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Osborn Resigns Wainscott School Post After Residency Revelation

Publication: The East Hampton Press
by MICHAEL WRIGHT   Mar 13, 2012 3:57 PM
Mar 13, 2012 6:37 PM
A longtime Wainscott School Board member resigned last week after a review of residency status of the school’s students revealed that her own grandchildren were apparently attending the school illegally.

At a board meeting on Wednesday, March 7, Iris Osborn announced to the two other board members that she was stepping down effective immediately, handed them a letter of resignation and left. She had been on the board for 13 years.

Her resignation came after a survey of the families of the school’s 19 students in kindergarten through third grade revealed that Ms. Osborn’s two grandchildren—one a third-grader at the Wainscott School, the other a student at East Hampton Middle School in East Hampton School District, where Wainscott sends its matriculating students—do not officially live in the school district. The children’s parents,... more

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By bubby (102), southampton on Mar 13, 12 7:18 PM
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By bubby (102), southampton on Mar 14, 12 7:00 AM
Instead of deleting my posts with no explanation would someone
From the press care to tell me why you're move them?
By bubby (102), southampton on Mar 14, 12 9:44 AM
I wonder how many foreign nationals send their children to these schools? There is no limit to stupid and these are the people in charge of our children’s education. They don’t care about class size because it means more federal money, bigger budgets and yes, more teachers and. It is clear our so called educators have all thrown our children under the school bus.
By AmericanPieHole (43), Southampton on Mar 14, 12 10:39 AM
that comment literally makes no sense. local school boards have no ability to make decisions about immigration status. its a pretty simple concept. and bigger class sizes and federal money? doesnt wainscott have like 20 kids in the whole school?
By tm (139), mtk on Mar 14, 12 12:13 PM
that comment literally makes no sense. local school boards have no ability to make decisions about immigration status. its a pretty simple concept. and bigger class sizes and federal money? doesnt wainscott have like 20 kids in the whole school?
By tm (139), mtk on Mar 14, 12 12:13 PM
This story was done totally one sided, and I am extremely disappointed on the fact that neither the parents of the children were spoken to, the Board member who quit wasn't spoken to nor was the law read by the reporter which clearly states that" Children of divorced parents who spend their time equally have the right to attend the school of the parents choice". It also amazes me that Mr. Eagen chose to speak to this newspaper and not the other... nor did the article speak of how they said the father ...more
By skruel (12), Sag Harbor on Mar 14, 12 1:51 PM
Skruel...Then why did she resign?
By Hambone (304), New York on Mar 19, 12 2:54 PM
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