MESSAGE
FROM OUR PRESIDENT
Elizabeth
Blashka
January
Meeting
David Little,
Director of Governmental Relations at NYSSBA, was with us at our
January 4th meeting in Goshen. As usual, David delivered much
pertinent information about the upcoming legislative sessions. He
outlined NYSSBA's lobbying efforts, spoke about the new members of his
team at NYSSBA, and talked about the upcoming legislative sessions in
Albany and Washngton. As usual, he was well received by our
attending members, and we found his presentation comprehensive,
informative, and quite interesting. Once again, he reminded us
that he is, indeed, a truly an outstanding member of the NYSSBA
leadership team.
David gave us direction about our
legislative priorities and our efforts during the upcoming legislative
sessions. He encouraged us to determine the financial number each
of our districts must reach to comply with the cap on the tax
levy. We should then construct a list of programs/services that
we could reduce/eliminate. He encouraged our members to discuss
this list with our unions and explore ways to work together to preserve
the integrity of our programs. It would then be up to our boards
to present this information to their communities as clearly and simply
as possible. District newsletters would be an excellent vehicle
to get this information to all of our stakeholders. He suggested
strongly that this be done as soon as possible and as frequently as
possible.
Membership Activities
OCSBA would
like to put together a chart about Orange County schools with the
following information:
1. the amount of money that must be cut from your budget
to comply with the cap on the tax levy
2. a list of programs/services/personnel cuts under
consideration in your district
compile the followinga list of is asking our members to compile a
listsend resent
Please send this information to
Susan as soon as possible so that we may compile this information and
present it to our legislators and the press.
Please
remember....
In case of
inclement weather on our March 7th meeting date, a meeting cancellation
notice will be sent via email to our delegates.
Also, if BOCES is closed, then our meeting is
canceled automatically.
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