Be INFORMED!

Show up to the Budget meetings and BOE MEETINGS! See what this board want's to cut. The money we are paying Notforlong has to come from somewhere. DON'T LET OUR CHILDREN SUFFER BECAUSE OF THEIR ARROGANCE!

GREAT POINT!

At the very least, we get the opportunity to vote in three new Board Members...but more importantly, if indeed, the board members read this blog, as many suspect they do...I hope that they consider the uproar as they prepare their next budget proposal. The taxpayers cannot afford another double digit tax increase, and the BOE cannot blame it on the re-assessment...that's a cop~out! Once the re-assesment takes place, the towns will lower their "rate per thousand", thus keeping the increase manageable. The school district however, is under no such mandate!! Taxpayers should be aware that once the new assesed rates hit, that the BOE is under no obligation to lower the "rate per thousand" which could potentially double some peoples tax bill for EGCSD. The BOE's latest flyer goes to extremes to dodge this point, and they don't want us to know this important fact. I went to the first meetings that GAR held, and the woman from GAR was very explicit about the fact that the Town's will lower their rate per thousand, but she also very carefully said that the School District does not have to lower its rate per thousand. Taxpayers beware !!

So are we any closer?

Not exactly. We will never know the truth about Becky. My apologies to Supervisor Mc Cabe and Councilman Cristo. A couple of posts got through without me truly reading them. This forum was not intended for a discourse of Town Politics. The personal shots that were taken by someone at you over your right as a TAXPAYER and CITIZEN of this town were blatantly unfair.

The amazing thing to me is that this is the United States of America. You are allowed to voice your opinion without being thrown in jail by the government. Yet people are polarized because of an opinion different than theirs.

The facts as we know them are clear and indisputable;

1. Becky will be paid until she finds a Superintendent Position. A year full salary from us and less over the remaining two years. Read her amended contract. Given her track record only idiots would hire her. So it looks like we are subsidizing a mortgage banking career.

2. Our BOE paid an outside firm taxpayer money to search for a Super. Enlisted the community in the search. Then wanted to take an idividual that had no ties to Terry Brewer. I don't know Mr. Brewer personally or professionally. How did he get such a bad rap by this board?

3. They made a difficult situation for the McHugh Family even more stressful.

Sitting at BOE meetings the arrogance from members of this board is very disconcerting. They are elected officials supposedly representing our community. It is time they go. They don't possess the traits we ask of our children. Honesty, Integrity, Character. They all carry agenda's and we are now seeing that the agenda is not our children.

We need to heal as a community and stop the bleeding before it gets to the children.

VOTE THESE PEOPLE OUT. WE NEED CHANGE ON THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

ALL POSTS WILL BE READ AND NO LONGER WILL PERSONAL ATTACKS BE ALLOWED THROUGH.

CBS6 will air a "You paid for it" special

Monday regarding our situation. Showing the whole capital region how INCOMPETENT this board is. THE FACT THAT THEY BROUGHT NOT FURLONG IN BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT SOMEONE WITH TIES TO TERRY BREWER IS REPREHENSIBLE. THE ARROGANCE IS MIND BLOWING!

WE ALL SHOULD BE COMPLAINING TO THE STATE EDUCATION DEPT?

This is what we could have had.....instead we have been hung by our own BOE and NOTFURLONG!

Congratulations to Charles Dedrick, Cohoes City School Superintendent, and the candidate recommended the focus group to be the EGCSD Superintendent!!!!

In today's Advertiser there's an article announcing that he was the recipient of the NYS Council of School Superintendents Appreciation Award. Only a few superintendents, out of 700, are selected to receive this. He was recognized for his exemplary service, commitment as an emeritus faculty member of the Superintendent's Academy, leadership and guidance, amongst other achievements.

It should also be noted that Mr. Dedrick is a longtime resident of the EGCSD.Credit should also go to the EGCSD Focus group for having the insight to recommend such a highly qualified and well respected individual.

It's unfortunate the BOE decided to ignore the focus group's suggestion and decided instead to hire a much less qualified person from outside the area that was basically pushed out and fired from her previous job as a Superintendent.

CONGRATS CHUCK DEDRICK!!! SHAME ON YOU EG BOARD OF EDUCATION!