Dec 12, 2012 10:50 AM
Tuckahoe School Board members pushed forward this week with steps to drastically reduce spending and preserve its programs—a feat which has proven difficult in the past few years because of unfunded state mandates, lowered tax assessments and increasing tuition rates, officials said.
The Tuckahoe and Southampton school boards selected the SES Study Team LLC from Albany to conduct a merger feasibility study for the two districts, and officials from both districts agreed to start making plans for a one-year exclusivity deal between the two districts. As a result, Tuckahoe’s high school age students will go only to Southampton High School, which will lower tuition rates for Tuckahoe while the long-term study gets under way.
Following closed-door executive session meetings on Monday and Tuesday nights, the Tuckahoe and Southampton school boards, respectively, voted... more
The Tuckahoe and Southampton school boards selected the SES Study Team LLC from Albany to conduct a merger feasibility study for the two districts, and officials from both districts agreed to start making plans for a one-year exclusivity deal between the two districts. As a result, Tuckahoe’s high school age students will go only to Southampton High School, which will lower tuition rates for Tuckahoe while the long-term study gets under way.
Following closed-door executive session meetings on Monday and Tuesday nights, the Tuckahoe and Southampton school boards, respectively, voted... more
Mark Twain said it best, folks "In the first place God made idiots. This was for practice. Then he made School Boards." I feel sorry for the people of that district, of whom I used to be one!
Another pompous and deceptive decision by this keystone cops Tuckahoe School Board. They purport that they want to be op0en and transparent about the process. This year, more parents sent their graduated 8th grade kids to Westhampton B4each HS than they dit to southampton, indicating a preference for superior all around education everyone knows about, and at cheaper tuition.
However, they limited the study to exclude Westhampton and idiotically informed residents that they got a lower ...more quote from Southampton based on the exclusivity, They didn't however ask Westhampton their quotes under the same exclusivity. If they did, the Board should make public such communication. Don't hold your breath as you'll never find that information anywhere.
They think Tuckahoe parents are uncritical bozos who would never know that they are being snowed into what the school board wants to do. It was obviously apples to oranges and .they simply imposed their will on the people.
Who's putting Tuckahoe parents down? Can you read? The bozos are the school board, who think the parents are fellow bozos.