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Last year the State sent a prosecutor to fix the East Ramapo School Problem, but he couldn’t find any criminal acts, otherwise the board would have been charged with a crime and the state would have taken over the Board of Education. Now they sent 3 administrators to see how to solve the problem. They are observers and have no say in the running of the Board of Education.
The Frum community only uses two services offered by the Board of Education school busing and special education both of these things are mandatory.
The Public School Supporters want to deny these services to the frum community. The problem is since they are mandatory they are hard to cut.
Another problem is the school board is run by the Frum people, and the Public School Supporters want them to be replaced. The State has the right to remove them for just cause. This is usually means when they are tried and convicted of a crime then the state can remove them and takeover the district. Otherwise there is a due process hearing, which means the state has to go before a judge with enough proof to show that they are ruining the public schools.
The state is trying to get a new law passed that will allow them to take over the district even though the Board acted properly.
The problem is that unless the state is prepared to give the District $10-20 million a year for the next few years nothing is going to change. As far as raising taxes that will not happen once the state takes over, since the board wouldn’t approve the school budget and the frum community wouldn’t approve it either so there will be no tax increase. So unless these monitors can use the public school’s budget more efficiently nothings going to change.
The Monitors have to submit their report to the state in December. Even if the monitor get the power to override the Board it will not satisfy the Public School Supporters as they want the Frum board members removed. So the Board will still be fighting them in court using Board’s( Public School’s) money. The Board may also sue the monitors also using Board’s (Public School’s)money.
Also the Frum community may sue the state claiming taxation without representation and want their property tax reduced or exempt. So there is the risk that the state will be on the hook to fund the budget which this year was $218 million.
Thank you, Abba_S, for explaining it all so clearly.
Abba, can you confirm the following? A. Does the board conduct closed meetings? B. Did the board attempt to sell/lease a school building at below market rate to a yeshiva?
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Did you stop beating your wife yet?
You pose questions that can’t be answered just as yes or no.
1) The board has public meetings. I’ve actually gone to see one. Does the board ever go to executive session. Yes. Every board does and should. There are good and legitimate reasons to.
2) They received approval from the State Ed department to seek a building based on an appraisal.
Please answer yes or no, have you stopped beating your wife?
NDG, and anyway, regarding question B, Who else in Rockland County is going to buy or sell a school building except a Jewish school? If I recall correctly, the public school closed because there were so few students and the Board was trying to save money for the District.
Nisht, nice way to obfuscate.my questions had simple yes or no answers. There is no need to insult. Abba’s answers, however, were informative without getting personal.
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