Make your voice heard!
It takes a entire community to make a difference! Please email this letter right now!
Ms. Tenney’s Email Address: [email protected]
Mr. Larkin’s Email Address: [email protected]
Dear Assemblywoman Claudia Tenney,
Dear Senator William J. Larkin, Jr.,
I am writing to you on behalf of the Valley Central School District. Our district is facing a funding crisis. Our students have faced the elimination of classes (including Art, Music and Library instruction for each one of our approximately 1900 Elementary students) that has caused them to lose their constitutional right to a basic education! We need your help NOW!
The current school aid formula continues to hurt school districts like Valley Central. Our district has lost more than $20.6 million in aid over the last four years. Almost all of this lost school aid is due to the Gap Elimination Adjustment.
The Governor has told school districts to reduce expenses and use reserves, while keeping within the state‐imposed tax levy limit. Our school district has done just as he’s instructed, shrinking staff size and cutting educational programs. We have arrived at a place where ‘doing more with less’ is no longer an acceptable option. There is simply no further room to cut our school district’s budget and still be able to meet the common core learning standards and maintain the high education standards that are a hallmark of the Valley Central School District.
We share a common desire for our students to graduate college career ready and to be successful in a competitive and diverse global workplace. We are grateful for the support you have demonstrated to education and to our school district. But we need more. The current school aid formula does not provide enough support to Valley Central and other similar school districts.
Please fight to remove the Gap Elimination Adjustment immediately!
Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
__________________________________
(Please include your residential address in the email, or your email will be bounced back asking you for the information.)
Ms. Tenney’s Email Address: [email protected]
Mr. Larkin’s Email Address: [email protected]
Dear Assemblywoman Claudia Tenney,
Dear Senator William J. Larkin, Jr.,
I am writing to you on behalf of the Valley Central School District. Our district is facing a funding crisis. Our students have faced the elimination of classes (including Art, Music and Library instruction for each one of our approximately 1900 Elementary students) that has caused them to lose their constitutional right to a basic education! We need your help NOW!
The current school aid formula continues to hurt school districts like Valley Central. Our district has lost more than $20.6 million in aid over the last four years. Almost all of this lost school aid is due to the Gap Elimination Adjustment.
The Governor has told school districts to reduce expenses and use reserves, while keeping within the state‐imposed tax levy limit. Our school district has done just as he’s instructed, shrinking staff size and cutting educational programs. We have arrived at a place where ‘doing more with less’ is no longer an acceptable option. There is simply no further room to cut our school district’s budget and still be able to meet the common core learning standards and maintain the high education standards that are a hallmark of the Valley Central School District.
We share a common desire for our students to graduate college career ready and to be successful in a competitive and diverse global workplace. We are grateful for the support you have demonstrated to education and to our school district. But we need more. The current school aid formula does not provide enough support to Valley Central and other similar school districts.
Please fight to remove the Gap Elimination Adjustment immediately!
Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
__________________________________
(Please include your residential address in the email, or your email will be bounced back asking you for the information.)
Please visit Fair Funding for Our Schools website.
The Hudson Valley Committee for Fair Funding for Public Education. A consortium of Hudson Valley Stakeholders committed to fair and adequate funding for public education in New York.
Their next event will be and advocacy workshop on November 13th, at 7PM at OU BOCES.
More information to follow.
The Hudson Valley Committee for Fair Funding for Public Education. A consortium of Hudson Valley Stakeholders committed to fair and adequate funding for public education in New York.
Their next event will be and advocacy workshop on November 13th, at 7PM at OU BOCES.
More information to follow.
Please download, print and sign this letter of support for Assembly Bill 3289. You can mail it directly to Assemblywomen Tenney, or drop it off at Valley Central's District Office on Route 17k and they will mail it for you.
Sign this online petition Telling Governor Cuomo to make ELEMENTARY MUSIC AND ART mandatory in NYS schools and to make elementary music and art mandatory during the school day.