meeting. 1) people from the board and the spectators who normally disagree with their actions were in complete agreement that this was the highest priority from a list of 10 items under the heading of "Facilities". 2) That "Facilities" was the most important topic that needed to be addressed at this time and 3) that three separate sub-groups all working independently came to the exact same conclusion.

This seems to me to be a negative reaction to the last open school board meeting approval of the band-aid approach to fixing the heaters / boilers in the High School and Grandview. What this group agreed upon can be seen as a significant setback to the independent work of Mr. Hellmann who has made engineering decision based on a CPA's training.

This group believes that consensus is possible, that fixing the schools is a priority and that the children and their physical safety and education should come first in any discussions.

I would appreciate any publication of comments to let the community know that we can work together for the greater good of the schools and the children.

The public is welcome to our meetings. The next will be held in September. [Moderator Note: Does anyone have the specific date?]

Yours Truly,
John Ceneviva Jr.