Many resident taxpayers have repeatedly asked questions of Greenburgh School Superintendent Dr Chase as well as the Greenburgh School District Board. Instead of getting information and forthright answers, we've been told not renovating the school buildings was an intentional decision they made. “How so?” we asked. We were told that the School Board made a conscious decision to not do maintenance on the buildings instead of laying off teachers. But during the presentations we were told that the aesthetics in the classrooms was paramount to the students learning. If true, why not maintain them?
We’ve spoken to teachers that feel otherwise, stating that while having a new room/building/environment is always nice, it’s the teachers that make the learning environment what it is. In fact, based on the results Dr Chase and the School Board touts and was published on the brochures they sent out to taxpayers, this appears to be true. We apparently have a lot of great teachers doing a great job educating our students! Dr Chase’s response? “Imagine how much better it could be with a new building?” Sorry, we can’t because they haven’t instilled a level of trust with us after this kind of poor mismanagement.
Take a look at this chart. Several neighborhood associations that have attended these meetings and left with unanswered questions created this document. They’ve put this together to try to help explain to the public the some of the issues with this referendum.
We’ve spoken to teachers that feel otherwise, stating that while having a new room/building/environment is always nice, it’s the teachers that make the learning environment what it is. In fact, based on the results Dr Chase and the School Board touts and was published on the brochures they sent out to taxpayers, this appears to be true. We apparently have a lot of great teachers doing a great job educating our students! Dr Chase’s response? “Imagine how much better it could be with a new building?” Sorry, we can’t because they haven’t instilled a level of trust with us after this kind of poor mismanagement.
Take a look at this chart. Several neighborhood associations that have attended these meetings and left with unanswered questions created this document. They’ve put this together to try to help explain to the public the some of the issues with this referendum.
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ReplyDeleteThe presentation was helpful, as it made it clear, the board does not have any firm cost numbers, just the pretty power points. The next step, AFTER the vote is to get real numbers. And Dr. Chase proudly says, we cannot spend more than the bond, but what if they go over budget? Not all the work gets done?
ReplyDeleteMy husband and I agree that AFTER the vote is too late. This needs to be reined in and not rushed because they might be able to pick a certain contractor before someone else snaps them up for their project if they act now. Can't you see how convoluted that is? They've been playing us all along. Just say NO!
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