New Information Sessions Dates Added For School Bond Referendum

Many of our readers are nervous and extremely concerned about the $114.6 million school bond referendum that the Greenburgh Central School District is pushing. Why? Because a $400,000 home that is within the Greenburgh School District will see their taxes increase by about $800 per year! But according to the pro-bond proponents, this is good and will raise the value of our homes. Really?

Many seniors who are on a fixed income, are unsure how they will be able to pay this new increase. Dr Chase and our school board are clearly not concerned about them. If they were, they would be addressing alternatives. Rather than admit failure in running the school district, they prefer use one of Mr Feiner’s old and reliably tricks: deflection. This isn't about their failures as a Board, or that they intentionally neglected maintenance to the schools, or that kids learn better in a new environment. In fact, many teachers have readily admitted that while a new building would be nice, if the teachers have the kids engaged, they will learn and prosper. The brochure that the school district has produced shows a 96% graduation rate in 2018, 90% of graduates go to college along with a few other vague statistics.

If teaching Mandarin is so important, why aren’t other schools teaching it? Trendsetters you say? How about getting things to run well and then we can see about going down new and unproven avenues. Regardless of what we say, even though the numbers in our articles are real, come out and find out for yourselves. See below for the next meeting dates.